Economy & Business | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Economy & Business

  • Andrew Milliken

    Andrew joined Amazon in 2012 as the Director for Consumer Electronics. Before that, he spent 8 years at Dixons, most recently as Transformation Director on the main Group Executive Committee. Prior to Dixons, Andrew worked at BCG and BBC Worldwide. He holds an MEng from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Insead. Outside […]

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  • Nick Merriman

    Nick grew up in Birmingham and both of his parents left school at 16. He loved history and finding old things, and studied archaeology at university, followed by a Museum Studies course. He decided to go into museum work and was lucky to get his first job at the Museum of London. After that he […]

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  • Andy Middleton

    Andy is Founder Director of the TYF Group, an innovative and visionary social enterprise based in St.Davids, Pembrokeshire. TYF’s mission is to train revolutionaries – giving normal mums, dads & kids, business teams and community groups the confidence, skills and reason to revolutionise the way they play, think and connect with nature. TYF’s goal is […]

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  • Simon Megicks

    Deputy Chief Constable Simon Megicks began his policing career with Cambridgeshire Constabulary in April 1996. Simon served in a number of roles across the constabulary. In 2005, upon promotion to Superintendent, he led staff through dramatic performance changes, implemented the force’s response to neighbourhood policing and established himself as a senior operational commander. In 2010, […]

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  • Simon Mellor

    Simon leads the delivery of the Arts Council’s first strategic goal: ensuring excellence is thriving and celebrated in the arts, museums and libraries. He also leads the team of national arts and culture directors. He is responsible for overseeing the development of the Arts Council’s new 10 year strategy (2020-30) and provides executive board leadership […]

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  • Judith McNicol

    Judith McNicol has been appointed Director of the National Railway Museum, a role she has been performing since July 2017 as acting Director. Judith has been based at the National Railway Museum since she joined the Science Museum Group in 2005, during which time she has held many important roles—most recently as Director of People […]

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  • Professor Fiona McQueen CBE

    Fiona McQueen has been an Executive Nurse Director since 1993, firstly in Lanarkshire, and since 1999 with NHS Ayrshire & Arran. Following graduation, her first clinical post was in neurosurgery and she has wide experience across many clinical areas, having practiced in Greater Glasgow as well as Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. As Board Nurse Director in […]

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  • Hilary McGrady

    Hilary became Director-General of the National Trust in 2018. Hilary has worked for the Trust since 2006 when she joined as Regional Director for Northern Ireland. She later became Regional Director for Wales and the London & South East region and in 2014 was appointed Chief Operating Officer, leading the Operations & Consultancy teams. Originally […]

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  • John McGrath

    John E. McGrath is the Artistic Director of Manchester International Festival. Appointed to the role in 2015, John was previously Artistic Director of National Theatre Wales which he launched in 2009 achieving an international reputation for large-scale site-specific work, digital innovation, international collaboration and extraordinary community involvement. John has worked as a theatre director in […]

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  • Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith

    Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE is the Chair of Mind Gym PLC and the President of the British Chambers of Commerce. She also chairs the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education and the Air Operators Association . She is a non executive director for the Tideway Tunnel. Ruby was the Chief Executive of MITIE Group PLC, […]

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