The Leading Speakers Bureau

The World Renowned Interviewer

Sir David Frost is probably the world’s most prominent television interviewer.

In addition to hosting and creating television programmes, he is a publisher, lecturer, impresario and chief executive officer to numerous companies.

Landmark interviews have always featured in his remarkable career. Perhaps the most infamous being the Nixon Interviews, broadcast in virtually every television nation around the world.

“One-man conglomerate.”

[expand title=”In detail”] His honours include two Emmy Awards in the United States, the Richard Dimbleby Award in the UK and the Golden Rose of Montreux.

Host and co-creator of That Was The Week That Was, Breakfast with Frost, Frost on Sunday and Through the Keyhole, Sir David has also produced countless television series, written more than ten books, produced seven films, and is joint founder of both London Weekend Television and TV-am. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]The unparalleled pairing of his experience of worldwide affairs with his incisive but relaxed manner brings an undisputed edge to any occasion. [/expand]
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Former Formula 1 World Champion

Damon Hill is a British former racing driver from England. He was the 1996 Formula One World Champion and is the son of the late double Formula One world champion Graham Hill, and is the only son of a world champion to win the title. He retired from the sport at the end of the 1999 season, after 122 race starts. In 2006, Damon Hill became president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club, succeeding Jackie Stewart.

“A living F1 legend”

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Co-author, Blue Ocean Strategy, Distinguished Fellow and Professor, INSEAD

Renée Mauborgne is a leading authority on value innovation and wealth creation. She is professor of strategy and management at INSEAD and is also codirector of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. Blue Ocean Strategy argues that tomorrow’s leading companies will succeed not by battling competitors, but by creating “blue oceans” of uncontested market space ripe for growth. Such strategic moves, termed value innovation, create powerful leaps in value for both the firm and its buyers, rendering rivals obsolete and unleashing new demand. Renée co-founded the Blue Ocean Strategy Network, a global community of practice on the Blue Ocean Strategy family of concepts that they created.

She stimulates creative thinking at an intellectual level with great ease.

Renée Mauborgne has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed her among the list of most influential thinkers.

[expand title=”In detail”] Renée received the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking 2008 and is the winner of the Eldridge Haynes Prize, awarded by the Academy of International Business and the Eldridge Haynes Memorial Trust of Business International. She is the winner of Prix des Dirigeants Commerciaux de France 2009 in the category of Stratégie d?entreprise. Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, places Renee among the top five most influential thinkers in 2009. She was also selected as the highest placed woman ever on Thinkers 50. [/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Renée Mauborgne is a preeminent thought leader on business strategy, innovation and wealth creation in the knowledge economy. With Blue Ocean Strategy, Renée brings business audiences a genuinely important breakthrough in strategic business thinking, which is changing the business lexicon across the globe. Taking the ever-changing global picture, she conveys the impact that it is having, and will have, on your organisation. As competition is redefined by technology and economic factors she looks at the implications for cost and sustainability. [/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Renée is a very impressive presenter-engaging, energetic and intelligent, with substantive material that can significantly impact your organisation’s performance. Candid and affable, she delivers her message with great clarity and relevance to your own situation. [/expand]
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Global Energy Economist

Philip K. Verleger Jr. is the President of PKVerleger LLC and senior advisor to The Brattle Group. He has been associated with the Fred Bergsten Institute since 1986 and is a senior fellow. He has held positions at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, the U.S. Treasury, the Institute for International Economics, Yale University, the University of California, and various firms in the private sector. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council of Foreign Relations.

“The leading specialist in the study of energy commodity markets.”

[expand title=”In detail”] The author of over 100 articles and books on energy economics, Dr. Verleger has testified frequently as an expert witness for parties in private disputes and as an independent authority to the U.S. Congress. His testimony before Congress has addressed regulation, taxation, the behaviour of markets, and most recently, mergers. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Adept at both the podium and with the pen, Philip, the author of numerous studies on international energy and petroleum issues, brings his experience and analytical prowess to bear on the conventional economic wisdom, reaching insightful conclusion others simply can’t.[/expand]
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Director at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Paris

Jean-Marie Chevalier is currently professor of Economics at the University of Paris-Dauphine, Director of the ‘Centre de Géopolitique de l’Energie et des Matières Premières’. He is also a Director at CERA. He has worked, as an economist for Elf Aquitaine and the energy department of the World Bank. For several years, he was a member of the board of directors of the Banque Nationale de Paris.

The world’s leading expert on current global energy trends
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Expert on Energy and the Environment

Claudia Kemfert is Head of the department Energy, Transportation, Environment at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Professor of Energy Economics at Humboldt University, Berlin. She advises EU president José Manuel Barroso as a member of the High Level Group on Energy and she is an external advisor for the World Bank, the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

“Germany’s leading exponent of green economic policies”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Kemfert was awarded from DAAD and was honoured in 2006 as top German Scientist from the German research foundation (“Elf der Wissenschaft 2006”). She is a member of renowned expert commissions, sustainability advisory councils and is a member of the editorial board of Energy Economics, Gaia and Energy Efficiency. Her research activities concentrate on the evaluation of climate and energy policy strategies.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]With a wealth of unparalleled expertise in the social and economic effects of climate change, Claudia Kemfert offers organisations the necessary tools to expand without adversely affecting the environment. She shows decision makers how it is possible to achieve sustained growth and profits whilst simultaneously implementing “greener” business policies[/expand]
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Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology & Innovation at INSEAD

Yves Doz is a Professor of Business Strategy and the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD.

His business experience includes work on multinational aircraft programmes, along with consulting for many major multinational corporations and teaching in their internal development programmes.

“The metanational hypothesis is becoming reality.”

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Leading Global Futurist, Trend Forecaster and expert on Future Business and Consumer Trends

Anne Lise Kjaer is a leading global futurist who has pioneered the concept of Multidimensional Thinking – developing future concepts by analysing scientific research in conjunction with social, cultural, emotional and spiritual shifts in society. Anne Lise has an exceptional eye for ‘the next big thing’ and an original and inspiring way of translating fledgling concepts into viable commercial propositions, working with some of the world’s leading brands.

“The future is not some place we go, but one we create”

[expand title=”In detail”] Her experience across markets from food, fashion and furniture to electronics, automotive and retail gives her unique insights and a ‘bigger picture’ approach. Anne contributes to a range of European trends and lifestyles publications and has been featured in the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Times Magazine and on BBC R4 and Question Time and several international television programmes. She is a Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassador and an MD of the Danish / UK Chamber of Commerce.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Anne Lise Kjaer brings clarity to a complex world dominated by ever increasing trends that are generated by a constantly changing world and driven by consumer demands. As she embraces new thinking across a range of disciplines, this approach is combined with more creative and intuitive approaches to the future in the 21st century.[/expand]
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Global Marketing Expert

René Jäggi is the former CEO of Adidas International and Chairman of H.T.M. (Head– Tyrolia-Mares-Penn) the international sports group. He is also the former Chairman of the Board of Head N.V and he was CEO of the LOC Venue office during the football world cup in 2006 in Germany. He is currently on the board of several international companies and Chairman of Flora Eco Power AG in Munich, a public bio energy company. In May 2007 he was appointed as a new member of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Based Artificial Life, Inc. a provider of award-winning mobile 3G technology and applications.

René Jäggi is a recognised corporate marketing expert

[expand title=”In detail”] In addition to his corporate work Mr Jäggi is also the former President of the Executive Board of the Kaiserslautern Football Club and former President of Football Club Basel.
He was also Chairman of the advisory board of Romika GmbH, the sports shoe manufacturer as well as holding prior management positions in marketing and sales at battery giant Duracel and Reynolds the tobacco giant. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Drawing upon his considerable expertise both in the corporate sector and the world of professional sports, Mr Jäggi carefully explains his marketing strategies. He offers audiences great insights into how he managed to turn around numerous companies to create brand leaders around the globe.[/expand]
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Marketing and Commercial Director of England 2018

David Magliano is Director of Commercial and Marketing at England 2018, the organisation bidding for England to host the 2018 Football World Cup. He is responsible for building UK public support and presenting England’s plans to FIFA. David’s previous roles include Director of Marketing for London 2012, Sales and Marketing Director of easyJet, and Sales and Marketing Director of Go

Marketer of the Year (1999 and 2005)

[expand title=”In detail”] Before Go, David spent 10 years in advertising. He has been a director of two major advertising agencies. David is a non-executive Director of Glasses Direct, and a former non-executive director of Dyson. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. David was UK Marketer of the Year in 1999 and 2005, and Global Chief Marketing Officer of the Year in 2006. He was awarded an MBE in 2006. He has experienced firsthand the work of many high-profile individuals, such as Sebastian Coe, Stelios Haji-Hannou, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Beckham and members of the Royal family.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]David is knowledgeable about a broad range of marketing disciplines – advertising, e-commerce, direct marketing, PR, events, pricing and customer service. In particular he knows how to apply these techniques to win high-stakes pitches.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his beautifully prepared presentations David draws on his own experiences with London 2012 and offers audiences insights into his highly successful marketing strategies.[/expand]
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