Lester Barr MBE
Lester Barr MBE “Can we prevent breast cancer?” Lester has been a consultant surgeon specialising in breast cancer for over 25 years. He has published over 100 papers on breast cancer and surgical oncology. In 1997, he co-founded the charity Prevent Breast Cancer, a research focussed grant-awarding body, which funds research into prediction, prevention and […]
Sue Evans
Sue Evans “Exposing the lie – changing your relationship with stress.” Sue specialises in improving performance through people and process, supporting business leaders to embed the skills and culture of continuous improvement, and enabling improvements in productivity, quality and customer experience. In her early career, Sue delivered operational excellence and transformational change for international organisations. […]
Nicola Wood
Nicola Wood “Beyond appearances: The deeper connection between identity and hair loss.” Nicola describes her job as ‘a hairdresser for one day a week and spends the rest of the week trying to change the world for people with cancer and hair loss’. As a woman living with rheumatoid arthritis, one of the side effects […]
Louisa Herridge
Louisa Herridge “Could reading a bedtime story change the world?” Louisa is a business, writing and Positive Psychology coach, author and speaker. She has overcome many adversities in life, including domestic abuse, debt, and living with chronic pain, which led to depression and major back surgery. She is a solo mum to her daughter. Louisa […]
Robert Dixon
Robert Dixon “Disrupt or be disrupted: Embracing generative AI.” Robert is a seasoned business leader and respected academic. He excels in strategic management, specialising in AI applications for business. With 25 years’ experience in both SMEs and blue-chip firms, and over a decade in MBA education, Robert merges theory with practice, delivering cutting-edge insights and […]
Karl Perry
Karl Perry “How being dead changed my perspective on life.” Karl describes himself as a bang average bloke who grew up in Humberston, a small village near Grimsby in north east Lincolnshire. He now lives in a similarly small village in south Manchester. Karl is a freelance copywriter, author and a qualified personal and business […]
Jo Tosh
Jo Tosh “Riding the rapids of young-onset Parkinson’s (YOPD).” Jo Tosh is a former cardiology nurse and principal lecturer who now blogs and campaigns for Parkinson’s. Jo was diagnosed with Parkinson’s when she was just 47 years old. Now 55, she has recently undergone a surgical treatment called deep brain stimulation (DBS). Jo’s journey to […]
Ben Dunne
Ben Dunne “Building an alternate future through grief.” Ben is the Secondary School Lead at Islington Borough Council, responsible for developing partnership working across the Borough’s 11-19 education sector. An ex-secondary headteacher, Ben works with local authorities to support leaders to bring about transformational change through stronger partnership working within a system-led, school-to-school model. Ben […]
Kate Trafford
Kate Trafford “Connecting with authentic success.” Kate Trafford is a Master Coach and speaker on the subject of authentic, enjoyable and sustainable success. She helps busy professionals, and their organisations, to drive for their dreams, and love the journey! Her clients include emerging leaders in organisations such as Google, Turner & Townsend, Serco and BEIS. […]
Ali Davenport
Ali Davenport “Everything is connected. Connection is everything.” Ali is a writer, poet and thinker who has spent her life asking questions, and discussing life, the universe and everything in it. She’s the author of ‘soul survival guide’, a book that explores common ideas and approaches from the spiritual and psychological worlds, such as kindness […]
