The Leading Speakers Bureau

Top Technology Futurist, Renowned Business Strategist, Change Management, Innovation & Trends Expert

Scott Steinberg is one of the world’s best-known business strategists, trends experts and strategic innovation consultants. Scott is also a bestselling & award winning expert on leadership and innovation. The author of ‘Becoming Essential’, the Fortune 500 calls him a “defining figure in business and technology” and “top trendsetter to follow.” The CEO of TechSavvy Global, a management consulting and market research firm, he helps clients create competitive advantage and drive change, innovation and growth.

“If you really want to know about business, you should refer to Scott Steinberg.” – Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group

[expand title=”In detail”] From EMC and eBay to Intel and MTV, Scott has worked with many top brands to drive success. Scott’s 10+ year track record for accurately predicting business, consumer & technology trends has made him a fixture in mainstream media, where he’s been seen by 1 billion people worldwide. Today’s #1 ranked technology expert according to Google, he’s been a syndicated columnist on change and innovation for numerous outlets. A strategic insider for 600+ media outlets including CNN and Rolling Stone, Scott is an acclaimed entrepreneur who’s built and sold several startups and divisions. He was described by the European Commission as “One of the best gurus on innovation & competitive advantage strategies to accelerate growth”.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Renowned as a leading trend-spotter, bestselling author and one of the world’s top influencers and media authorities, Scott’s hailed as a top change agent & technology futurist. His motivational speeches, leadership seminars and training workshops reveal how to accelerate change and growth. A nationally-syndicated columnist who teaches executives, educators and entrepreneurs to be more effective, his motivational speeches, leadership seminars and training workshops are invaluable for demonstrating how to become more successful and effective in your life and business.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Scott is a tremendously entertaining and insightful speaker. His keynote speaking presentations consistently keep audiences on the edge of their seats. He is a meeting or event planner and PR pro’s jack-of-all-trades! He has a gift for making complex ideas easily understood, his strategic thinking is second to none and he has a wonderful ability to recognize and communicate patterns that are driving the market.[/expand]

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Medical Doctor & Radio Broadcaster on the BBC, The Naked Scientist

Dr. Chris Smith is a doctor and a clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University. Deciding that medicine wasn’t soaking up enough of his free time, Chris started the Naked Scientists radio show in 2001, podcast and website. The Naked Scientists is now one of the world’s most downloaded science podcasts, the number of downloaded programme episodes having exceeded 8 million internationally.

The Naked Scientists is now one of the world’s most downloaded science podcasts

[expand title=”In detail”] Dr. Chris Smith presents the Naked Scientists and also makes weekly appearances on ABC Radio National, Australia, and on BBC Radio Five Live. He fronts the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry World podcast and also founded and presented the first 100 episodes of the Nature Podcast for the journal Nature, the first example of an international science journal producing an audio programme to supplement its printed content. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr. Chris Smith’s aim is to help people enjoy science as much as he does and, at the same time, to have fun. He is a savvy speaker who strips science down to its bare essentials, and promotes it to his wide ranging audience of all ages and backgrounds. He uses his wit and charm to lift the lid on the curious, crazy and compelling – and answer those questions you never thought to ask.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Dr. Chris Smith is a very likeable medical doctor at home taking science questions on any subject live from the listening public. He does a wonderful job of distilling complex scientific processes, theories, and issues into language that worldwide audiences can easily understand.[/expand]
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Renowned Trend Forecaster, Strategy and Insight Director at The Future Laboratory

Martin Raymond is the co-founder of The Future Laboratory, a London-based consumer-insight, trend-forecasting and brand-strategy agency. He has written several books on the consumers of the future and which trends will determine our future. Martin is editor-in-chief of Viewpoint magazine and LS:N Global, the online lifestyle news and consumer insight portal.

Martin Raymond’s presentations are game-changing, inspiring and directional

[expand title=”In detail”] Martin is a regular media commentator and worked as a journalist in the design, fashion and film sectors. He founded VideoGraphic and became an associate editor at Screen International. He edited Fashion Weekly, the UK’s fashion business bible and presented RTE fashion magazine programme Head To Toe. Following that he became a lecturer in fashion journalism at London College of Fashion and still lectures at universities throughout the UK and Ireland. Martin is a contributing editor for Wired UK and a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Science.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Martin’s presentations are highly innovative and inspiring. He helps people and organisations to make their future happen and his approach to brand strategy, trend forecasting, consumer, market research and innovation projects is of great interest for business leaders from all fields.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His inspiring presentations make Martin Raymond a highly sought-after speaker at national and international events.[/expand]
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Start Up Entrepreneur and Expert in Point of Sale Software

Jørgen Christian Juul is the Chairman of the Board at Wallmob, a Danish-based software company with global reach that primarily focuses on POS systems, but with very few similarities to the conventional global POS Suppliers. His real expertise is in business development in the fields of Internet, Marketing and Communication. Jørgen has started 13 businesses and helped numerous start ups. By analyzing current market needs and defining a strong global position he was able to actively contribute to the start up of Wallmob and in so doing created a highly successful and extremely fast growing company.

“A leading expert in Sofware Solutions for today’s hyper competitive business environment ”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jørgen realised that increased multichannel competition and changes in buying behavior has created a need for rethinking the Point of Sale. At Wallmob he has developed a new POS platform that can meet business demands as mobile selling, cross and omni-channel integrations – designed to optimize sales and earnings, and at the same time improve the shopping experience as well as customer loyalty[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jørgen Christian Juul is a passionate entrepreneur and business start up expert. In his presentations he shows audiences how to re-invent existing products and market positions by using a disruptive approach and a personal built in desire to challenge “Sleeping Market Leaders”. His research is based on detailed market analytics, historical product development and real life examples of changes in human behavior.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jørgen’s passionate and high-energy presentations motivate, inspire and challenge audiences around the globe[/expand]
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Management Guru

Jamie Anderson is a Management Guru and an award winning author. He is currently Professor of Strategic Management at Antwerp Management School in Belgium and the Lorange Institute in Zurich. He brings together the theories and frameworks of business strategy, innovation and creativity. In addition to his work on innovation and creativity, Jamie is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on the telecommunications sector.

“Jamie’s wit and humour have seen him described as a ‘stand-up strategist”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jamie has been named as a “management guru” by the Financial Times, and as one of the world’s top 25 management thinkers by the journal Business Strategy Review. He has held positions at Antwerp Management School, TiasNimbas Business School, Lorange Institute, the European School of Management and Technology, London Business School, and the Melbourne Business School, Australia.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Jamie addresses very real business issues such as how to sustain competitive advantage, how to innovate, how to boost individual and collective creativity and how to achieve organisational change and transformation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jamie is a superb story teller, and he believes that the discussion of important business concepts should always be fun. His presentations are rich in multimedia; he focuses on interaction and audience participation, whether for a small after-dinner talk or for a keynote presentation to a conference of hundreds of attendees.[/expand]
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Professor of Marketing, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business & Enterprise, Director of the Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB)

Jaideep Prabhu is an expert in marketing, innovation, strategy and international business. His research has been published in the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Marketing Research, and he is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Marketing, the International Journal of Research in Marketing Science and the Journal of Management Studies. His recent book, Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth, co-authored with Navi Radjou and Simone Ahuja, was described by the Economist as the most comprehensive book yet on the subject of frugal innovation.

Jaideep is a member of the Cambridge Corporate Governance Network (CCGN).

[expand title=”In detail”] Jaideep has a BTech from the IIT Delhi and a PhD from the University of Southern California. Prior to his current position, Jaideep has held positions at Imperial College London; Cambridge Judge Business School (at the time the Judge Institute of Management); Tilburg University, the Netherlands; and the Anderson School of Management, UCLA.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Professor Prabhu offers his vast experience having consulted with or taught executives from ABN Amro, Bertelsmann AG, British Telecom, the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), EDS, Egg Banking, IBM, ING Group, Laird plc, the NHS, Nokia, Oce Copiers, Philips, Roche, Shell, Vodafone, and Xerox among other organisations in Colombia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK and US.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Jaideep frequently develops and delivers executive education programmes about driving innovation, about how multinational firms organise their innovation activities worldwide; and how firms are using emerging markets like India as labs to do frugal innovation. [/expand]

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Thought Leader, Management Consultant, Author

Subir Chowdhury has been a thought leader in quality management strategy and methodology for more than 20 years. Currently Chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC, he leads Six Sigma and Quality Leadership implementation, and consulting and training efforts. Subir’s work has earned him numerous awards and recognition. The New York Times cited him as a ”leading quality expert”; BusinessWeek hailed him as the “Quality Prophet.” The Conference Board Review described him as “an excitable, enthusiastic evangelist for quality.”

“The Quality Prophet” Business Week

[expand title=”In detail”] Subir has worked with many organizations across diverse industries including manufacturing, healthcare, food, and non-profit organizations. His client list includes major global corporations and industrial leaders such as American Axle, Berger Health Systems, Bosch, Caterpillar, Chrysler, Daewoo, Delphi Automotive Systems, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai Motor Company, ITT Industries, Johns Manville, Kaplan Professional, Kia Motors, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Loral Space Systems, Make It Right Foundation, Mark IV Automotive, Procter & Gamble, State of Michigan, Thomson Multimedia, TRW, Volkswagen, Xerox, and more. Under Subir’s leadership, ASI Consulting Group has helped hundreds of clients around the world save billions of dollars in recovered productivity and increased revenues.
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[expand title=”What he offers you”]He advises CEOs and senior leaders of Fortune 100 companies as well as organizations in the public, private and not-for profit sectors all over the world, helping them make quality a part of their business culture[/expand]

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Deputy Chair Equalities and Human Rights Commission

Caroline Waters is a highly accomplished senior executive with 13 years’ experience of operating at board level in a variety of European executive and non-executive roles. Caroline held a number of positions for the BT Group including Director, People & Policy before her retirement in March 2013. She is currently Deputy Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, Vice President of Carers UK, a member of the Whole Education Board and runs her own Strategic HR Consultancy business. She has established herself as a leading voice, across industry and Government for Inclusion, equal opportunities and progressive employment.

“She is one of the pioneers in approaches to workforce management”

[expand title=”In detail”] Caroline established BT’s Diversity Centre of Expertise, building BT’s leadership in diversity practice and embedding it within BT and its supply chain. She regularly contributes advice and guidance to Government and Industry. Her work is widely recognised across the industry with appointment as HR Director of the Year at HR Magazine’s HR Excellence Awards in 2009, where she is also consistently placed within a top 3 position in their annual HR’s Most Influential listings. This leadership was further recognised by the award of an OBE in the New Year Honours List 2010 for services to diversity and equal opportunities.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Caroline’s enthusiasm for the benefits of work-life balance is unrivalled. All her efforts are focused on demonstrating that flexible working is good for business. A high-profile leader in this area, she has proven track record of delivering sustained transformational change programmes across a complex international organisation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Her professional and personal integrity, passion and inspirational leadership style have allowed her to create an environment where success is a natural outcome and measurable results are delivered while creating a culture based on honesty, mutual trust and determined shared purpose.[/expand]
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Founder & Managing Director of Corston-Smith Asset Management

Shireen Muhiudeen founded Corston-Smith Asset Management in 2004, and is today its managing director with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore, where it is an exempt fund manager. Under her stewardship, Corston-Smith is now a partner of British Telecom Pension Scheme (BTPS). She was chief executive of the Malaysian arm of insurance giant AIG Investment Corporation from 1991 till 2003.

“Shireen Muhiudeen is an experienced voice in Asian financial matters”

[expand title=”In detail”] Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen began managing Shariah funds in 1988 and has been a licensed fund manager representative with Malaysia’s Securities Commission since 1996. She is a member of the CFA Institute and of the International Corporate Governance Network. At AIG she managed its insurance portfolio and third-party money invested in Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, as well as AIG’s Asia Emerging Fund region-wide, save for Japan. Shireen has also singlehandedly drawn international investors to Malaysia by launching the ASEAN Corporate Governance Fund in 2008 and the ASEAN Shariah Corporate Governance Fund in 2009. An avid sportswoman, Shireen represented Malaysia in the Junior Wimbledon tennis championships and served on the board of Tourism Malaysia, as well as her country’s Sports Advisory Council.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Shireen Muhiudeen brings to her extensive current ASEAN client portfolio more than 22 years of focused fund management experience. Besides having her own monthly column, Governance Matters, in Malaysia’s biggest-selling daily – The Star, Shireen is regularly sought after for her views by global broadcasters such as Bloomberg and CNBC, providing some interesting comparisons on how far women have progressed in the corporate world internationally and a completely fresh perspective on the value of having women in the Board Room. A proponent of Governance, transparency and Islamic Finance she is a regular speaker at seminars and forums.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]An avid advocate of equal gender representation in boardrooms, Shireen Muhiudeen is a powerful and astute orator who engages and informs worldwide audiences.[/expand]
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise INSEAD Singapore

Roger D. Lehman is a professor at INSEAD’s Singapore campus where he designs and teaches in open and company specific programs, providing a focus on executive leadership, personal and professional development, change management and high performance teams. His clinical, teaching and organizational consulting career spans over 30 years during which time his experience has included a variety of staff and leadership positions in both public and private institutions.

“Instrumental in helping to bridge the gap between the psychoanalytic and business communities”

[expand title=”In detail”] Roger D. Lehman is a member of the core faculty at the INSEAD Global Leadership Center. As co-designer and Program Director of INSEAD’s innovative Coaching and Consulting for Change Program, he is deeply involved in supporting leadership transformational processes. As managing partner of insite GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany he consults to a wide variety of multinational corporations in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia. He is a licensed clinical psychologist (Indiana, USA) and a psychoanalyst with membership in the American Psychological Association, the German Psychoanalytic Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Executive Coach, Roger D. Lehman’s focus on developing identified “high-potentials” enables his audiences to improve retention and to tap into an often-overlooked resource of creativity and contribution within their organizations. His unique personal background, combined with his professional training, has enabled him to be most successful in the translation of the concepts and insights drawn from the clinical perspective to direct the application for individual, team, and organizational dynamics.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With skilfully researched, high content presentations, Prof. Lehman delivers his tailored speeches or workshops to perfectly suit clients’ requirements.[/expand]
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