WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS
Over the last 15 years the Wavelength team has built relationships with an array of highly accomplished leaders who are quite simply ‘not on the circuit’. Leaders who are variously: at the helm of some of the world’s most admired and successful companies; entrepreneurs; social innovators; Olympic Champions; SAS Commanders; or leading the transition or turnaround of a major corporation.
A sample of the remarkable leaders we can arrange to speak to your audience includes:
During his 25 years of top level media experience, Mike Anderson has successfully driven businesses, been the creator of new brands, managed start ups ( Metro) and re-positioned transitions, (The Sun and The News of the World). Working alongside some of the most notable names in global media, Mike developed a reputation for success and creativity, alongside a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and shifting circumstances.
In October 2009, Mike Anderson founded Frank Business, a strategic business consultancy and is currently investing in several new businesses particularly in the mobile and gaming space.
Some Client Feedback:
“Mike was the first speaker at Royal London's senior Leader events. I had no trouble attracting people to the second! Mike is a guy at the top of his game in the media. He's also a smart leader with an untypical thirst and humility to learn. As a result, his career is peppered with fabulous examples of things he's done with customers and staff. I couldn't write them down fast enough - that's when I wasn't laughing!”
- Tracey Ashworth Davies, Royal London Group
“Helped to gain a greater understanding as to how issues relevant in our business are approached in a different business. …Key messages around testing our current thinking, creating the need for change and understanding customers were very relevant to the challenges we face at this particular time.”
- Delegate feedback, HBOS
"The audience was about one hundred and twenty middle and senior leaders within the Group and I was eager to find a speaker who would help them prepare for leading in tough times. Lehman Brothers collapse hadn’t occurred but we were anticipating a significant reduction in demand for capital works and a need to shift the emphasis of the Group towards repair and maintenance.
Mike’s hour long session was early in the day with a brief to use his experience as a leader in the newspaper industry to illustrate leadership in an industry where your traditional market was coming under attack and there was a need to be brave, innovate and change quickly before your competitors and before you were seriously damaged.
He enthralled and engaged our people with a series of stories, many of them humorous, about his experiences at the Sun and setting up Metro. He quickly established his authenticity in this way and built a rapport with his audience eventually leaving them with a number of management mantra’s that I still hear mentioned these days from time to time. The most famous of these being about ‘Frank Is In The Room’……It certainly gets rid of the elephants from time to time!
In every way he fulfilled the brief he was given and I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending him to any other organisation that was wanting a keynote speaker to spark thought and debate."
Garvis
During his 25 years of top level media experience, Mike Anderson has successfully driven businesses...
Louise shares a vast international experience with a global approach to business given her unique in-depth understanding of cultures and the hospitality industry derived from more than 18 years experience working for the world leading hotel groups including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Marriott International and Hilton International.
Louise shares a vast international experience with a global approach to business...
Winner of the hit BBC series The Apprentice and founder of the Bright Ideas Trust, a social enterprise to encourage young budding entrepreneurs to start business ventures, charismatic Tim has promoted an entrepreneurial culture and motivated others, especially the younger generation, to pursue their dreams
Winner of the hit BBC series The Apprentice and founder of the Bright Ideas Trust, a social enterprise to encourage young budding entrepreneurs...
Scott is an ex-rugby player turned coach, an ex-adman turned speechwriter, an ex-FMCG marketer turned Formula One Commercial Director, who can share lessons from one of the most innovative, pressurized and competitive environments it’s possible to imagine!
Some Client Feedback:
"From the high octane world of Formula 1 Scott offers pragmatic lessons on Leadership and teamwork with fascinating glimpses of how "Perfect practice makes Perfect."
- Julie Muhs, Senior Manager Training and Management Development Vodaphone Egypt
Scott is an ex-rugby player turned coach, an ex-adman turned speechwriter, an ex-FMCG marketer turned Formula One Commercial Director...
Emma is one of the UK’s most admired women entrepreneurs, a philanthropist and a sought-after TV personality. She founded A4e to deliver social change on behalf of governments internationally. Now A4e is a truly Social Purpose Company delivering frontline public services in the UK, Germany, France, Poland, Israel and shortly Australia.
Emma is one of the UK’s most admired women entrepreneurs, a philanthropist and a sought-after TV personality. She founded A4e to deliver social change on behalf of governments internationally...
Miles has been blind since his early twenties, but has not let that stop him from challenging barriers. He has sought adventure and succeeded on expeditions to deserts, mountains and the polar regions - Miles has truly lived his dreams and makes us all realize “The only limits in our lives are those we accept ourselves.”
Some Client Feedback:
"If you have never had the privilege of hearing Miles Hilton-Barber speak then you are in for a rare treat. Miles exudes confidence, electrifying his audience with his escapades, whilst challenging them to attain new heights of excellence and all with a humility and sincerity that compels his audience to beg for more. His courage, self-motivation and humour make him an absolute delight and I for one could listen to him over and over again. A truly motivational experience not to be missed."
- Gary J Prior, Vice-President Europe General Manager UK & Nordic, Philips Domestic Appliances & Personal Care
"Hearing Miles speak is truly inspirational. He is living proof of the old adage "there's no such word as can't". This amazing man is an unparalleled force for motivation and I have every possible respect for his talents as a speaker as well as his incredible personal courage."
- Lord David Puttnam, Enigma Productions
"Miles Hilton-Barber offers a truly inspirational insight into his amazing adventures. He demonstrates, in his presentation, the energy that has driven him to achieve so much. In listening to Miles you are forced to consider the limits you have set on yourself, and to search your mind and soul as to what you could potentially achieve."
- Brian J Robinson Manager Strategic Sourcing, Global Rolls-Royce Corporation
Miles has been blind since his early twenties, but has not let that stop him from challenging barriers. He has sought adventure and succeeded on expeditions to deserts, mountains ...
An outstandingly accomplished individual! A ‘Man of the Year’ winner for his exploits in saving hearing aid manufacturer Oticon from bankruptcy and turning it into one of the world’s first truly knowledge-based organizations, today he variously the Chairman of World Scout movement, visiting lecturer at leading universities, serial entrepreneur and successful author.
An outstandingly accomplished individual! A ‘Man of the Year’ winner for his exploits in saving hearing aid manufacturer Oticon from bankruptcy...
A strong believer that social and economic challenges are puzzles not problems, Faisel Rahman has a background in international development, including Grameen Bank and the World Bank, where he focused on developing the microfinance sector and expanding it around micro enterprise. He also briefly worked as an underwriter for a syndicate at Lloyds of London and co-authored a number of books on charitable fundraising and trust funds.
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A strong believer that social and economic challenges are puzzles not problems, Faisel Rahman has a background in international development, including Grameen Bank and the World Bank...
Richard is Global Vice Chairman of the world's largest independent PR company, Edelman. Before that he was a journalist in the BBC for thirty years and had a hand in steering news coverage of most of the world's major events in that time. He has led three BBC divisions - Sport, News and Global News - and is a passionate advocate of the internet and social media.
Richard is Global Vice Chairman of the world's largest independent PR company, Edelman.
Former rock producer, creator of The Lost Gardens of Heligan, co-founder of the award winning Eden Project, and passionate environmentalist, Tim is a remarkable individual and wonderfully engaging speaker. Tim has been the subject of ‘This is Your Life’ and a guest on ‘Desert Island Discs’.
Some Client Feedback:
“Tim Smit should be available on tap for those grey days when walking though cold porridge seems attractive compared to the business you are trying to do… Outstanding, would awaken entrepreneurial spirit in anyone! Like his take on suitcase uniformity… Outstanding - he was inspirational. Making some key changes based on what he said.”
- Delegate Feedback, EEDA
Former rock producer, creator of The Lost Gardens of Heligan, co-founder of the award winning Eden Project, and passionate environmentalist.
James is MD of Timpson, one of the most successful retailers in the UK, a company with an outstanding reputation for employee engagement, service excellence and social innovation. Timpson has a unique culture based on recruiting personalities and is famous for its ‘upside down management’.
James is MD of Timpson, one of the most successful retailers in the UK, a company with an outstanding reputation for employee engagement, service excellence and social innovation.
Andy is a luxury brand architect and customer-champion with a background in automotive marketing and management and customer experience delivery - he has had a 20-year career in the luxury automotive industry working with Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Bentley. Andy has been a catalyst for change within each organisation.
Andy is a luxury brand architect and customer-champion with a background in automotive marketing and management and customer experience delivery...
Floyd, who has been in combat as a member of the SAS, has indeed led in the most extraordinary circumstances and led in life or death situations. Floyd is now an international businessman, as well as advising corporate clients on security, and negotiating in hostage situations. Floyd is truly a one-off!
Some Client Feedback:
“Floyd is quite simply a one off - a truly unique individual with extraordinary experiences and skills. He combines sensitivity, awareness and passion tempered by an understanding of the harsh realities of situations. In front of teams of people, and individuals, be they elite athletes or senior executives he commands respect and enables group and personal insight into sharpening team and individual performance, relationships and problem solving. He embodies capability, attitude, and integrity in his special ability to develop people.”
- Roger Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Welsh Rugby Union
“Floyd Woodrow is a man in a million! His positive "can do" nature has been an inspiration, not only to me, but to countless people. His energy, enthusiasm and common sense approach to life is a brilliant model that should be studied by others who want to make the most of their lives. Floyd is a born leader who possesses the personal communication skills and emotional intelligence to motivate individuals and teams to strive for excellence. His philosophy for personal success is equally applicable in management, industry, sport and education. I recommend Floyd Woodrow without reservation!”
- Dr Neil Hawkes, International Consultant in Values-based Education
Floyd, who has been in combat as a member of the SAS, has indeed led in the most extraordinary circumstances and led in life or death situations.
Liam Black is one of the UK’s best-known social entrepreneurs, having led some of the country’s most successful social enterprises, most recently Fifteen which, with Jamie Oliver, he grew into a global brand with businesses in Europe and Australia. He is author of There’s No Business Like Social Business, a board member of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and speaks and writes widely on leadership, enterprise and social change.
Some Client Feedback:
"Liam was intelligent, spirited and humorous and conveyed his message brilliantly. Thoroughly impressed with the content and the delivery.
A quality speaker who really engaged with the audience."
- James Timpson, CEO Timpson Ltd
"You led the conference so brilliantly. You made everything so relaxed and open while whizzing through lots of extremely complicated issues. I have rarely attended an event so well led. People really felt their voices were heard but, most importantly, we achieved so much. And you were very funny!"
- Dorothy Byrne, Head of Channel 4 News and Current Affairs
“I thought your presentation was excellent. You have a very compelling message and have great examples to share with the audience. The section on values particularly intrigued me and I felt that the audience was pricked by this as well (hence the questions you got). I thought you answered the questions well and highlighting the need for involvement across the business to make the values come alive. You also feature on the ‘what was most useful’ comments! I am delighted that you are coming back.”
- Dominic Ward, Development Manager, HBOS-U
Liam Black is one of the UK’s best-known social entrepreneurs, having led some of the country’s most successful social enterprises, most recently Fifteen...
With 25 years experience at one of the most admired, profitable and successful companies in the world Rita can compel audiences on an array of topics pertinent to Southwest reputation for legendary service, an amazing culture and outstandingly efficient operations.
Some Client Feedback:
"A fantastic session giving a rare insight into one of the most successful employee engagement strategies of our time. Rita delivers her message with passion and enthusiasm and engages with her audience with genuine warmth and wisdom."
- Anne Sheils, HBOS
"A refreshingly honest presentation, Rita helped us to understand how common sense Career Development can become common practice."
- Julie Muhs, Senior Manager Training and Management Development, Vodaphone Egypt
“Rita's experience of steering a business through tough trading times, while keeping a focus on building for the future and not just reacting to the NOW. All 100% useful. Extremely engaging. … Strong external speaker with good perspectives around drawing relevant learnings to today's climate and challenges.”
- Delegate feedback, HBOS
With 25 years experience at one of the most admired, profitable and successful companies in the world Rita can compel audiences on an array of topics...
Chris was head of the team that equipped Great Britain’s all conquering cycling team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where they received unprecedented success. Chris is also an Olympian in his own right, winning at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, set a record time for the first stage of the Tour de France (a record which still stands), and co-founded Boardman Bikes.
Some Client Feedback:
“Chris was great to work with - he took the time to really get to grips with the brief and made sure his presentation not only met, but exceeded, the brief. We received great feedback from delegates who found Chris 'especially insightful and inspiring”
- Toni Diggins, EEDA
Chris was head of the team that equipped Great Britain’s all conquering cycling team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games...
Best known as the Director General of the BBC, Greg worked his way up through the ranks of the television industry to the top job at the BBC. Whilst at the BBC he started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview, a new free to air digital platform. He left the BBC in January 2004 in controversial circumstances following the report of the Hutton Inquiry. Many thousands of the BBC staff took to the streets to protest at his departure.
Best known as the Director General of the BBC, Greg worked his way up through the ranks of the television industry to the top job at the BBC...
Dan has been with innocent since the company started and has helped to create the quirky, successful, and much loved brand innocent is today. Learn how they came to be one of the top three fastest growing companies in the UK - a story that involves innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and fruit!
Dan has been with innocent since the company started and has helped to create the quirky, successful, and much loved brand innocent is today.
Multi-award winning CEO, high-flying media executive, and trailblazer! As the first female controller of BBC ONE, Lorraine led volatile creatives through the re-branding and shake-up of the channel. Now at talkbackTHAMES – ITV’s biggest independent supplier of entertainment programmes, she is responsible for a raft of award-winning programmes.
Multi-award winning CEO, high-flying media executive, and trailblazer! As the first female controller of BBC ONE, Lorraine led volatile creatives ...
Jude is the Artistic Director of Britain's largest cultural institution and for the last five years has been one of the top ten most powerful people in British Theatre. She is a maverick thinker, an advocate for creative leadership and an ambassador for the arts, having led on culture for London's successful bid for the Olympics.
Jude is the Artistic Director of Britain's largest cultural institution and for the last five years has been one of the top ten most powerful people in British Theatre.
As the former Director General of Prison Service Martin and current Chair of the End Child Poverty Campaign, Martin is no stranger to taking on the toughest of challenges! Most recently he’s turned Barnardo's fortunes around helping them to regain their position as No.1 children’s charity in UK.
Some Client Feedback:
"When your bosses boss is the PM it would be easy to be out of touch, but a belief in people and a strong desire to make a difference makes Martin a warm and engaging speaker. This is a Leader you would follow!"
- Julie Muhs, Senior Manager Training and Management Development Vodaphone Egypt
“Sincere thanks for such a thought provoking, honest and insightful presentation. You made a tremendous impact on the group who made reference to your session again and again during their week with us.”
- The Windsor Leadership Trust
“Thank you so much for a superb talk. They [the audience] are bright and motivated people but are rarely able to experience the inspiration and commitment which you transmit so well.”
- Deloittes
“ ’Excellent’ ‘Inspiring’ ’Passionate’ were used over and over again to describe your session.”
- The National Union of Teachers
As the former Director General of Prison Service Martin and current Chair of the End Child Poverty Campaign, Martin is no stranger to taking on the toughest of challenges...
Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years' experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, both in the US and in the UK. Doug appeared in the first and second series of Dragons’ Den and is the Chair of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force.
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Some Client Feedback:
Doug,
It doesn't seem enough, but on behalf of all of us at Caspian, may I thank you for making the time to join us at the British Library's BIPC launch last night. Everyone knew how much effort you'd gone to in order to be there. To do that, and then to deliver such an inspirational crowd-pleasing performance, was beyond the call of duty. So our huge thanks again.
I do hope we'll do things together again.
With my best wishes.
Matthew Rock, Group editor & communications director, Caspian Publishing
Further to your telephone call with Tara Murphy, I just wanted to drop you a line and confirm how fabulous we thought Doug Richard was as a speaker at our conference. His professionalism and ability to relate his own experiences to our business made him uniquely interesting.
He followed the brief I had sent him and gave me total confidence that he would fulfill our requirements. The General Managers have without exception fed back that they thought he was the best speaker we have ever had and I would not hesitate to recommend him.
Kind regards,
Jane Bentall, Bourne Leisure
Hi Doug
Just wanted to thank you once again for providing one of, and probably the most well received, after dinner talk that we have had at E100. Your combination of excellent humour, raconteur timing and business insight was a joy to listen to. If all else fails you will never starve being an after dinner speaker.
Glad you met Shayne briefly and it would be fun if the four of us met up for dinner either in London or nearer your home.
Have a great weekend and thank you once again.
Peter Radcliffe
Hi Doug
Just to let you know I had a quick chat with Lesley Laird at RBS and they were delighted with Doug’s presentation yesterday, they felt it hit the right note for the techies and non-techies and was thought provoking. They also thought he was a very nice person.
Hope we have the opportunity to work together again soon.
Best wishes,
David Meehan
Director
David John Associates Limited
Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years' experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures...
From mining to retail, David has wide experienced of the human resource problems facing leaders, having spent his entire career in the HR sphere. He was part of the team which turned ASDA from ailing 4th rank Food Retailer to the leading player it is today - parent company, Wal-Mart, have adopted many of ASDA's leading edge HR policies into their domestic operation.
Some Client Feedback:
"I wanted to say thank you for today, it really hit the mark. I think the points David made are very apt for the position that my business finds itself in. I hope that I get the chance to work with you again David, I really feel that you would be able to offer the company a real insight into how we make things work, and make sure that we develop a high performance culture.”
- Astra Zeneca
From mining to retail, David has wide experienced of the human resource problems facing leaders, having spent his entire career in the HR sphere...
Award winning CEO and architect of Rok’s staggering growth and a passionate believer in the power of people and importance of great service – even in the construction industry! Since joining Rok in 2000, Garvis has taken the business from seven offices in the South West to 63 branches across the UK with a turnover in excess of £1bn and currently employs 5,500 staff and technicians.
Some Client Feedback:
"Garvis Snook is a truly excellent speaker who really inspired my senior executive team. In a engaging and informal way Garvis shared the challenges he's faced and how he's led Rok to achieve such remarkable success and really helped my team look at their business from a different perspective."
- Bryan Halliday, Head of Marketing Service & Repair, British Gas Services.
“As an award-winning and accomplished CEO, with an admirable and motivating attitude towards his people, Garvis was a thoroughly engaging and inspirational speaker whose thinking and presentation style opened up the eyes of our audience.”
- Heike Hennig, Conference Producer, Osney Media
Award winning CEO and architect of Rok’s staggering growth and a passionate believer in the power of people and importance of great service – even in the construction industry...
No-nonsense John Timpson is Chairman of the family-owned, fiercely independent business, Timpsons. He is renowned for his Upside Down Management philosophy, and speaks with great insight and humour about life at the sharp end of retailing.
No-nonsense John Timpson is Chairman of the family-owned, fiercely independent business, Timpsons. He is renowned for his Upside Down Management philosophy ...
Kresse is an environmental entrepreneur – she builds businesses that both make money and have a positive impact on the environment. In 2007 Kresse launched EaKo, which turns industrial waste into innovative lifestyle products and returns 50% of profits to charities and organisations related to the waste. She is a Social Enterprise Ambassador, won 2007’s Shell Entrepreneurial Woman of the Future Award, and was named in Management Today’s 35 Women Under 35 in 2008.
Kresse is an environmental entrepreneur – she builds businesses that both make money and have a positive impact on the environment. In 2007 Kresse launched EaKo, which turns industrial waste into innovative lifestyle products...
Mel is a globally recognised social entrepreneur, now President of the Homeless World Cup, an organisation using football to energise people who are homeless to change their own lives. The Cup is creating a level of change never before seen by social inclusion initiatives. More than 94% of participants say that it has a positive impact on their lives and over 70% make significant changes in their lives as a direct result of their involvement.
Mel is a globally recognised social entrepreneur, now President of the Homeless World Cup, an organisation using football to energise people who are homeless to change their own lives...
Drawing on his unparalleled access to the boardrooms and shop floors of iconic businesses, Adrian Simpson speaks with huge passion, insight and humour about what it takes to create and sustain world class businesses. Adrian created the exceptionally successful TopDog brand at ?Whatif! before co-founding Wavelength in February 2008.
Drawing on his unparalleled access to the boardrooms and shop floors of iconic businesses, Adrian Simpson speaks with huge passion, insight and humour...
For further information on any of our speakers, please contact:
Adrian Simpson
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 866 769
Mob: +44 (0) 7966 193 343
adrian@thesamewavelength.com