Business and Keynote Speakers

Dragon's Den panelist. A poverty-stricken childhood steeled Duncan's drive to make his fortune from an early age. From an ice cream van he changed the course of his life, going from being the king of the '99' to a successful businessmen with interests spanning property, health clubs and hotels.

Duncan Bannatyne OBE

Property expert, writer and broadcaster. Popular speaker on architectural topics and part of the expert panel at the Ideal Home Show

Kunle Barker

Sonya is an award-winning BBC Presenter, Entrepreneur, Author and Keynote Speaker specialising in entrepreneurship, technology, gender equality, inclusion, future of work, diversity and neurodiversity.

Sonya Barlow

Co-Founder and Diversity Strategist at MIX Diversity Developers, Hayley is a business communications expert who focuses on the need to develop and nurture diversity across businesses.

Hayley Barnard

Georgie is a technology and consumer presenter, broadcaster and journalist, best known for Channel 5's The Gadget Show and Shop Smart Save Money, specialising in sustainability and echo-tech content. She speaks about the perks and perils of AI, cyber security and future of consumerism especially around health, supermarkets and day to day technology.

Georgie Barrat

Author of The Dark Net and Radicals and Director of the Centre for the analysis of social media ,Jamie speaks expertly on important topics such as cyber security, internet cultures and surveillance technology.

Jamie Bartlett

The young CEO of Europe’s fastest growing marketing agency, Social Chain. By harnessing social media he has created the most cutting-edge agency and works with some of the biggest brands in the world.

Steve Bartlett

Chris Barton is the Founder and Creator of Shazam, Entrepreneur, Inventor, and Tech Investor; a dynamic tech speaker on creativity

Chris Barton

Minette was the first woman to be elected President of the National Farmers’ Union in 113yrs; an eloquent advocate for sustainability with a natural gift for effective communication through modern media outlets, including national TV and radio.

Minette Batters DL

Peter has recently become Chairman of Arts Council England. Bazalgette was one of the leading figures in international TV production and media convergence, becoming global head of programme creation for Endemol and was responsible for hits like Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, as well as formats of his own such as Ready Steady Cook and Changing Rooms

Peter Bazalgette

Former CEO of Lloyds of London – the first female CEO in Lloyds history, who also championed diversity, and in particularly LGBTQ+ issues, as one of the few openly bisexual leaders of a FTSE company.

Inga Beale

A charismatic TV presenter, Mary Beard is Professor of classics at the University of Cambridge and Royal Academy of Arts professor of ancient literature and the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog which appears in The Times as a regular column entitled "A Don's Life".

Mary Beard

Former captain of the British Lions and Question of Sport for 10 years, Bill is also a successful businessmen with a thriving export textiles business for which he won a Queen's Awards for Export Excellence. Chairman of World Rugby, Bill was knighted in the 2019 New Years honours and made a Knight Grand Cross in 2024 for services to rugby and charity.

Sir Bill Beaumont GBE DL

Tanya has worked in broadcasting and the media for over twenty years. She started out at the FT, then went to work for CNBC, Sky News, CNN and, since 1998, the BBC.

Tanya Beckett

Award-winning journalist, charismatic public speaker and published author Poorna talks about women in business, welfare and mental health.

Poorna Bell