The Leading Speakers Bureau

Actor, Director, Producer & Entrepreneur

Robert Redford is an award-winning American actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. He is best known as one of Hollywood’s biggest superstars but has recently been involved in onsulting and speaking for a wide range of global organizations, including computer giant IBM.

“Stay loose and place creativity at the forefront when you do anything” Robert Redford

[expand title=”In detail”] Robert has starred in an array of award winning films and has received a huge number of awards. In December of 2005, he received honors at the Kennedy Center for his contributions to American culture through the performing arts. He founded The Sundance Institute in 1981 in order to help emerging and aspiring producers, directors, writers, and film composers attend highly competitive programs run by the Institute, to assist them in developing their craft. The Sundance Institute celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006. The Institute also owns and runs the annual Sundance Film Festival.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]One of the most influential creative voices of our time Robert Redford encourages audiences to think creatively, take risks and champion new ideas. He draws upon his own experiences to demonstrate the power and importance of creative diversity.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A highly professional and passionate speaker Robert is in great demand at events across the globe.[/expand]
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Director of the Institute for International Economics

Fred Bergsten has been director of the Institute for International Economics since its creation in 1981. He is chairman of the “Shadow G-8,” which advises the G-8 countries on their annual meetings. He frequently testifies before Congressional committees. He was chairman of the Competitiveness Policy Council which was created by Congress from 1991 to 1995 and chairman of the APEC Eminent Persons Group throughout its existence from 1993 to 1995.

Leading authority on the global economic landscape

[expand title=”In detail”] He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1977-80 and Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs from 1980-81. From 1969-71 he served as Assistant for International Economic Affairs to Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council. He has been a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Council on Foreign Relations.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Few can claim to even come close to the level of expertise and understanding of global imbalances and the understanding of deeper sources which determine growth in industrial and developing countries. Decision makers across the globe will learn from his surveillance of the state of thinking on growth and the role of globalization in this context, making the case that the world is in need of globalization for the benefit of the poor and the rich equally.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Skillfully highlighting crucial issues and trends, Fred’s presentations are engaging, informative and always well received.[/expand]
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Expert on Corporate Globalisation and Asian Business

Frank-Jürgen Richter is the World Economic Forum’s Director in charge of Asian affairs. Under his leadership, the Forum’s Summits in Asia and the Asia part of the Annual Meeting in Davos have evolved to facilitate the exchange of expertise between leaders in business, government and civil society. He also had a distinguished career with multinational corporations in Asia and in Europe with a number of European multinationals.

An exceptionally gifted business thinker and advisor to companies of global reach.

[expand title=”In detail”] Under his leadership, the Forum’s Summits in Asia and the Asia part of ‘Davos’ have evolved to facilitate the exchange of expertise between leaders in business, government, and civil society. He is also an active scholar and has authored and edited a series of best-selling books on global strategy and Asian business. He has addressed audiences at the World Economic Forum, Brookings Institute, Harvard University, Beijing University, Royal Institute of International Affairs, and several high-level corporate events.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As one of the leading analysts of international business and emerging economies, he influences major business and governmental decisions with his public commentary. He has a thorough understanding of how the world functions today – an understanding created through an on-going interaction with top business, political and intellectual leaders around the world.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An informative and to the point speaker he has an unrivalled reputation for his ability to use distinctive scenarios on how to map the future to illustrate his proposals.[/expand]
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The Most Celebrated Photographer of our Time

Annie worked for Rolling Stone until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone lookAnnie Leibovitz is a unique photographer, the recipient of many honours, including being decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2006. She has covered Richard Nixon’s resignation and Barack Obama’s campaign, along with a Rolling Stones Tour, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, The Blues Brothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keith Haring, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patti Smith, George W. Bush, William S. Burroughs, Kate Moss and Queen Elizabeth.

“Annie worked for Rolling Stone until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone look”

[expand title=”In detail”] When Annie Leibovitz returned to the US in 1970, she started her career as staff photographer, working for the recently launched Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973, publisher Jann Wenner named her chief photographer of Rolling Stone, a job she would hold for 10 years and going on to shoot for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She has created several influential advertising campaigns, including her award-winning work for American Express and the Gap, and has collaborated with many arts organizations. She was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Annie Leibovitz’s large and distinguished body of work encompasses some of the most well-known portraits of our time. She provides fascinating insights into how she catches her subjects at their most “real” and discusses portraiture, reportage, fashion photography, lighting, and digital cameras.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]America’s most renowned portrait photographer, Annie Leibovitz’s presentations are delivered expertly using images from her unqiue persepctive.[/expand]
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Former Ice Hockey Coach and Performance Trainer

Mark McGregor was team manager for the Canadian National ice hockey team, Team Canada. As team manager, he was responsible for recruiting Canadian players in Europe and developing the team. During an impressive career he has been an in-house trainer with various companies and organizations and a keynote speaker at many events world-wide. Since 1999, he has been ranked as one of the top speakers at the St. Gallen Business School, the St. Gallen Management Program and the St. Gallen Management Institute.

“Great leaders have enormous energy and the ability to energize others, set aggressive goals and reward progress.” Mark McGregor

[expand title=”In detail”] After playing ice hockey for many years through minor, junior and university ranks, Mark became an ice hockey coach in Germany and in the Swiss National A League. In Australia, he worked for the world’s largest management training group and in Canada, he was a trainer with Canada’s biggest leadership and customer service training institute. Twice, he was rated by the participating companies as the top ‘management trainer of the year’ out of thirty speakers across Canada.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mark realised there are many parallels between the sports world and the business world, he draws upon these similarities to show audiences how they can achieve “peak performance” through better teamwork, communication and leadership.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Mark’s passionate presentations use some of the techniques he developed for coaching and are both a highly enjoyable learning experience as well as an effective motivational tool.[/expand]
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Economics Writer for The New Yorker, Author of How Markets Fail

John Cassidy is one of the world’s leading business journalists. A writer at The New Yorker and a contributor to The New York Review of Books, he has covered economics and finance there since 1995, writing on topics ranging from Alan Greenspan to the Iraqi oil industry and English journalism. He is also a financial commentator for the BBC and Contributing Editor at Conde Nast Portfolio where he writes the monthly Economics section column.

“John Cassidy is a highly respected financial journalist”

[expand title=”In detail”] John Cassidy joined the Sunday Times, in London, in 1986, and served as the paper’s Washington bureau chief for three years, and then as its business editor, from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he was at the New York Post, where he edited the Business section and then served as the deputy editor. He is the author of the highly successful ‘Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era’ which examines the dot-com bubble, and ‘How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities’ which combines a sceptical history of economics with an analysis of the housing bubble and credit bust. Two of his articles have been nominated for National Magazine Awards. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Using psychology and behavioural economics thought, John Cassidy shares his views with worldwide audiences about the crisis as well as the political and ideological factors behind the global meltdown. He provides unmatched analysis of the important current economic issues.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John Cassidy illuminates complex issues with great clarity, in an eloquent and astute manner.[/expand]
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Professor & Director of Innovation ISEM Fashion Business School

Álvaro González-Alorda is professor and Director of the Innovation Department at ISEM Fashion Business School, Associate Professor at Instituto de Empresa and other business schools. In the last five years he has focused his research and his consulting activity on developing a methodology to launch transformation and innovation processes in companies, by adjusting the business model to cope with instability in the market.

“Past success can blind companies to the changes in the market & slow down the strategic decision to review the business model” Álvaro González-Alorda

[expand title=”In detail”] Álvaro González-Alorda holds a degree in Communications from University of Navarre and a PDD from IESE Business School. He has also carried out research work at Harvard Business School. He currently works with IESE professor Luis Huete delivering seminars and advising companies on innovation and transformation.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Álvaro González-Alorda offers presentations that draw from his vast experience, having collaborated with over 60 national and international companies. He has collected and consolidated work on innovation and transformation of organizations, based on cases and research produced by the best business schools worldwide, and also on consulting experience with small, medium and large companies from Europe, America and Asia.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Álvaro González-Alorda is a skilled and communicative speaker. His high content presentations are most entertaining, educational and interactive, delivered with humour and charisma.[/expand]
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Leading Authority on the Use of Social Media in Organisations

Euan Semple gained unparalleled experience as Director of Knowledge Management at the BBC and subsequently with major organisations such as Nokia, the World Bank and NATO. Euan is one of the few senior managers in the world who has direct experience of how to make social media work internally. He is now independent advisor on social computing for business, and a well known writer, thinker and public speaker, breaking social media down into easy to understand terms.

“Euan has unique insights into how to make social media work for you & your organisation”

[expand title=”In detail”] One of the foremost independent advisors on the application of Social computing within the business world, Euan Semple has worked around the world in Singapore, Finland, the United States, Egypt and many, many more countries. Whilst at the BBC, Euan pioneered the use of weblogs, wikis and online forums to enable staff to work more collaboratively across the organisation. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Euan’s focus on how social media affect businesses, how they run themselves, attract new staff and relate to increasingly connected and vocal customers will enable you to get ahead of the competition in this often bewildering game. He offers a host of practical tales about wide ranging situations that cover the following essential aspects of this challenging and risky subject. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A master story teller and a one man digital upgrade solution for companies that really want to get their heads around all that is new in social computing, Euan’s unforgettable presentations are delivered with clarity and provide foresight about what’s going on in the networked world. He has an unstuffy approach with people and likes getting directly engaged.[/expand]
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One of Today’s Most Outstanding Photographers

Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, Afghan Girl that originally appeared in the National Geographic magazine. Throughout his distinguished career he has continued to cover international conflicts, including the Iran-Iraq war, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan. His work has been featured worldwide in magazines and he is a frequent contributor to National Geographic. He has twice been awarded the World Press Photo Award, which has come to be regarded as the most prestigious international award for photojournalism in the world.

Afghan Girl was named as “the most recognized photograph” in the history of the National Geographic magazine

[expand title=”In detail”] Steve McCurry began studying film history cinematography and filmmaking at Penn State in 1968, but ended up getting a degree in theater arts and graduating cum laude in 1974. His photojournalism career began with his coverage of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He disguised himself in native dress and hid his film by sewing it into his clothes. His images were among the first of the conflict and were widely published. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Featured in magazines around the globe, Steve McCurry is a master photographer who has produced many of the world’s iconic images, having endured countless situations of grave danger. Driven by an innate curiosity and sense of wonder about the world and everyone in it, he shares vivid and thought-provoking insights into his uncanny ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture stories of human experience.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]One of today’s finest image makers, Steve McCurry’s high content presentations bring you closer to this man of exceptional courage who has achieved memorable and moving work, including a modern Mona Lisa (Afghan Girl).[/expand]
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