The Leading Speakers Bureau

Best-Selling Author and Former Politician

Jeffrey Archer is a former politician, a serving Member of the House of Lords, and a worldwide bestselling writer. Jeffrey has written sixteen novels, six sets of short stories, three plays (all of which have been performed in London’s West End), three children’s book, two screenplays and a Gospel. He is published in more than 97 countries and 37 languages, and has international sales passing 250 million copies.

Jeffrey Archer is one of the world’s most successful storytellers

[expand title=”In detail”] Jeffrey ran a successful campaign for Mayor of London for two and a half years, from 1997 and was selected as the official Conservative Party Candidate for London’s Mayor in October 1999 by an overwhelming majority; in November that same year, he withdrew his candidacy, having been charged with perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment, and was released in July 2003 having served two years.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jeffrey is able to share his unique knowledge and experiences and inspire a crowd. His talks focus on his life, politics and the elements necessary to write a bestseller.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With a wealth of anecdotes Jeffrey’s presentations are both entertaining and inspiring making him highly sought-after at events across the country.[/expand]

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Paraplegic Rock Climber

Chi Wai Lai, was once the world’s No 8 Rock Climber, 4-time winner of the Asian Rock Climbing Championship, and world’s first Chinese winner of X-Game. At the age of 28, Lai met a devastating car accident that rendered him paraplegic in the lower part of his body. Instead of wallowing in misery, he decided he would not allow adversity to stop him from pursuing his dream.

“ The King of Lion Rock”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 2016, the 5th anniversary of his terrible accident, strapping himself to his wheelchair, relying on the strength of his upper body and his unbeatable determination and endurance, Chi-Wai strived to climb up the Lion Rock, a symbol of Hong Kong’s spirit – persistence, resilience and unity. And, he did it! He fulfilled the promise he made to himself that he will be back to the peak of Lion Rock in five years. This meaningful and stunning act attracted a vast amount of local and overseas media coverage and swamped many influential social press and online media.Chi-Wai is the author of ‘Climbing over the High Wall of Life’.

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[expand title=”What he offers you”]During his journey of rehabilitation, Lai started to realize the power of his optimism. He started to see how his personal experience could ignite the hope of others who are at the lowest of ones’ life. Lai began to spread his story through large and small speaking events.

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[expand title=”How he presents”]Chi-Wai is well-known at delivering an impactful, touching and inspiring story in a light-hearted and captivating way. He likes using a down-to-earth approach with humorous analogies to engage the audience, and always touches the soul of the audience.

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Journalist, Historian& Author

Rutger Bregman is a journalist and one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers. He has published four books on history, philosophy, and economics. His ‘History of Progress’ was awarded the Belgian Liberales prize for best nonfiction book. He has twice been nominated for the European Press Prize.

“The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas” – The Guardian

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Who are the visionaries who drive human progress? The answer, as we all know, is the geeks, the free spirits and the crazy dreamers, who turn their noses up at authority. ‘Utopia for Realists’ originated on The Correspondent, an online journalism platform in Amsterdam that serves as an antidote to the daily news grind. The Correspondent got its start in the spring of 2013 with a record-breaking crowd funding campaign. Since then, members get to read and share quality pieces that provide context for interpreting other news stories and the world around us. Journalists in turn benefit from a ready network of member expertise.The stories emerging from this unique online collaboration are changing journalism.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]Our day-to-day reality – life expectancy, health, wealth, and education were considered unrealistic and utopian in the eighteenth century. So, what’s next? Rutgerexplores how utopian ideals like a basic living income and a fifteen-hour work week could become a reality in our lifetime.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Rutger’s transformational thinking bursts with hope and optimism, and will revolutionise your perspective on welfare, money, and society.[/expand]

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Psychotherapist, Teacher and Leadership Consultant

Glenn D Rolfsen is a psychotherapist working in the corporate health service in Oslo. He has worked as a teacher to educate gestalt therapists in Norway and several European countries. As corporate counsel and leadership consultant he works daily to improve the working life quality for employees.

“A renowned Gestalt Psychotherapist”

[expand title=”In detail”] Glenn has shown his concept of how to change an unhealthy and toxic work environment by presenting a clever and easy guide to prevent backbiting at work. He has been a Keynote speaker at the World Health Organisation (WHO) with hisGozzip 2018 concept to all 155 member states. The concept is used on the Global Respectful Workplace Day on 7th December, every year. He has also been the Keynote speaker for HR organisations in Europe. As a speaker and psychotherapist, Glenn has become an expert with his knowledge of the importance of psychosocial work in companies that succeed and what factors are involved.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Glenn has addressed over five hundred major national and international companies and has gained a reputation as a brilliant raconteur as well as an engaging and knowledgeable keynote speaker.[/expand]

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Glenn brings an element of humour to his wide range of subjects. A versatile presenter Glenn is in demand as a keynote speaker.[/expand]

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Social Media, Branding and Digital PR Expert

Mel Carson is the founder of the US based consultancy Delightful Communications which helps businesses and individuals understand and successfully apply strategies that focus on Social Media, Digital PR and Personal Branding. Mel also relishes his work as US Brand Ambassador for Majestic SEO, evangelizing the largest publically available link intelligence database and toolset to marketers and advertising professionals.

“A leading expert on Social Media and Digital Marketing”

[expand title=”In detail”] Mel worked for 7 years as Digital Marketing Evangelist at Microsoft Advertising and was responsible for building relationships within the online advertising community. He was also part of the team that planned and executed the UK roll-out of the Microsoft ad Center in 2006 and helped to set up Microsoft’s Advertising Community Team that same year when it became apparent that Social Media Marketing was going to be huge. Mel began career as an editor at the search engine LookSmart in 2000 and was Account Director at 24/7 Search. He lectured on MBA, MSc and marketing courses at Cranfield School of Management and London University. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]For well over a decade Mel continues to inspire decision makers around the world from a wide range of businesses to understand and to make the most of the explosion in the use of digital media and technology.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Creative, compelling, emotional, engaging and visionary, Mel’s presentations are highly inspirational as well as practical and resonate deeply with audiences around the globe.[/expand]

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Photographer & Blogger

Brandon Stanton is an American photographer and blogger. He is most known as the founder of Humans of New York, a popular photojournalistic work that has over 17.2 million likes on Facebook and around 4.6 million followers on Instagram as of January 2016. Since 2010, Brandon has taken hundreds of street photographic portraits of ordinary people living and working primarily in New York City, accompanied by snippets of conversations about their lives.

“One of Time Magazine’s 30 Under 30 People Changing The World”

[expand title=”In detail”] Brandon studied History at the University of Georgia. In 2010, he bought a camera while working as a bond trader in Chicago and started taking photographs on the weekends. When he lost his job, he decided to pursue photography full-time. Moving to New York, he set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their portraits on a map of the city. ’Humans of New York’ reached number 1 position on the NYT Non-Fiction Best Sellers and remained on the list for 26 weeks, again reaching the number one position a year after being published.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Coming from a very humble background and having interest in almost everything surrounding him, Brandon is a house of wisdom from the new generation. His work provides the story that a normal human would miss and intrigues a thought provoking process. His talks are elaborate, informative and interesting. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Unconventional with an extraordinary ability to see daily situations with a different eye, Brandon leaves his audiences surprised, engaged and full of energy.[/expand]

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Chair Professor of Communication Technology and Society

Manuel Castells is Professor of Communication and the holder of the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is a Research Professor at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.

“Governments can no longer govern; they can only negotiate”

[expand title=”In detail”] Between 1967 and 1979 he was associate professor of sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences at the University of Paris. In 1979 he was appointed Professor of City and Regional Planning and of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has lectured in over 300 academic institutions in 43 countries.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Manuel Castells is the most influential urban theorist of our time and has revolutionized modern thought on the processes of advanced capitalism and the generation of inequality. His forward thinking views reflect the panoramic breadth of his knowledge, the clarity of his approach, and the scholarly rigor and intellectual depth of his theoretical methods. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Manuel is a brilliant speaker who brings great depth to his immaculately researched presentations in which he skilfully demonstrates his analytical prowess.[/expand]

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Entrepreneur & Global Speaker

VusiThembekwayo is a Global Business Speaker, private equity CEO, CEO of MyGrowthFund and an Iconoclasts merchant. Today he is one of the youngest directors of a listed company and is the CEO of a boutique investment and advisory firm.

“The edge of chaos is the world in which he lives.”

[expand title=”In detail”] VusiThembekwayo is making waves internationally as a thought-provoking young business leader from the continent with many ideas on solving economic issues in Africa. His mission is to change the African narrative by challenging the mindset and approach towards achieving economic freedom.
Vusi has been the catalyst for change in businesses across the globe through expertise in strategy, leadership and sales. Ranked number 1 in public speaking at the age of 17, Vusi went on to receive third place in the world at the English-Speaking Union International Competition. He delivered his first professional talk in 2002 and over the past 15years he has been gracing the global stage with his humour, and charisma.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]He doesn’t just talk business – he lives it. He does more than inspire revolution, he initiates it. He has been the catalyst for change in businesses across the globe through expertise in strategy, leadership and sales.
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[expand title=”How he presents”]Vusi delivers the messages your business needs to hear – like it or not, with great content and hilarious anecdotes.[/expand]

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Expert on the Transformation of Customer Relations

Steven van Belleghem is a thought leader on the transformation of customer relations and the future of marketing. He runs his own inspiration & coaching company, B-Conversational, which helps clients set up long-term inspirational programs to change the mindset and enrich the knowledge of their teams.

“Steven helps companies adapt their strategy to today’s conversation age”

[expand title=”In detail”] He is a co-founder of consultancy firm Nexxworks and the co-founder of content creation company Snackbytes. He spent the first 12 years of his career as a consultant and managing partner of the innovative market research company InSites Consulting. During that time, the company grew from 8 to 130 staff with offices in 5 countries. Steven is also a part-time marketing professor at Vlerick Business School. Steven is the author of four bestselling books. He became known for his first book, The Conversation Manager, which won the award for most innovative marketing book of 2010. Over 100,000 copies of his books were sold and they are published in 7 languages.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Steven is an expert in inspiring companies to become true customer-centric organizations, in our high speed digital world. His talks inspire companies about the smart usage of technology to foster customer relationship without forgetting the human side of business. His keynotes are mind stretchers for business leaders. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A very energetic and pragmatic keynote speaker, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way.[/expand]

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Leading Millennial Expert

Chelsea Krost is one of America’s leading Millennial influencers, LinkedIn Rated Top 20 Millennial marketing and brand strategists, a sought-after keynote speaker, Forbes Contributor, and the #MillennialTalk chat host whose influence shapes marketing strategies of not only small businesses but Fortune 500 corporations.

“Unlocking the mysteries of Millenial mindset”

[expand title=”In detail”] Chelsea sat on the board of Cosmopolitan Magazine as a Millennial Board Member and has been a brand ambassador/spokesperson for many notable and diverse brands such as Intel, MasterCard, IBM, Suave, Skype, TurboTax, Illy Coffee, and The International Rotary.Chelsea was the youngest broadcast radio producer and talk show host to create a program for Millennials by Millennials when she was just 16, back in 2007.Teen Talk Live was innovative and ahead of its time. Chelsea led the show into success then started producing and appearing in TV spots first on Local News and then onto National News outlets.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Chelsea is hot on the speaker’s circuit today as a panellist and keynote speaker representing her generation. She shares business start-up tips and emphasises the importance of establishing a firm foundation with which to build upon. She provides a much needed voice to Millennials and helps others understand their generation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Chelsea is an inspirational and informative speaker on life in the millennial world. Chelsea is truly a consummate professional and delivers a compelling story about life in the world from a different point of view, a different age and completely different mindset.[/expand]

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