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Business Speakers

Book elite UK business speakers for boardroom briefings, leadership offsites, and revenue events — practitioners whose credibility is earned through delivery, not commentary, and matched to your strategic question.

Barb Stegemann - CEO and Founder, The 7 Virtues | Social Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker
Barb Stegemann CEO and Founder, The 7 Virtues | Social Entrepreneur
  • The Virtues of Leadership and Success: How to Perform Your Best, Make Your Mark, and Grow
  • Doing Well By Doing Good
  • Adapt and You Will Succeed. Guaranteed: Embracing a Pivot to get to Profit
Bas Lansdorp - CEO and Founder NEDPAC, Keynote Speaker
Bas Lansdorp CEO and Founder NEDPAC
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Thinking Big
  • Sustainability
Bianca Lopes - Identity Expert & Speaker | ReFi | Access Tech Investor | UNESCO Business Impact Council Member | AI for SDGs | Privacy & Ethics, Keynote Speaker
Bianca Lopes Identity Expert & Speaker | ReFi | Access Tech Investor | UNESCO Business Impact Council Member | AI for SDGs | Privacy & Ethics
  • Identity
  • Beyond Labs: Growing Innovation Culture
  • Innovation ROI: Maximizing Learning, Experimentation, Growth & Failure
Bill Benjamin - Former technology executive, leadership and culture expert, contributor to the New York Times bestseller Performing Under Pressure, Keynote Speaker New
Bill Benjamin Former technology executive, leadership and culture expert, contributor to the New York Times bestseller Performing Under Pressure
Blaire Palmer - Future of Leadership, Keynote speaker | Organisational culture and leadership specialist, Keynote Speaker New
Blaire Palmer Future of Leadership, Keynote speaker | Organisational culture and leadership specialist
  • Punks in Suits: How to lead the workplace reformation by harnessing personal leadership
  • Seeking Expansiveness: Embracing individuality
  • A Brilliant Gamble: Busting the myths of change
Brett King - Speaker, Start-up Founder, Bestselling Author, Radio Host, TV Commentator, Keynote Speaker
Brett King Speaker, Start-up Founder, Bestselling Author, Radio Host, TV Commentator
Bruce Daisley - Workplace Culture Consultant, 2x Sunday Times Bestseller, Ex-Twitter VP, Keynote Speaker
Bruce Daisley Workplace Culture Consultant, 2x Sunday Times Bestseller, Ex-Twitter VP
  • Better workplace culture in the hybrid era
  • Building resilience, beating burnout
  • Fostering creativity & curiosity
Carme Artigas  - Co-Chair AI Advisory Body United Nations, Keynote Speaker
Carme Artigas Co-Chair AI Advisory Body United Nations
  • The Impact of Big Data on Business Transformation
  • Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Female Leadership in the Technological Era
Caroline Criado Perez - Journalist, Activist and Author of Sunday Times bestseller “Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Keynote Speaker
Caroline Criado Perez Journalist, Activist and Author of Sunday Times bestseller “Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
  • Invisible Women - inside the gender data gap
  • What the gender data gap means for organisations
  • Campaigning for change
Cassandra Stavrou MBE - Founder at PROPER Snacks the maker of PROPERCORN and PROPERCHIPS, Keynote Speaker
Cassandra Stavrou MBE Founder at PROPER Snacks the maker of PROPERCORN and PROPERCHIPS
  • Entrepreneurship and Investment
  • Creativity
  • Disruptive Innovation
Cassie Kozyrkov - CEO of Kozyr, AI Luminary, Former Chief Decision Scientist at Google, and Pioneer of Decision Intelligence, Keynote Speaker
Cassie Kozyrkov CEO of Kozyr, AI Luminary, Former Chief Decision Scientist at Google, and Pioneer of Decision Intelligence
  • The Future is AI-First: Are You Ready to Lead?
  • AI Won’t Steal Your Job, But It Will Steal Your Excuses
  • Why Businesses Fail at AI Adoption: From Buzzwords to Business Strategy
Chani Simms - Award-winning Cybersecurity Leader | Founder SHe CISO Exec. Platform | Managing Director – Meta Defence Labs | TEDx Speaker |The 50 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity, Keynote Speaker
Chani Simms Award-winning Cybersecurity Leader | Founder SHe CISO Exec. Platform | Managing Director – Meta Defence Labs | TEDx Speaker |The 50 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity
  • Security Professionals Thinking like an entrepreneur
  • Ticking Box and Ticking Bomb
  • The Emotionally Intelligent Cyber Security Leader
Charlotte Stavrou - Founder & CEO of SevenSix Agency, Keynote Speaker
Charlotte Stavrou Founder & CEO of SevenSix Agency
  • Small Business & Founder Insights
  • Creator Economy
  • Inclusive Marketing
Chris Hirst - Global CEO (ex Havas and WPP) | Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author: No Bullsh*t Leadership, Keynote Speaker
Chris Hirst Global CEO (ex Havas and WPP) | Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author: No Bullsh*t Leadership
  • No Bullsh*t Leadership: The five golden rules for inspiring and effective leadership
  • Superpower: What culture is, why it matters and how to be brilliant at it.
  • Revolution: Leading transformational change in a world that has never moved so fast
Christian Baudis - Digital Entrepreneur, Futurist, Former Google Executive, Keynote Speaker
Christian Baudis Digital Entrepreneur, Futurist, Former Google Executive
  • Digital Future (+10-20 years from now)
  • Global Disruption
  • Robotics and Selfdriving Cars
Christopher TS Harvey - Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Change Management | Keynote Speaker on ‘Demystifying Change’ | Head of Change at Tesco, Keynote Speaker
Chris Harvey aka The Change Guy Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Change Management | Keynote Speaker on ‘Demystifying Change’ | Head of Change at Tesco
  • Demystifying Change
  • Change Management
  • How to Drive Successful Change
Chuck Martin - New York Times Business Bestselling Author, Futurist, Keynote Speaker
Chuck Martin New York Times Business Bestselling Author, Futurist
  • Digital Transformation 3.0
  • The Butler Economy
  • Predictive, Adaptive, Responsive
Cindy Yu - Columnist and Contributing Editor at The Times and Sunday Times, former Assistant Editor at The Spectator. Experienced Moderator and Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker New
Cindy Yu Columnist and Contributing Editor at The Times and Sunday Times, former Assistant Editor at The Spectator. Experienced Moderator and Keynote Speaker
  • China and the West: risk, rivalry and reality
  • Inside Xi’s China: politics, society and power
  • Geopolitics for business: what leaders need now
Cristina Dolan - Co-Founder and COO iXledger, Founder of InsideChains, Keynote Speaker
Cristina Dolan Co-Founder and COO iXledger, Founder of InsideChains
  • Blockchain
  • Future of Trust
  • Cryptocurrencies
Dan Cobley - Keynote Speaker | Advisor | Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker
Dan Cobley Keynote Speaker | Advisor | Entrepreneur
  • The Digital Imperative
  • Learning How to Fail
  • Disruption in Financial Services

Frequently Asked Questions About
Business Speakers

UK business speaker fees in 2026 range from around £1,000 for emerging speakers to £30,000+ for senior figures, with most corporate bookings falling between £5,000 and £15,000 depending on the speaker's seniority, the exclusivity of the engagement and the session format. Premium speakers and global celebrities can extend well beyond that, occasionally into six figures. For a full breakdown of what drives fee variation in 2026, see the 2026 fee guide.

For preferred availability, 3–6 months is the standard lead time. Top-tier and celebrity speakers at flagship events typically require 6–12 months' notice. If your timeline is under six weeks, Speaker Agency maintains a last-minute network that can confirm availability within 48–72 hours — though choice narrows considerably at shorter notice.

A keynote runs 45–60 minutes and is designed to shift thinking across a large room simultaneously. A workshop runs 2–4 hours and is built to develop skill or work through a specific problem in a smaller group. The two formats serve different objectives and are not interchangeable — matching the wrong format to the organisational goal is one of the most common and costly event planning errors.

Yes. Every Speaker Agency brief includes a pre-event preparation process, typically 2–3 weeks before the session, covering sector context, audience seniority, strategic priorities and any sensitivities the client flags. Speakers are expected to customise their content from the ground up — not adapt a standard deck to a new logo on the title slide.

Yes. The majority of speakers on the 300+ UK roster deliver virtual and hybrid formats. Speaker Agency coordinates technical setup and a rehearsal session in advance to confirm platform compatibility, audio-visual quality and timing — so the day itself does not carry avoidable technical risk.

A standard booking covers the speaker fee, pre-event briefing, prepared and customised content, and the session itself. Optional add-ons include a post-session Q&A, a workshop extension, meet-and-greet time, signed books and pre-event written content for delegates. Scope should be confirmed at the point of brief — additions requested in the final week regularly affect logistics and cost.

Speaker Agency applies NDA and confidentiality protocols as standard on all corporate briefs. Speakers are briefed not to reference client-specific data, internal strategies or commercially sensitive detail in their sessions. Case studies are anonymised or cleared with the client before use. Any sector-specific confidentiality requirements should be stated in the initial brief so they are built into the speaker agreement from the outset, not added as an amendment later.

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