The Leading Speakers Bureau

Educator, Author and Consultant

Rajendra Sisodia is Professor of Marketing at Bentley University, and was previously Trustee Professor of Marketing and the Founding Director of the Centre for Marketing Technology. A leading figure in the Conscious Capitalism movement, he is also the Founder and Chairman of the Conscious Capitalism Institute. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Mastek, a publicly traded IT services company based in India.

“One of 2010’s Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behaviour”

[expand title=”In detail”] Rajendra has a Ph.D. in Marketing from Columbia University. He consults with and provides executive seminars for companies in the information technology, electric utility, telecommunications, real state, healthcare and financial services industries. He writes frequently for The New York Times, Financial Times, The Washington Post and numerous other publications, radio shows and television networks. His research has been cited in over sixty professional books and numerous academic articles. In 2003, he was cited as one of “50 Leading Marketing Thinkers” by the U.K.-based Chartered Institute of Marketing.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A frequent and popular keynote speaker, Rajendra has made nearly 300 presentations at leading universities, corporations, non-profits and other organizations around the world. His research, teaching and consulting expertise spans the areas of conscious capitalism, corporate strategy and leadership, globalization, stakeholder management, marketing strategy, marketing ethics, relationship marketing, and measuring and improving marketing productivity.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His presentations are always customised to fit the needs of the clients to whom he is speaking. His messages are powerful and effective, delivered in his professional style.[/expand]
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Three Times World Referee of the Year (2004, 2005& 2007)

Markus Merk is the three times World Referee of the Year. He is the seven-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. He refereed the Final of the Euro 2004 in Portugal, between the host nation and Greece, there as the Ambassador for the International Red Cross. Markus provides basic dental care to the poor in India helping the Indienhilfe Kaiserslautern, which erects schools, housings and basic medical care. For the 2010-2011 season, he is the main referee commentator for Lig TV (which has the rights to the Turkish Super League).

In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1988 Merk, 25, was appointed the youngest Bundesliga referee ever. Four years later he became a FIFA referee and officiated at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. Markus also refereed the 1997 Cup Winners’ Finals, the UEFA Champions League 2003 final, the Euro 2004 final, the DFB Cup Final 2003, the Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona and the EUFA Cup Final in 1997 between Paris St. German & FC Barcelona. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As one of the most highly respected decision makers in football today, Markus Merk, originally a dentist and now a dedicated triathlete, is used to working under intense scrutiny. He offers his audiences insights into how to constantly achieve the best results.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In Markus’ colourful presentations he talks, tells anecdotes and shows images about his experiences in sport and relates these to life in general. His charismatic, professional, relaxed and engaging manner makes him a highly sought-after speaker at events throughout the world.[/expand]
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Chairman of the British Film Institute and Former Director General of the BBC

Greg Dyke was appointed Chairman of the British Film Institute in February 2008. He was previously Director-General of the BBC. In his four years at the BBC he started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, opened two new BBC regions, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview. Greg reversed the trend at the BBC which took employees away from making programmes and made them into managers. In doing so he reduced administration costs dramatically from 24% of total income to 15%. In 2005, he became chairman of HIT and in 2006, he became chairman of Brentford Football Club.

“Mr Dyke is an outstanding business speaker”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 2004 he was formally appointed by the University of York as its new Chancellor. In this role, he is the honorific and ceremonial head of the University, as well as heading the University Development Board. In July 2004 Dyke was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Sunderland and Middlesex University.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mr Dyke is an outstanding business speaker, he speaks in detail about his leadership methods and how at the BBC he successfully improved programming, reduced costs and increased the cultural diversity of the BBC’s work force.
Lech was inspirational and very interesting. Even though translated his presentation was well understood and the attendees rated him excellent – Global Business Management Software [/expand]
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Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services – APAC (Asia Pacific) at Amazon.com, & Author

Simone Brunozzi is a technology enthusiast, involved in IT and computing since an early age. He joined Amazon.com in 2008 in the role of Web Services Evangelist, travelling across Europe and vicinity to showcase the innovative new solutions by Amazon Web Services and help developers build businesses and applications. He has followed the “Cloud Computing” paradigm shift since 2006, and believes that it is going to replace the traditional computing model.

Simone Brunozzi is at the heart of technological changes today”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining Amazon, Simone had his own business focusing on web applications as founder, project leader at UbuntuSemplice and owner of wedoit s.a.s.. He also served as a professor of Programming Languages and Compilers at Perugia University and worked as a network and system administrator at the University for Foreigners in Perugia. Simone has a Computer Science degree and spent six months at UC Irvine, California, where he studied the American approach to business and science. He gained early programming experience at the Ministry of Aerial Defense in Rome, Italy. His experience also includes being a Second Life blogger and technical writer for Punto Informatico.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Why is Cloud Computing so important for the Enterprise? What’s the value in it, and what slows down adoption? AWS Technology Evangelist for EMEA, Simone Brunozzi, provides details and examples that can help understand the value proposition of Cloud Computing. He thrives on opportunities to explain services and “marketing” aspects of Evangelism, including social media (Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Second Life, etc.) to audiences, meet new people and have fun doing it.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Simone Brunozzi is passionate about technologies that will profoundly change our lives in the years to come and is in constant contact with the fast-changing world of Avatars and virtual experiences and his exciting presentations open our eyes to changes that will affect us.[/expand]
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The 1st President of the European Parliament & Former French Minister, Holocaust Survivor

Simone Veil is arguably the one person most responsible for advancing women’s legal rights in France. She served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France. Very few figures in French politics enjoy the support of people from all political spectrums. Yet this is certainly the case with Simone Veil, a woman with an unquestionable moral aura. Beyond her political commitment, Simone Veil’s career path is highly symbolic of the complexity of post-war French history.

In 2005 she was awarded with the Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation

[expand title=”In detail”] Having obtained her baccalauréat in 1943 before being deported, Simone Veil began the study of law and political science at Sciences Po. A survivor from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where she lost part of her family, she is the Honorary President of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 1979 European election. In its first session, the new Parliament elected Veil as its President, which she served as until 1982. She was elected to the Académie française in 2008. She has received honours from the governments and organizations of France, the Ivory Coast, Spain, Morocco, Germany, Greece, Venezuela, Italy, Belgium, Israel and the United States.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]In France, throughout Europe, as well as the rest of the world, Madame Simone Veil is acknowledged as one of the world’s most courageous, powerful and influential people, admired for her political and personal courage. She owes her popularity to her undeterred resolve, in particular when faced with the horror of the Nazi deportation camps. She has yet again taken up a new challenge: ensuring that the memory of the past and the duty to remember don’t hamper her faith in the future. Her career inspires awe at the extent of her contributions.[/expand]

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[expand title=”How she presents”]Simone Veil is a remarkable woman who has seemed to be “inhabited by the absolute”. Her personal courage served as an example for a country that needed to regain faith in itself and her presentations are unforgettable and very powerful. Her political, legislative and social power is real and honoured. She is remarkable for the openness, modesty and humility with which she fields questions and ponders the future of women in France, in Europe and in the world.[/expand]
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Director of Liberty & One of the UK’s Leading Human Rights Campaigners

With an international reputation as a human rights campaigner, Shami Chakrabarti was appointed director of Liberty, the National Council of Civil Liberties, in 2003. A frequent contributor to radio and The Independent newspaper on civil liberties, she was named the second most inspirational political figure in the 2006 Channel 4 Political Awards, coming second to Jamie Oliver, beating Tony Blair, David Cameron, George Galloway and Bob Geldof. She was also named in the top ten of a poll run by the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to find out ‘who runs Britain’, and awarded the Lloyds TSB Asian Woman of Achievement Award in 2005.

“Fundamental rights and freedoms belong to all the people”

[expand title=”In detail”] London-born Shami worked as a barrister at the Home Office before joining Liberty in 2001, where she has campaigned against counter-terrorism legislation and spoken out about ID cards, incitement to religious hatred and ASBOs. Recently appointed a governor of the London School of Economics, Shami sits on the Advisory Board of the British Institute of Human Rights and the Executive Committee of the Administrative Law Bar Association. She is the Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Shami Chakrabarti seems to be one step ahead of the rest of us and is one of the most important voices for civil liberties today. Since becoming Liberty’s Director she has written, spoken and broadcast widely on the importance of the post-WW2 human rights framework as an essential component of democratic society.[/expand]

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[expand title=”How she presents”]Shami Chakrabarti provides a highly informed view that is both entertaining and effective.[/expand]
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US Sales Guru, Leadership Expert

Brian Tracy is one of America’s leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. He is a dynamic and entertaining speaker with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences toward peak performance and higher levels of achievement.

A dynamic and inspiring speaker

[expand title=”In detail”] Brian has a B.Comm., M.A. and is the Chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resource company with affiliates throughout America and in thirty-one countries worldwide. Prior to founding Brian Tracy International, Brian was the chief operating officer of a development company with $265 million in assets and $75 million in annual sales. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high-level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Brian Tracy shows audiences how to make quantum leaps in productivity and performance. His key messages are:
. Manage more effectively and get better results
. Increase sales and sales management performance
. Think and plan strategically for greater effectiveness
. Master the changes caused by information explosion, technological advances and competitive pressures.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His talks are fast-moving, informative, enjoyable and entertaining. Brian has a wonderful ability to customise each talk for his particular audience. He presents a series of great ideas and strategies with a rare combination of fact, humour, insights and practical concepts that audience members can apply immediately to get better results.[/expand]
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Former Head of the Singapore Economic Development Board

Tan Chin Nam is the chairman of the Media Development Authority of Singapore, which is responsible for developing and promoting the country’s film, broadcast, print, and publishing industries. He is also the chairman of the board of Temasek Management Services, and a director of Stamford Land Corporation, Yeo Hiap Seng, and PSA International.

“Singaporean economic expert”

[expand title=”In detail”] Tan Chin Nam spent 33 distinguished years in the Singapore civil service and has held top leadership positions at the National Computer Board; the Economic Development Board; the Singapore Tourism Board; National Library Board Singapore; the Ministry of Manpower; and the Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Arts. He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree by the University of Bradford, UK and an Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree by the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has received many medals, awards, and fellowships from the National Trades Union, the computing sector, and the travel sector.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Through his experiences as at the Singapore Economic Development Board Tan Chin provides an invaluable source of information and insights into the Singaporean and Asian economic models.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Tan Chin’s speaking style coupled with an incisive understanding and enlightened capacity to explain and discuss Asian issues has contributed to his high popularity and reputation.[/expand]
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Successful Entrepreneur and One of the First Dot Com Millionaires

Ben was one of the first .com millionaires after developing a search technology called Pulsar. Currently he is MD of The Rainmakers, which is an innovations and corporate venturing company. In 2007 Ben joined Brightstation Ventures a VC fund with $100m to invest, Ben is currently involved in a large number of start-up companies such as GoDine the restaurant booking service, a graduate recruitment company called Brave New Talent and he has just launched Freetricity that takes advantage of the UK governments feed in tariff scheme to provide solar power for free. Ben has advised both the UK and US governments, multinationals and global academic institutions in technology and trends. He also headed up technical and environmental investments and due-diligence for the Rotch Property Group who has over £1 Billion in asset management.

“A pioneering entrepreneur”

[expand title=”In detail”] Ben started his first business in 1995 on his 15th birthday making him at that time the youngest company director in the UK. He won ‘New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2000 and was reportedly worth £18.3m in the 2001 Sunday Times Rich List. Ben has also appeared on television numerous times, including the much acclaimed Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire. Ben is currently living in the US and involved in a number of US start ups.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Ben advises audiences on a wide range of business topics especially the emergence of new technologies. His business insights including his challenges and triumphs will inspire audiences to achieve success in their own companies.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A true professional, Ben prepares meticulously for all events and engages audiences with his passion, humour and subject knowledge.[/expand]
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Economist and Professor of the University of Tokyo

Takatoshi Ito is a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics and the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He has taught extensively both in the United States and Japan, including at University of Minnesota, Hitotsubashi University, Columbia Business School and Harvard University. He served as Senior Advisor in the Research Department, IMF and as Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs at Ministry of Finance, Japan. The national Medal with Purple Ribbon was awarded to him in June 2011.

“A renowned expert in the Asian Financial Crisis

[expand title=”In detail”] He has contributed frequently to Financial Times and Nihon Keizai Shinbun. He was President of the Japanese Economic Association in 2004. He served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Council of Economic and Fiscal Policy from 2006 to 2008. He has distinguished academic and research appointments such as President of the Japanese Economic Association in 2004; Fellow of Econometric Society, since 1992; Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research since 1985; and Faculty Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research since 2006.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his presentations he shares his extensive knowledge in areas of international finance and Japanese economy, particularly in the area of capital flows and currency crises, microstructures of the foreign exchange rates, and inflation targeting.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His speaking style coupled with an incisive understanding and enlightened capacity to explain and discuss global issues has contributed to his high popularity and reputation.[/expand]
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