The Leading Speakers Bureau

Leading World Expert on Knowledge Management & Intellectual Capital (IC)

Leif Edvinsson is probably best known as the first Chief Knowledge Officer in the world as he served as Corporate Director for Intellectual Capital, Skandia AFS and architect of the Skandia Future Centre. He currently serves as Professor of Intellectual Capital, University of Lund, and the founder and CEO of UNIC – Universal Networking Intellectual Capital AB. He is also special advisor to the Swedish Cabinet on the effects of the new digital economy, a special advisor to the United Nations International Trade Center and is a co-founder of the Swedish Coalition of Service Industries.

In 1998 he won the prestigious Brain of the Year Award and in 2000 he was listed on the top 20 list of the Most Admired Knowledge Leaders in the World
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Authority on Competitive Intelligence

Yves-Michel Marti is founder and President of EGIDERIA, the leading Business Intelligence company in Europe. Competitive Intelligence (CI) employs advanced methodologies and tools to help decision makers build the ’situational awareness’ of their competitive terrain.

Yves-Michel Marti embarked on his career in telecommunications in 1982 with Dassault Electronique. In the following years he worked for Pacific Monolithics and Hewlett Packard in Silicon Valley. During this time Yves-Michel taught at Berkeley University, California.
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Director of The World Competitiveness Yearbook and Professor at IMD Business School & University of Lausanne

Stéphane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and at the University of Lausanne, Director of The World Competitiveness Yearbook, the most renowned annual analysis of the competitiveness of nations and a reference for government and business leaders around the world

“Competitiveness thrives on unleashing a higher level of ambition everywhere in the firm”

In detail

Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Le Temps”, he was formerly Chairman of the Board of the Sandoz Financial and Banking Holding, and member of the board of the Banque Edouard Constant.
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Personal Development Specialist, Respected Author and Speaker

Nigel Risner is a human development specialist and peak performance coach, whose high-energy message leads individuals and organisations to incredible success. He delivers over a hundred talks a year in his unique, energetic style to corporations and associations such as The Academy for Chief Executives, The Institute of Directors, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, T-Mobile, Asda, BP and many others.

“Speaker of the Year 2005″ The Academy for Chief Executives and Vistage
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International Marketing Strategist, Co-Founder of the Peppers and Rogers Group

Dr Martha Rogers is an outstanding personality in the fields of managing customer relationships and interactive marketing. Together with Don Peppers she founded the Peppers and Rogers Group, a management consulting firm, recognised at the world’s leading authority on customer-based business strategy. She is co-author of the revolutionary ‘The One To One Future’ and a series of business books that further develop the unique one-to-one methodology espoused by the Peppers and Rogers Group.

Acknowledged as thought leaders around the world, Don Peppers and Martha Rogers were recognised in 2001 by the World Technology Network
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Formula One Industry Expert

Mark Gallagher has worked in Formula One for 25 years, and is a prolific speaker on the business lessons to be learned from this most demanding of sports. He has personally worked with the world’s greatest drivers and sponsors. Recently appointed head of Cosworth’s F1 engine business, Mark is responsible for delivering the power behind 5 of the 13 teams on the F1 grid in 2010. Prior to joining Cosworth in 2009 Mark ran his own F1 consulting business for six years working with F1 drivers and sponsors. As an F1 industry expert, Mark is also a regular commentator on Sky News and Sky Sports News in Europe.

“I never give up” Mark Gallagher
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Former UEFA and Liverpool Coach

Jacques Crevoisier is an Adviser to Europe’s footballing body, UEFA and the former Liverpool Head Coach who is also the Technical Director of Sochaux (French 1st division football team). Jacques is probably best known as one of the most influential figures behind the scenes at Liverpool FC in recent years. He is a Physical Education and Sports Teacher. Jacques is an expert on coaching and mentoring having overseen the development of many of France’s top footballers.

One of Europe’s most influential coaching figures
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Author, Business Consultant, and Innovation Expert

Robert B. Tucker is recognised internationally as a leading authority on innovation. He is an accomplished best-selling author, founder and president of The Innovation Resource, a research and management consulting firm based in Santa Barbara, California, devoted exclusively to assisting companies seeking to improve top and bottom line performance via systematic innovation. He has been a consultant and keynote speaker since 1986.

“Companies that master innovation will inherit the future.”
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Chair of the Global Task Force on Building Women Leaders

Selected in 2002 as one of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders for Tomorrow, Lucy Marcus represents a new generation of global decision-makers from business, government, politics and civil society who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in areas as diverse as society, the environment, finance, technology and social responsibility in business. She has been recognised as being at the forefront of market predictions for several years.

Lucy was listed as a “Face to Watch” in Management Today Magazine’s annual list of “Britain’s 50 Most Powerful Women”
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Leading Strategist for the ‘Next Economy’

Robin Wood is currently Managing Director of the White Space Partnership and Business Development Director of V3World. His colourful international career as a lawyer, banker, IT strategist and strategic planner for multinational organisations such as Citicorp and Trustbank, has led him to become one of the world’s outstanding catalysts for businesses to prosper in the connected economy.

Both descriptive and prescriptive, he shows business leaders how to create an environment of flexibility and innovation, manage complexity and prepare for the dawn of collaborative capitalism. His 10 rules for the “Next Economy” provide the key to success in an interconnected global market. For over 20 years he has helped senior executives at Fortune 500 companies scan the horizon for new opportunities, develop new plays and transform their organisations.
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