The Leading Speakers Bureau

Expert on Corporate Strategy and the Learning Organization

Arie de Geus is widely recognised as the originator of many of the principles and practises underlying the “Learning Organisation” concept, and is one of the world’s most effective business strategists. He spent 38 years on three continents helping to lead Royal Dutch Shell through tumultuous times in the oil industry. After a remarkable career in scenario planning and organisational learning, Mr de Geus now helps organisations of all kinds reorganise and prepare for where their futures lead.

‘A global statesman of business change’

[expand title=”In detail”] Today, Mr de Geus continues to work closely with Peter Senge and SoL (the Society for Organizational Learning). He is also involved with the London School of Economics, has been a Visiting Fellow at London Business School and has advised many government and private institutions. He is a founder member of SoL (the Society for Organizational Learning) and of GBN (the Global Business Network).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mr de Geus’ extraordinary experience and his strategic thinking and research have given him a depth of content that matches his style and has made him one of the most sought-after speakers in the world. He talks authentically about what he himself has lived through and he applies the lessons of the past to today’s business issues with relevance and verve.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A master storyteller, Mr de Geus uses business parables to give audiences messages that stay with them long after the event has finished. [/expand]
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Former CEO of Ferrari in North America

Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni is currently the CEO of Goal.com a new Media company, providing the best international football coverage on the web and mobile.

He has led some of the world’s most prestigious consumer products companies and has a remarkable ability to transform products like Ferrari into irresistible brands.

“He is a charismatic personality, and socially at home with any group of people”
MIT

[expand title=”In detail”] He is well known for his great success at Ferrari North America, where he was CEO from 1992 to 2000. During that time Ferrari sales in North America increased by 80%. He saw Ferrari as “the ultimate factory of dreams” and after a far-ranging analysis of high-end marketing and business trends, he developed the concept of “DreamMarketing.” Prior to joining Ferrari, he was an executive in his family’s European company, Industrie Buitoni Perugina (makers of Buitoni brand foods and Perugina luxury chocolates).

He was also CEO of Polo Europe, a division of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation form 2000 to 2003. He was appointed for his broad base of experience in luxury goods and branded products.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]he art of successful “DreamMarketing” is the wave of the future to sustain and maintain customer loyalty. Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni teaches audiences how to tap into those dreams to make them successful realities in business and in life.

His comprehensive international perspective, allows him to show companies how to accelerate their growth.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Gian Luigi is a charismatic speaker who delivers compelling presentations.[/expand]
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Leading Expert on the Future of Organisations & Leadership

Margaret Wheatley writes, teaches, and speaks about radically new practices and ideas for organising in chaotic times. She works to create organisations where people are known as the blessing, not the problem. She is president of The Berkana Institute, a charitable global leadership foundation serving life-affirming leaders and has been an organisational consultant for many years, as well as a professor of management in two graduate programmes.

Meg Wheatley has given the world a new way of thinking about organisations with her revolutionary application of the natural sciences to business management”.

[expand title=”In detail”] Margaret Wheatley holds an M.A. in Communications and Systems Thinking from New York University. She has been a research associate at Yale University, a fellow of the World Business Academy and an Associate Professor of Management at the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and Cambridge College, Massachusetts.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Margaret is a recognised expert at helping organisations who are wrestling with a common dilema — how to maintain their integrity and effectiveness as they cope with relentless pressures for speed and change in chaotic environments. She provides new insights into the nature of how people interact and shows companies exactly how to create stronger leaders and build better organisations.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]An outstanding communicator and stimulating speaker, Margaret addresses the most critical questions in today’s increasingly volatile business environment as she enlightens and challenges audiences around the globe. [/expand]
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General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs at Apple

Bruce Sewell is highly successful lawyer who specialises in global business development, international competition and intellectual property. He is currently the General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs at Apple. He was previously Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Intel Corporation where he supervised a team of roughly 600 attorneys and policy professionals located in over 30 countries around the world. He was recently profiled in Fortune and is also a regular contributor for the Wall Street Journal.

“One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers” California Lawyer magazine and the legal Daily Journal (2006)

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr Sewell joined Intel in 1995 as a senior attorney assigned to counsel various business groups in areas such as antitrust compliance, licensing, and intellectual property. In 2001, he was promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel. In that role he managed Intel’s litigation portfolio, and handled corporate transactions, including M&A activities. He took over as only the third general counsel in Intel’s history in November 2004 and was appointed Senior Vice President in 2005.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dynamic and focused Bruce Sewell offers audiences valuable insights into the intricate world of corporate responsibility. He also uses his considerable expertise to explain in plain English the legal complexities of intellectual property rights and the ins and outs of international competition issues. He shows organisations how to create and retain wealth in today’s innovation economies.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Mr Sewell enjoys using new media (audio and video) in his engaging presentations and dots the landscape with interesting visual aids.[/expand]
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The Former Chairman of Granada, Allied Domecq

Sir Gerry Robinson is a British businessman and is the former (non-executive) Chairman of Allied Domecq and the ex-Chairman/Chief Executive of Granada. He also served as chairman of the Arts Council England for several years. In January 2007 he presented a three part series Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? following on from the acclaimed BBC series I’ll Show Them Who’s Boss.

“Top Management Guru” The Telegraph

[expand title=”In detail”] Sir Gerry began a career in accounting aged 17 in 1965, and climbed the ranks to become the head of Granada. He steered the company through various mergers, and hostile takeovers including London Weekend Television (1993), the Forte Hotels chain (1996) and an unsuccessful attempt at acquiring Rentokil Initial in 2005.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Gerry Robinson is a subtle psychologist with a sharp eye for the necessities of successful business building. In his engaging presentations he highlights key leadership and managing skills in a clear and concise way and offers audiences the tools necessary to create and implement successful strategies.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Sir Gerry exudes warmth and good humour, but there is no doubt that this is allied to a fierce sense of discipline and resolve that forms the core of his management technique.[/expand]

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Professor at the IESE Business School

Luis Maria Huete is a leading authority on management issues and is a specialist in the creation and development of profit enhancing business strategies. He is a best-selling author and has been a visiting professor at a number of prestigious universities and business schools throughout the world. In his most recent book, ’Clienting’, Luis explores low cost systematic processes aimed at gaining the loyalty of customers.

Leading Expert in Customer Value Management Strategies

[expand title=”In detail”] With a Degree in Law (1978), Master in Business Administration (IESE, 1982) and Doctor in Business Administration (Boston University, 1988); his doctoral thesis was given an academy prize by the Decision Sciences Institute of Atlanta, Georgia, as the best doctoral thesis completed in the year 1988 in the United States.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Luis is able to offer decision makers from all fields the ideal business strategies for their organisations aimed specifically at creating customer loyalty and consequently customer driven profitability.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An accomplished teacher, Luis is an energetic and motivating speaker who captivates audiences with his information-filled and enlightening presentations.[/expand]
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World’s Leading Futurist, a proven and powerful forecaster on the global economy

John Naisbitt is widely acknowledged as the World’s Leading Futurist. John is currently professor at Nankai University, Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. He is also the Chairman of the Naisbitt China Institute. Based on the research of the institute, John is currently working on an analysis of China’s key economic, cultural and political transformations and their impact on the global business landscape.

A proven and powerful forecaster on the global economy

[expand title=”In detail”] He has become the global philosopher among futurists, as much in the limelight with worldwide corporations as he is a calming influence among leading politicians. He served as a presidential appointee in the John F. Kennedy administration and as a special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson. Since the global success of Megatrends and the 12 books that followed, he has travelled around the globe several times a year and has spoken to almost all the major corporations of the world. He is the recipient of 17 honorary doctorates in the humanities, technology and science.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With his articulate and inspiring message, John has become the global philosopher among futurists. John Naisbitt’s goal is to help his audience to step back from short term disruptions, alternating favoured business theories and practices and create a picture of the fundamental restructuring that is taking place in the world today. A sense of the near future allows us to create and communicate a vision, based on the demands and needs to come.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John Naisbitt is a highly thought-provoking speaker, who delivers far sighted and accurate predictions and offers a concentrated picture of what the future holds.[/expand]
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Foremost Futurist and speaker on the future of Business

Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognised scientists in the world today. A theoretical physicist, futurist and Professor of theoretical physics, Michio is the co-founder of string field theory and continues Einstein’s search for a “Theory of Everything”. Seeking to unify the four fundamental forces of the universe—the strong force, the weak force, gravity and electromagnetism. He has hosted several major TV specials, such as Sci Fi Science, Time and Visions of the Future and 2057. He has written for popular science publications and several of his books are ‘New York Times’ and world-wide best sellers, including ‘Physics of the Future’, and ‘Physics of the Impossible’.

‘You have to realise that most of science is not done by direct experiment at all.’ Michio Kaku

[expand title=”In detail”] He holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York, where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, as well as New York University (NYU). He is the author of several scholarly, Ph.D. level textbooks and has had more than 70 articles published in physics journals, covering topics such as superstring theory, supergravity, supersymmetry, and hadronic physics. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]AUsing the cutting edge research of today’s foremost scientists, Michio explores the science of tomorrow: computers, artificial intelligence, reshaping our genetic inheritance. He explains how science is opening entirely new avenues for society and organisations at large and provides valuable advice on how to prepare for change. Michio’s research directly impacts on the world of business, finance, and the economy. He interviewed over 300 of the world’s top scientists for his NY Times best seller, Physics of the Future, to give the most accurate description of the next 20, 50, and even 100 years.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A mesmerising and humorous speaker, he conveys a contagious sense of the wonders of science at the most prestigious conferences world-wide. Fantastic visuals captivate audiences.[/expand]
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Author and Acclaimed Contemporary Historian

Professor Timothy Garton Ash is an internationally acclaimed historian, commentator and best-selling author. Having charted the spectacular transformation of Europe over the last quarter century, his current work focuses on the emerging geopolitical triangle between Europe, the United States and Asia, and on how we can avoid a “Clash of Civilizations” with Islam. He is Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Timothy features in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Garton Ash’s honours include the David Watt Memorial Prize, Commentator of the Year in the ‘What the Papers Say’ annual awards for 1989, the Premio Napoli, the Imre Nagy Memorial Plaque, the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize for political writing, the Order of Merit from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, and the British CMG. In 2005, he featured in a list of 100 top global public intellectuals chosen by the journals Prospect and Foreign Policy, and in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2006, he was awarded the George Orwell Prize for political writing.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Timothy offers audiences his expert views on exactly why the United States can never rule the world on its own, why the new, enlarged Europe can only realise its aspirations in a larger, transatlantic community and why the conflicts in the Middle East and the rise of Asia can only be addressed by a wider community of democracies. Sweeping historical insight related in his own conversational style, help his incisive commentary on world affairs stand apart from its competitors.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A compelling and enlightening speaker, few historians match Timothy Garton Ash for his combination of clarity and reportorial brilliance. His superlative presentations defy conventional wisdom and challenge contemporary thinking.[/expand]
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Authority on Western and Third World Economies

Hernando de Soto is currently President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) based in Lima, Peru. The ILD has been described as one of the most important think-tanks in the World and Mr de Soto as the “World’s Greatest Living Economist”. In 2004 he received Cato Institute’s the Milton Friedman Prize.

The World’s Greatest Living Economist

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr. de Soto was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1941 and did his post-graduate work at the ‘Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales’ in Geneva. He has served as an economist for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as President of the Executive Committee of the Copper Exporting Countries Organisation (CIPEC), as Managing Director of Universal Engineering Corporation, as a principal of the Swiss Bank Corporation Consultant Group, and as a governor of Peru’s Central Reserve Bank.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As his principle activity he designs and implements capital formation programmes aimed at strengthening the economy in developing countries in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Mr de Soto is widely regarded as one of the most influential development theoreticians of the last millennium and offers corporations the benefit of his wealth of experience.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A brilliant speaker and charismatic personality, Mr de Soto’s presentations are both entertaining and enlightening. [/expand]
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