Culture, history & language | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Culture, history & language

  • Kirsty Lang

    I had a very disrupted education – 8 different schools in 5 different countries -and I’m mildly dyslexic but that didn’t stop me becoming a journalist. I did a degree at the LSE in International Relations then joined the BBC as a graduate trainee. I worked on the Today programme and Newsnight and was a […]

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  • Dr David Landsman OBE

    David is the co-founder of Agora Envisioning, a transformation consultancy, and Director of Beargarden Advisory which focuses on strategy and stakeholder relations. He is a Visiting Fellow of Judge Business School University of Cambridge, a member of the Advisory Board of Strategy International and a Director of the UK-India Business Council. He was formerly Executive […]

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  • Dr. Rebecca Laemmle

    I am a Swiss classicist and hold a phd in Classics from the University of Basel, where I held a senior lectureship in Greek literature. I came to Cambridge as a visiting scholar in 2015, and in 2016, I was appointed to a 3-y lectureship in Classics (Greek literature) at the University of Cambridge. In […]

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  • Alan Laidlaw

    A passionate supporter of business and the rural economy. A chartered surveyor that now leads Scotland’s largest land based charity promoting the best of Food, Farming and Rural life. RHASS delivers the World Famous Royal Highland Show every year and is responsible for the Royal Highland Educations Trust – who bring the countryside to life […]

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  • The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP

    Kwasi Kwarteng has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Spelthorne since 2010. The Spelthorne Constituency is geographically small (about six miles by four). It is bounded on the south by the Thames, to the north by Heathrow Airport, to the east by the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond and to the west by […]

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  • Kwame Kwaten

    As the founder & MD of Ferocious Talent, Kwame has seen the company’s exponential growth across the last two years. It now houses 3 sister companies; Ferocious Label Services (FLS), F.A.B. Consultancy and Ferocious Productions. Ferocious Talent is a music management & artist development company that covers artist management, label services, music consultancy and in-house […]

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  • Rathi Kumar

    Rathi Kumar is Operations Director at the Young Vic, a theatre dedicated to making world class productions for diverse audiences Rathi was previously Director of IT & Administration. When she isn’t at her desk, she is assistant directing the award winning Roundhouse Choir or singing in and helping with the administration of SOUND. Rathi spent […]

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  • Rahmyn Kress

    Rahmyn Kress is the Chief Digital Officer and Chairman of the Digital Executive Committee at Henkel and founder of Henkel X, a platform to accelerate Henkel’s entrepreneurial and digital transformation. A German and British national; he holds an MBA and PhD in behavioural economics and organisational behaviour. He currently lectures organisational behaviour and change at […]

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  • Emma-Jane Kirby

    Emma Jane Kirby was educated at Chelmsford County High School for Girls and then at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (BA Hons English Lang and Lit). She was with BBC Radio 5 Live as a producer for two years before becoming the reporter for Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. Radio 4 documentaries followed […]

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  • Chester King

    Chester is the CEO of the British Esports Association, the national body for esports in the UK. The Chair is Andy Payne, OBE and Vice-Chair is The Rt. Hon Ed Vaizey (former Minister of Culture). The UK Government gave authority for it to be established in January 2016. It is an independent, not-for-profit, organisation whose […]

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