Teamwork. Creativity. Motivation. Inspiration. Life story. Perseverance

Mikkey Dee has played the drums in King Diamond, Don Dokken, Motörhead and is the current Scorpions drummer.

Lemmy had repeatedly been asking Mikkey to join Motörhead since 1986. Mikkey turned him down during the years for two major reasons. The first being that he was happy with where he was and never wanted to be a drummer jumping around between bands for fame and fortune and the second reason being that he simply did not feel ready. You just don’t walk in to a band like Motörhead like it´s just another day at work. Mikkey strongly felt he had not yet earned the strips to be a full member of Motörhead. Finally, in 1991 Lemmy cornered Mikkey at the famous Rainbow Bar & Grill in Hollywood and told him to join the band already… Mikkey replied: – “Let’s do it!” and the rest is history. After Lemmy´s passing in December of 2015 Mikkey has been sharing the message to celebrate the life of Lemmy rather than mourn his death. In 2016, Mikkey joined The Scorpions permanently

One of the legendary drummers in rock, Mikkey is also a keen ice hockey player, and the owner of a rock bar in Paris called Alabama

Sustainability. What business can do to avoid greenwashing. The incredible power of the consumer. Highway to Health – healthy living while on the road. Bio foods and the future. Life and times. Personal development. Social leadership.

Tanya O’ Callaghan is an internationally acclaimed musician, keynote speaker and a lifelong activist and advocate for animal, human and environmental causes. Her passion is highlighting and simplifying the challenges faced by the world’s ecosystem by harnessing the incredible, positive powers we have as consumers with our every day choices.

She encourages and motivates to recommit and strive to do a better job on the path towards a more sustainable future; after all, the major thing we have in common is planet Earth. A life-long environmentalist and plant based health advocate when not on stages across the world, her motto is “Changing plates, changes the world!”.

A huge advocate for critical thinking and healthy scepticism, Tanya encourages people to turn off the 24/7 news cycle and fall in love with books again and encourages healthy conversations between people from very different walks of life; that is where our greatest growth happens.

Tanya’s whole mission in life is using her platform for good. As a speaker and plant-based health coach, she puts together fun, approachable and easily implementable steps for large groups of employee bases to utilise their powers as consumers and have a profound effect on their own health, while reducing their carbon footprints as individuals and entire company structures.

Tanya also created, produced and co-hosts the brand new TV show and YouTube channel Highway to Health, coming to screens in 2023. Together with Derrick Green of Sepultura they challenge stereotypes and discovers a healthier way to live while on the road. They step off the stage and take to the streets to seek exciting vegan food in fascinating places. Along the way they meet with interesting friends and guests ranging from local farmers and chefs to celebrities and experts, commenting on sustainability in all walks of life, from energy to aviation. Tanya utilises stories and insights from their journeys that your audience can apply to their professional development.

Tanya encourages everyone to use our platforms no matter how small or big, for positive change and healthy conversations; being calm, diplomatic but indefatigable in a time of short attentions spans and keyboard warriors. We don’t have time for superiority complexes, we need to focus on solutions.

“Perseverance is the bridge by which difficulty is overcome.”

Motivation. Triumph over adversity. Mental health. Win or lose – you choose. Mental boxing. Making the impossible possible. Passion, power and purpose.

Billy Schwer spent 20 years at the top of his field in arguably the most gruelling and demanding sport there is – boxing. Using the lessons he learnt during his time in pursuit of the world championship, he has built a successful business as an Inspirational & Motivational Speaker and Performance Coach.

Having been a winning fighter all his life, the fight that Billy was having was a different kind altogether and one that Billy was losing, badly. Having battled his way back from depression, divorce and even bankruptcy after his retirement from the professional boxing ring, Billy knows how to survive and thrive. He now works with individuals, groups and organisations sharing his powerful message which takes you from crisis to success, radically transforming people, shifting company performance, results and impacting the bottom line.

“Billy really gave us some different insights into the way we can … make ourselves even more successful.”

Science in education and storytelling. The value of AI to creativity. Science and technology for people who don’t like science. Technology and science. Emotional intelligence. Access to STEM for all. Creativity, spirituality, courage, love and empathy in the age of the machine. How disability has driven technological advances. How to shape your legacy. Inspirational life and times speech.

Holding 32 honorary degrees from UK and foreign universities, Lucy has received numerous honours including the Legion d’Honneur from the French Government, an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians, The American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, and The Australian Medical Research Society Medal. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Influential populariser of science; best-selling author and story-teller, Lucy is the daughter of Theoretical Physicist Stephen Hawking, and Chairperson of the Stephen Hawking Foundation. Lucy Hawking makes science accessible and entertaining to young people through her “George” book series of fantasy adventure novels based on real science. Written in collaboration with world-leading scientists including her father, the late Professor Stephen Hawking. Lucy created the Principia Space Diary with Curved House Kids for the UK Space Agency. Principia Space Diary represents an innovative educational concept for primary students which allowed them to write their own book about astronaut Tim Peake’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

As well as editing the text for her father’s final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Lucy wrote the afterword for the posthumous book and recorded the audio version for Audible and Radio 4. Lucy has also made documentaries for BBC Radio 4 about the impact of technology on different aspects of human life. She is currently working on a series of podcasts for Audible about the future of the human race in space.

Lucy sheds light on the universal law of cosmic sustainability as discovered by her father: nothing is lost, only transformed. She will touch upon her father’s life and work and how they ended up working together to write a series of books for kids, which includes an explanation of how the universe began and how stars form – leading to the remarkable conclusion that we are all formed from the recycled products of stars.

“If you have a question, you must ask it. It doesn’t matter if you think ‘Oh, I wonder if they’ll think I’m silly.’ Don’t worry, ask the question … because that’s what scientists do, they ask questions. So always ask because you never know where the answer might lead.”

Entrepreneurship and excellence. Entrepreneurial leadership. Business success. Talent management. Inspirational stories. The key to success

Carl Leighton-Pope started his career in 1964 aged 18 working at the Marquee Club in Soho, London with the likes of Rod Stewart, The Who, Eric Clapton. Those days as a Mod riding a scooter and shopping in Carnaby Street signalled the start of a long career in the music business lasting over 55 years.

In 1972, Carl opened a recording studio in South Wales and managed Sassafras a band on Chrysalis Records releasing 3 albums and touring Europe and the USA.  1976 saw Carl move back to London and kick started his agency career.

Early signings included Patti Smith, The Motors, and a number of major bands from America: Styx, Journey and Huey Lewis. By 1978, Dire Straits, Simple Minds, UFO, and Wishbone Ash were added to his list of clients. Carl became one of the top agents in Europe.

In the 1980s he found Bryan Adams, Climax Blues Band, and Matt Bianco, and were all added to the roster. He also signed Van Morrison and Bonnie Tyler. During the ‘90s he found and produced The Chippendales and toured them extensively in the UK and Europe. With the turn of the century, Michael Bublé, Billy Ocean, Jeff Healey, Keith Urban, and Chris Rea had also been added to Carl’s growing client base. WWE wrestling and Harlem Globetrotters soon joined the ranks. Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, and Billy Ocean are still clients today.

Theatre has also been an important part of Carl’s story, writing and producing Carnaby Street the musical, and a new play “LOVE” set for the West End at the end of 2023.

“Carl is an interesting and highly entertaining speaker. He spoke to us about his early experiences in the music industry and brought to life an amazing array of colourful characters and extraordinary situations. Hilarious stories told with wit, charm and a twinkle in his eye.”

Threat and risk management. Privacy and security. The world of intelligence. Team building.

Julian Fisher is an intelligence specialist and author of Think Like a Spy: Master the Art of Influence and Build Life-Changing Alliances (Hachette 2024). In that book, Julian explains how readers can apply the nine secret skills of espionage to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. In 2017, he was the lead trainer on the Channel 4 TV series Spies, which put sixteen ordinary people through a series of challenges to find out if they had what it takes to be a spy.

Julian previously worked in a specialised branch of the British Diplomatic Service, for which he saw action in challenging locations around the world. He went on to work for a global private military company, operationally active in Africa. In his time, he has seen off camel-rustlers in Somalia, faced down gun-toting soldiers in The Congo, trained a newly-formed intelligence service in South Sudan and been invited to help plot a coup in West Africa (he declined).

Julian is an experienced and inspiring public speaker, with a strong track-record in the following areas:

• Keynote addresses at conferences and corporate awaydays.
• After-dinner and motivational speeches.
• Workshops and seminars.
• Themed team-building events.
• Tailored training events.

A specialist in the ‘people’ side of intelligence, Julian talks about what companies and individuals can learn from this world to enhance their effectiveness and productivity.

He focuses on leadership, interpersonal skills, motivations and influence. He also guides organisations on the uses of intelligence in threat and risk management, privacy and security. He can provide insights into global security matters, geopolitical risk and the realities behind headlines about terrorism, China, Russia and beyond.

Examples of keynote speeches that Julian offers include:

“Think Like a Spy: How Spies Achieve the Unimaginable and How You Can Too”. This is a motivational talk that focuses on personal-development lessons to be learned from Intelligence Officers’ use of interpersonal skills and human psychology.

“The business of spying: lessons from a parallel world”. Again, this is a motivational talk that examines how businesspeople can think like a spy to grow client-bases and improve inter-cultural communication and understanding.

“Thank you for a wonderful talk. The whole team thoroughly enjoyed the session and it prompted a lot of interesting discussions at drinks afterwards and in the office”

Leadership. Inspiration. Global Affairs. Philanthropy. Human Rights. Corporate and Social Responsibility

Shooting to fame as the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof was a major player in the 70s punk rock movement and enjoyed over a decade of hits between 1975 and 1986, including “Rat Trap”, “I Don’t Like Mondays” and “Up All Night”. After leaving the band, he launched a successful solo career, published his best-selling autobiography, “Is That It?” and worked as a radio DJ, journalist and television presenter.

In 1984 Geldof was watching the news one night when he was horrified by a report on the famine in Ethiopia. As we all now know he got on the phone. The result was the all-star band aid and the song he co-wrote with Midge Ure – “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”, which went on to sell over three million copies and become the biggest selling song in the UK. He subsequently inspired and joined the American response – “We are the World” the biggest-selling single in the world. Six months later, on July 13, 1985, came Live Aid – “the biggest and greatest event in pop history”. $200 million was raised for the starving and the dying in Ethiopia. Geldof established and continues to be the chairman of the Band Aid trust, which operates in eight African countries.

Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the One Campaign, co-founded by fellow Irish rock singer and activist Bono, and was a member of the Africa Progress Panel. He was a member of prime minister Blair’s Commission For Africa and is currently Founder and Chair of the 8 Miles private equity fund for investment in Africa.

“What an incredible speech! He [Bob Geldof] really is the best orator I have ever seen.”

Physical, emotional and psychological Safety. Inclusion, Motivation and Self Actualisation. Focus, efficiency and Agility.

Mark has sailed over 80,000 miles across the worlds toughest oceans and has competed at the highest level in countless races. Translating his vast experience navigating turbulent waters to helping businesses do the same, he has won awards for delivering amazing presentations.

In his stunning audio visual presentations, Mark shows how ordinary people are capable of achieving truly extraordinary results. Simply put, Mark helps organisations to reshape their cultures and improve their leadership resilience.

“We couldn’t have hoped for more from the Masterclass session. 100% attention, 5 star feedback and our leaders visibly moved afterwards by what they heard. It was everything we were hoping for!“

From Rock Star to Businessman. Turning Customers into Fans. Entrepreneurship. Corporate Culture. Business Start-Ups. Risk Management. Motivation & Inspiration. Business Creativity.

Alongside his larger-than-life persona as lead singer for Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson holds a myriad of experience in business, entrepreneurialism, mentoring and creative thinking. All of which make him unique in his ever-expanding professional fields, and in great demand to share the secrets of his proficiency, insight and knowledge..

Chairman and founder of Caerdav formerly Cardiff aviation), Caerdav provides aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), consultancy and pilot training services to large carriers, aircraft leasing companies and private clients. He has invested in the British manufacturer of the Airlander HAV (hybrid air vehicle), an eco-friendly helium airship capable of transporting cargo or people to remote corners of the earth. And Pouncer – an edible drone developed by Windhorse Aerospace which can carry humanitarian aid into hard to access disaster areas.

Drawing on his wealth of experience for inspiration, Bruce’s world class keynotes explain how the challenges of operating in the seemingly disparate realms of rock music and commercial aviation mirror those of everyday business worlds. Bruce shares how teamwork, communication, forward planning and inevitable setbacks are an opportunity to learn, adapt and successfully move on.

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“Talking about his personal experiences as a showman and entrepreneur Bruce managed to mesmerise around 5000 customers who are used to speeches about cyber security, but instead got a memorable inspirational talk from one of the best speakers we have had. Charismatic, funny, cheerful, innovative and of course, legendary.”

Leadership. Teamwork. Motivation. After Dinner. Awards Host. Overcoming Challenges. People Management.

Kevin Keegan was quite simply THE football superstar of the 1970’s. An English football icon, Kevin graced the pitches of Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton and SV Hamburg, being crowned European Footballer of the Year twice, as well as going on to Captain and manager England.

Available as one of the most entertaining after dinner speakers, or as an inspirational speaker tailoring his speech to the client and audience, Kevin is warm, hospitable and as friendly a speaker you could wish to have.

Having his audiences motivated and laughing (mainly at himself), from his spellbinding performances on the pitch to his 70’s perm and pop songs, Kevin inspires an audience whether football fans or not.