The Leading Speakers Bureau

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Acknowledged Expert on Change and Team Motivation

Jim Lawless is one of the most inspirational and highly sought-after business speakers in Europe. He is the only authority on change and personal development to have put his life on the line to prove his theories. He put his life on the line to go from 36 year old, 12 stone, smoking, drinking, (and non-riding) business consultant to a 9 stone jockey competing in his first televised race in just 12 months to prove the power of the ‘Ten Rules for Taming Tigers’. Jim advises teams and individuals in some of the UK’s leading companies; Jim is MD of the Taming Tigers Group.

“A Phenomenon!, A Legend!”
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Drummer, Motivator & Educator

Mark Schulman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Create Now!. An organization founded in 1996 created to help troubled children change their lives through creative arts mentoring. As a cancer survivor himself, Mark has also inspired children through his work hosting seminars with the Ronald McDonald House. His writing and production clients include various international TV shows and commercials.

“Schulman is a first call drummer for world class rock”
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Founder and CEO of Blogosfere

Marco is the founder and CEO of Blogosfere, Italy’s biggest web log network. He is currently assistant professor at the Cattolica University, Milan and teaches theories and techniques of online communication at the faculty of Arts and Philosophy. Marco also  hosts his own TV show on SkyTG24 Television channel, Reporter Diffuso, which deals with the Internet, blogs and news.

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Expert on Virtual Leadership (Leading People at a Distance)

Mark Fritz is the MD and Founder of Procedor Limited, a company focused on enabling leaders to become even more successful. He is an associate of Ashridge College in the UK, co-teaching Leading Complex Teams; and leads an MBA Seminar on Virtual Leadership at HEC in France. He also leads MBA Workshops on Virtual Leadership at the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Spain.

“Discipline” and “Passion” are the Keys to Success

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Mark Fritz has vast international experience having lived in Egypt, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, UK and USA. Prior to founding Procedor, Mark enjoyed twenty-five years in a series of global leadership roles at Eastman Kodak Company.
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Brand Management Expert

Martin Lindstrom is a world leading expert on branding.

Since defining ten revolutionary branding rules he has provided brand-building advice to a host of international organisations.

His clients include Mars, Pepsi, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Ericsson and Yellow Pages.

He is also a member of several international boards including Wotch, Hitwise and eKit.com.

A master on the power of brands
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Italian Marketing Expert

Fulvio Zendrini is currently communications director of the Piaggio Group in Italy. Previously he was worldwide communication director of the Italian clothing and fashion house Ferragamo working around the world in Europe, Japan, Asia, USA and South America. He was previously head of development at the Italian Media giant Interactive as well as holding various high level executive positions at Telecom Italy.

“One of Italy’s most successful and renowned advertising and marketing executives”
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One of Britain’s Foremost Business Leaders

Sir John Banham is the Chairman designate of Johnson Matthey PLC, Cyclacel Limited (the UK-based cancer therapeutics company) and Spacelabs Inc. (a world leader in heart monitoring equipment, based in Seattle, USA). He is also the senior independent director of AMVESCAP PLC and a non executive director of Merchants Trust PLC.

“Sir John was definitely the right speaker”

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Author

Alistair McAlpine has conducted a lifelong love affair with Australia - he’s bought large chunks of it, developed some and turned others into a zoo and nature parks, and has travelled much of the length and breadth of the Continent.

Arriving in Australia in his early twenties as a junior member of the English family building conglomerate McAlpines, he soon became involved in building Perth’s first luxury hotel, the famous Parmelia, and other projects followed. He was a pioneer of ‘eco-tourism’ with his development of Broome, creating the world-famous Cable Beach Club and also a remarkable zoo, which rapidly became known for the success of its breeding programs for the world’s endangered species.
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Bestselling Author on China

James Kynge, a recipient of several journalism awards, was the China Bureau Chief for the Financial Times for seven years until 2005. He has worked in China for 14 of the last 25 years and currently heads up the business operations of a publishing multinational in Beijing. In October 2006 James Kynge won the Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for his best-seller ‘China Shakes the World’.

“The future may be involved less with how the world is changing China than how China is changing the world” James Kynge
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Authority on Communication and Leadership

Frank Maguire is a highly professional business mentor and acknowledged as one of the most outstanding and leading management and communication experts worldwide. As the senior vice president of FedEx he made the organisation one of the most profitable business successes of the last two decades.

Frank educates decision makers from all businesses on leadership, communication and team building that lead to the credibility and respect required to build a winning team. He shows audiences that a dedicated, fulfilled and challenged workforce is the surest way to increased profitability.
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