Alison Edgar MBE is not your average speaker; she's a dynamic yet relatable catalyst for business success.

With her captivating presence, Scottish wit and personality, combined with her 25-year experience walking the corridors of corporate organisations, Alison empowers audiences to embrace change, enhance communication, and boost results. Her talks provide real-life implementable takeaways that make an immediate impact, proving her an invaluable addition to any event.

Alison was one of the few women to be awarded an MBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2020 for her services to entrepreneurship and business. With over a decade of experience as a business champion, she has mentored top industry figures. Alison has also played a pivotal role in advising the government on business legislation, contributing to the growth of the UK economy.

As a dyslexic author of two international best-selling books, Alison has mastered the balance of how to enhance readers’ personal and professional development. Her debut book was a WHSmith Top Ten Business…

Vikie shanks has seven children, six of which have autism, one with dyslexia and two with cerebral palsy. She is now a campaigner, author and speaker on dealing with and growing up with disabilities. Vikie demands a more inclusive environment when it comes to Autism, and is a highly motivated and determined leader in this sector.

Having had so many negative experiences with the authorities and schools trying to achieve the best for her disabled children, Vikie developed a passion for doing whatever she can to change the system so that children with special needs no longer suffer. Vikie decided to set-up an Autism Support Group and within three weeks she had 80 people seeking support, where none previously existed.

Vikie demonstrated a remarkable strength of character to channel her experiences into becoming an author and motivational speaker. She has shown that the most trying of circumstances can be used as a positive force, specifically in promoting awareness of autism and mental health issues.

Consultancy & coaching for businesses to be efficient, productive & resilient. Helping leaders to understand strategy & put it into practice

Overview
Emma’s leadership coaching and team development workshops don’t start with the stories of the lessons she learnt when she represented her country in an elite sport, or her experiences of climbing Mount Everest. But what she will tell you is how she’s led diverse and hierarchical teams on complex projects by being empathetic, human and showing vulnerability.

Too often the term “high performing team” comes with an expectation of chest-beating and bravado but she believes it’s far more important for everyone to understand and support each other as individuals. Often this gets forgotten when under pressure but it’s at this point when humility and vulnerability are powerful leadership traits for developing a high performing team.

From leading and training diverse teams, to coaching and mentoring graduates to board executives, this is where Emma thrives. So although she spent the last 15 years…

Alex Partridge is one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21, he founded UNILAD and LADBible, two of the most popular social news and entertainment Internet companies in the world with an astonishing following of 100 million people around the globe.

In 2017 Alex was involved in a major legal dispute over the ownership of UNILAD – he had left his editorial role in 2013 while remaining a shareholder – and won the case.

Now fully detached from both brands, Alex is a mental health advocate. He has been praised for his raw vulnerability; unashamedly opening up to audiences about how litigation turned him into an alcoholic.

At 34 years old, Alex was diagnosed with ADHD and has quickly become a leading voice on social media around neurodiversity. His impassioned views on entrepreneurship and neurodiversity has quickly amassed him a following of over 250,000 people.

Alex hosts the chart topping podcast, ADHD Chatter which attracts an…

Female entrepreneur who built and sold a multi million pound business in a thousand days. Not for the faint hearted. Big personality!

25 years as an interim manager working across the Public, Private and Big 5. Chief Information Officer for Department for Education and then leading the patient facing transformation of the NHS for a couple of years. This resulted in the NHS app, ability to access medical records and book appointments online.

Rachel then built and sold a services business https://difrent.co.uk over a period of 1000 days for £13.2m.

High energy, passionate, maverick, not for the faint hearted!

Rachel’s areas of expertise are authenticity, leadership, diversity (LGBTQ+ and neurodiversity) and entrepreneurship.

Chris is the host of the award-winning podcast, My Argument With Grief. He is also a Co-Founder of WASP, the campaign for Workplace Awareness of Suicide Prevention.

Chris focuses on talking to companies and organisations about mental health awareness, neurodiversity and suicide prevention.

Chris has a 33 year career in commerce behind him, working at board level for blue chip companies including the Bank of England and Atos. His career path was major programme delivery and he was most recently Head of Programmes and Projects for Worldline, the multinational payments provider.

A respected trouble-shooter, known for rescuing failing delivery operations, Chris now focuses on supporting companies with their neurodiversity, mental health and suicide awareness approaches, using his heartfelt experiences to make it a very personal and relatable story.