Business Speakers – Page 17

David Wild

David learned about retail as a Tesco buyer, before leading their expansion in underdeveloped markets in Eastern Europe and moving to Walmart in the US. Lured back to the UK, he took over at Halford’s as recession took hold – growing it against the trend. He quadrupled online sales before taking charge of the pizza delivery giant in Europe. In presentations David examines the lessons for supply chain collaboration, productivity across different regions, trying out new concepts and customercentricity in all channels.

Will.i.am

Songwriter, singer, producer, actor, entrepreneur and founder member of The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am has worked with musicians from U2 to Nicki Minaj. Away from music he has maintained a long-term interest in technology working as creative director at Intel and CCO at a 3D printing and scanning company, and working on projects including apps, iPhone accessories and smart watches. He was even the first artist to stream a song to Mars.

Claire Williams

Claire is the former Deputy Team Principal of the Williams Formula 1 racing team. Her late father Sir Frank Williams was the founder of the Williams Grand Prix Engineering F1 team. During her tenure, she was a keen advocate for greater diversity and inclusion across the sport. Claire is now Brand Ambassador to Williams F1 team offshoot, WAE Technologies.

Suzanne Williams

Having served as the most senior ranking officer in the negotiation unit at Scotland Yard, Suzanne has advised foreign and domestic governments, worked with the FBI, and lectured at Harvard and the Said Business School on themes including risk, crisis response, negotiation, security, and trust. Suzanne also applies negotiation strategies to business and politics, looks at the intersection between leadership, communication and performing in stressful environments, and recounts stories from her career, offering a glimpse into the extraordinary and high-pressured life of a hostage negotiato...

Ira Winkler

Ira is the Director of the Human Security Engineering Consortium and author of the books, You Can Stop Stupid, and Security Awareness for Dummies.  He is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals and was named “The Awareness Crusader” by CSO magazine in receiving their CSO COMPASS Award.

Maria Witchell

With a career that has involved leadership roles in both the military and banking (as well as being a polar explorer and hostage negotiator), Maria has a wealth of experience working and leading in high-pressure environments.  

Baron (Simon) Woolley

As the founder and former Director of Operation Black Vote, an organisation established in 1996 to tackle the underrepresentation of Black communities in UK politics and public life, Simon Woolley has helped boost electoral participation and civic engagement in Black and minority ethnic communities in Britain. He now serves as the Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, becoming the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college.