Speakers Profile

Main platform speakers

	Roger Bootle One of the City’s leading economists, Roger is credited with forecasting the collapse of the dotcom boom and the credit crunch. Find out where the UK economy is heading now.
	Doug Richard One of the BBC’s first ‘Dragons’, Doug is a successful entrepreneur and business angel. He also chairs the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force. Gain essential insights on growing your business.
	Dame Evelyn Glennie Internationally renowned musician and composer, Evelyn has achieved remarkable success despite being deaf. She is a motivational speaker who will amaze, captivate and inspire you to greater personal success.
	Derek Williams Derek is one of Britain’s leading customer service gurus. Also known as Mr WOW through his creation of the UK’s only national consumer nominated customer service awards. Find out how you can differentiate yourself and your business.
	Susanna Simpson Voted Young PR Professional of the Year when she was just 24, Susanna Simpson is a Public Relations guru and entrepreneur. Understand how you could be using PR to build your business.
	Justin Urquhart-Stewart Justin is one of our best loved city commentators – a regular on TV and radio and columnist for newspapers, magazines and websites. Justin will Chair Conference again this year, so delegates can expect entertaining insights into the state of financial services UK.

Host speaker

Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine will be our host for the Gala Awards dinner on 20 th September. Fresh from his marathon election coverage (including his role in exposing Gordon Brown’s ‘Bigot-gate’ scandal), Jeremy is sure to give us insights and keep us thoroughly entertained. He established his reputation as a smooth-talking but tough presenter on Newsnight and he now presents the lunchtime show on Radio 2, fronts Panorama and hosts Eggheads.

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