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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.

Jacob Morgan - Futurist | Keynote Speaker | Best-Selling Author on the Future of Work Leadership, & Employee Experience, Keynote Speaker New
Jacob Morgan Futurist | Keynote Speaker | Best-Selling Author on the Future of Work Leadership, & Employee Experience
James Hardy - Former Head of EMEA Alibaba | Head, Global Retail & Market Development at Flutterwave (Series D stage; $3bn+ valuation), Keynote Speaker
James Hardy Former Head of EMEA Alibaba | Head, Global Retail & Market Development at Flutterwave (Series D stage; $3bn+ valuation)
Jason Schenker - Economist | Futurist | AI | Geopolitics, Keynote Speaker New
Jason Schenker Economist | Futurist | AI | Geopolitics
Jeff DeGraff - Top Innovation Speaker, Business Professor, Bestselling Author and “Dean of Innovation”, Keynote Speaker
Jeff DeGraff Top Innovation Speaker, Business Professor, Bestselling Author and “Dean of Innovation”
  • Creativity And Innovation In The New World Of Work
  • Leading Innovation: How To Jumpstart Your Organization's Growth Engine
  • Business Design In The New Tech Centric World
Jim Carroll - Global Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert, Keynote Speaker
Jim Carroll Global Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert
  • AI Megatrends: Beyond ChatGPT How AI is Redefining Your Industry, Profession, Company and Career - And What You Need To Do About It!
  • ChatGPT, The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence and the Arrival of the Personalized Knowledge Butler Promise and Peril in The Next Technological Transformation
  • The Jetsons Have Arrived 50 Years Early: What Are YOU Going to Do About It?
Jim Lawless - World-Leading Change Expert  ·  Record-Breaking Freediver  ·  Best-Selling Author  ·  Leadership Advisor, Keynote Speaker New
Jim Lawless World-Leading Change Expert · Record-Breaking Freediver · Best-Selling Author · Leadership Advisor
Jim Marous - Top 5 Retail Banking Influencer, Global Speaker, Podcast Host and Co-Publisher at The Financial Brand, Keynote Speaker
Jim Marous Top 5 Retail Banking Influencer, Global Speaker, Podcast Host and Co-Publisher at The Financial Brand
  • Trends and Predictions for the Future of Banking
  • What Banking Can Learn From Top Innovators
  • Banking, Fintech and Open Banking
Jo Ann Barefoot - CEO & Cofounder at Alliance for Innovative Regulation | Cofounder of Hummingbird Regtech, Senior Advisor to the Omidyar Network, and host of the podcast show Barefoot Innovation. , Keynote Speaker
Jo Ann Barefoot CEO & Cofounder at Alliance for Innovative Regulation | Cofounder of Hummingbird Regtech, Senior Advisor to the Omidyar Network, and host of the podcast show Barefoot Innovation.
  • Regtech Revolution: A New Era of Digitally-Native Regulation
  • Can We Trust the Machines? Using Data and AI to Build A New Financial Industry
  • Tees and Ties: The Secrets of How Tech Firms Innovative
Joel Comm - Web3 & Blockchain Keynote Speaker, Advisor and Content Creator, Keynote Speaker
Joel Comm Web3 & Blockchain Keynote Speaker, Advisor and Content Creator
  • How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World of Business
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and the Future of Money
  • A Web3 World - NFTs, Metaverse and Play-and-Earn Games
John Rossman - Former Amazon Executive, Business Strategist, Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speaker
John Rossman Former Amazon Executive, Business Strategist, Keynote Speaker
  • VIRTUAL-Lessons Learned from Amazon
  • Think Like Amazon about — The Future of Your Industry
  • Think Like Amazon about — Artificial Intelligence
Jon Duschinsky - Founder of Bethechange Group: Purpose and Performance, Keynote Speaker
Jon Duschinsky Founder of Bethechange Group: Purpose and Performance
  • Are You FutureProof?
  • Being The Change You Want To See in The World (And Making Money While Doing It)
  • How to Make a Difference and Outperform Your Competitors 10x
Jonas Kjellberg - Digital Transformation Speaker, Co-Creator of Skype, Author and Investor, Keynote Speaker
Jonas Kjellberg Digital Transformation Speaker, Co-Creator of Skype, Author and Investor
  • Managing Digital Transformations, Disruption, and Innovation
  • Social and Creative Innovation: New Business Models For A New Generation
  • Business Creation, Growth, And Success
Jonas Ridderstråle - Leading Business Thinker & Speaker, Keynote Speaker
Jonas Ridderstråle Leading Business Thinker & Speaker
  • Funky Business
  • Karaoke Capitalism: Management for Mankind
  • Forces of Funk: What Drives Change?
Jonathan MacDonald - Business Strategist, Investor, Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker
Jonathan MacDonald Business Strategist, Investor, Sunday Times Bestselling Author
  • Consumerisation of Technology
  • Virtualisation of Physical Entities
  • Agility & Innovation
JP Nichols - Innovation | Strategy | Leadership  in  FinTech and Financial Services, Keynote Speaker
JP Nichols Innovation | Strategy | Leadership in FinTech and Financial Services
  • Thriving in an Era of Digital Disruption - We can no longer define the competition as just other similar competitors. Digital disruption is coming from a whole new crop of players that are swiftly gaining acceptance and market share. Learn new strategies for addressing today’s unique threats and opportunities.
  • Tales of a Serial Intrapreneur – We rightly celebrate the struggles of startups and their brave founders; but it can be tough working in a bigger company too, where powerful corporate antbodies seek and destroy new ideas that don’t conform to the conventional culture. Learn why it doesn’t have to be that way.
  • Innovation is More than the Next Big Idea - Innovation has become one of the hottest topics in business today, but what does it really mean, and how do we get there? Learn how the most innovative companies create new experiences, new products and new revenue streams to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.
JP Pawliw - Top Booked Keynote Speaker on Leadership and High Performing Teams, NY Times Best Selling Author, Host of Last 8% Morning Podcast, Co-Founder of IHHP, Keynote Speaker New
JP Pawliw Top Booked Keynote Speaker on Leadership and High Performing Teams, NY Times Best Selling Author, Host of Last 8% Morning Podcast, Co-Founder of IHHP
Juan Verde - Global Authority on Economic Resilience and Sustainable Development, Keynote Speaker New
Juan Verde Global Authority on Economic Resilience and Sustainable Development
Jude Guaitamacchi - AWARD WINNING SPEAKER, CAMPAIGNER & HISTORY-MAKER | MENTAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE ADVOCATE | TEDX SPEAKER  THE FIRST NON-BINARY MODEL FOR HARRODS | FOUNDER OF TRANS SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE  CAMPAIGNER & INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR 2024 | GUARDIAN PRIDE POWER LIST 2024, Keynote Speaker
Jude Guaitamacchi AWARD WINNING SPEAKER, CAMPAIGNER & HISTORY-MAKER | MENTAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE ADVOCATE | TEDX SPEAKER THE FIRST NON-BINARY MODEL FOR HARRODS | FOUNDER OF TRANS SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE CAMPAIGNER & INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR 2024 | GUARDIAN PRIDE POWER LIST 2024
  • How do we break through our own fear of getting things wrong?
  • How do we move through a journey of change together as a team or a whole organisation?
  • Expanding our understanding of sex, gender and sexuality beyond the binary
Karen Blackett OBE - UK President , Former CEO @ MEdiaCom | Chancellor Portsmouth University | Keynote Speaker | Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker
Karen Blackett OBE UK President , Former CEO @ MEdiaCom | Chancellor Portsmouth University | Keynote Speaker | Entrepreneur
  • Influence & Leadership: Creating an Exceptional Culture
  • Unlocking and Understanding the Consumer
  • World Class Leadership
Keith Coats - Founding Partner of TomorrowToday, Leadership Expert, Keynote Speaker
Keith Coats Founding Partner of TomorrowToday, Leadership Expert
  • The Enemy Within: Rebuilding the DNA of a Future Fit Organization
  • Mind the Gap: Understand and Get The Most Out of Different Generations
  • Leading in a Changing World

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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