Gina Buckney

Gina Buckney is a multi-award-winning international keynote speaker, 2x TEDx speaker, and one of the UK’s leading voices in workplace performance, leadership, and transformation in the age of AI.

Recently named Speaker of the Year for Workplace Performance, Gina is known for delivering high-impact, no-fluff keynotes that challenge thinking, shift behaviour, and leave organisations operating at a higher level.

With over 20 years of corporate leadership experience, Gina has led at the highest levels inside organisations including BT, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group, managing £450M contracts, leading global teams of 500+ across the UK and India, and consistently delivering standout commercial performance. She doesn’t just talk about high performance, she’s built it, scaled it, and turned it around in complex, high-pressure environments.

Today, as Founder of Your People Power, she works with global organisations including Microsoft, Amazon, HSBC, BP and the British Army, helping them unlock performance, build resilient leadership, and prepare their people for the realities of rapid transformation and AI disruption.

A United Nations Women UK participant and passionate advocate for equal pay for women and gender equality in STEM, Gina brings a powerful blend of corporate credibility, neuroscience-backed insight, and real-world lived experience to every stage she steps onto.

She is also the author of Think of Your Mind Like a Computer, a practical and transformative framework designed to help individuals optimise their mindset, elevate performance, and take back control in high-demand environments.

If you want a speaker who doesn’t just inspire your audience, but fundamentally shifts how they think, lead, and perform, Gina Buckney delivers.