Motivational Speakers

Women in Business & Female Leadership Speakers

Our women in business and female leadership speakers work with organisations that want to strengthen leadership capability, accelerate female talent and create inclusive pathways to senior roles. Drawing on real leadership experience, research and insight, they challenge assumptions, build confidence and equip leaders with practical strategies that deliver impact.

SAVED SPEAKERS

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Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) OLY.

Double Olympic Gold Medalist and renowned leadership speaker.

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Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE

Captain of the gold medal-winning Team GB women’s hockey team.

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Sonya Barlow

Award-winning BBC presenter, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, content creator and writer.

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Penny Haslam

Award-winning motivational speaker, author and former BBC business journalist.

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Sarah Furness

Founder of Well Be It | Keynote Speaker| Bestselling Author | Executive Coach| Helicopter Pilot | Human Factors Expert | Mindfulness Coach

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Katy Leeson

Katy Leeson is a renowned keynote speaker, growth coach, and marketing consultant.

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Lorraine Wright MBE

Lorraine Wright MBE is a British-Ghanaian entrepreneur, Oxford Executive MBA graduate, and strategic advisor.

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Blaire Palmer

Authority on disrupting the future of leadership, provoking senior leaders to think more critically.

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Dr Lynda Shaw

Lynda is one of the most sort after applied neuroscientists & leadership psychologists specialising in communication skills to unlock genius

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Jo Malone CBE

'English scent maverick' - the woman responsible for creating some of the world's most-loved fragrances.

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Ayo Sokale

Civil engineer, entrepreneur, BBC Presenter, Former Deputy Mayor of Reading and speaker.

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Dr Alison Edgar MBE

Alison Edgar MBE is also known as “The Entrepreneur’s Godmother” to a plethora of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs.

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Julia Streets MBE

Champion of tech and entrepreneurship, innovation, diversity and inclusion.

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Dr Jo Salter MBE

The first female Fighter Jet Pilot named as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in the World.

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