Women Speakers
There’s no excuse for another all-male line-up. Just give us a call and we can help you select the right women speakers for your event. Female experts, leaders, and compelling storytellers.
Vimla Appadoo, Design Thinker
Vimla Appadoo is a design thinker, international speaker and advocate for changing the way businesses think: using technology, design and culture to align profit and purpose.
Over and above everything, Vimla is passionate about embedding fearless change across organisations, to design safe workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Sarah Clarke, Tech Governance Specialis
Sarah Clarke brings meaningful insights, war stories and actionable ideas from the modern tech jungle, all with a sense of humour. It comes from more than two decades working to secure data in a world that changes at the speed of the internet. Today she is deeply engaged in the challenge of governing AI and ensuring its implementation is wrapped in a sound ethical code.
Gillian Drakeford MBE, The Power of People & Purpose
Gillian Drakeford MBE is a global retail leader, chair, advisor and speaker. She has huge experience in bringing together people and systems to deliver success with a purpose, leading IKEA in the UK and Ireland, and in China, and driving the superbrand’s global retail experience programme.
Bec Evans, Writer & Founder
Bec Evans helps teams to meet their goals, and individuals to make their ideas happen.
Bec’s first book, How to Have a Happy Hustle: The Complete Guide to Making Your Ideas Happen won the Startup Inspiration category at the 2020 Business Book Awards. It was selected for The Financial Times books of the month and has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and podcasts including The Lean Startup.
Her second book Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts is out now.
Sarah Fox, Making Deals Simple
After decades dealing with huge deals in the construction sector, Sarah Fox realised that long, complex and bad contracts were costing time, money, deals and relationships. And after all that, they were usually just shoved in a drawer!
Now Sarah advocates for short, simple contracts of less than 500 words. And teaches people across industry how to streamline deals and enhance customer relations with contracts that represent their values, embed trust, and keep everyone protected.
Penny Haslam, Motivational Speaker
Penny Haslam is an award-winning motivational speaker, coach and trainer on the subjects of Communication and Confidence. Prior to that she enjoyed a 20-year career as a national business journalist in the UK, presenting regularly on BBC Breakfast, the News Channel and Radio 5 Live.
As well as speaking at events, Penny works with leaders and emerging talent in some of the world’s largest organisations. She’s the author of two business books, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous and Panel Discussions.
Ruth Ibegbuna, Social Entrepreneur
Ruth Ibegbuna is a bold and pioneering CEO, with a relentless focus on working side by side with young people to build a fairer future. Ruth was listed in The Sunday Times as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK, in The Debrett’s 500 in 2016. She was also listed by Virgin and Ashoka as one of the top six female change makers internationally.
Alison Jones, Practical Inspiration
Alison Jones is the author of the bestselling This Book Means Business (2018) and Exploratory Writing: Everyday magic for life and work (2022). In her keynote talks, Alison shares her passion for writing as a practical business tool, leaving audiences with powerful techniques to take away.
As host of The Extraordinary Business Book Club, and a former head judge of the Business Book Awards, Alison has perhaps the most comprehensive knowledge of the latest business thinking of any speaker and host in the UK.
Jamie Klingler, Motivational Changemaker
Jamie Klingler helps people to find their purpose, revealing, motivating, and empowering leaders and teams to drive change. As co-founder of Reclaim These Streets, she was part of the group that successfully sued the Metropolitan Police for breaching her human rights after they banned a vigil for Sarah Everard.
Known for her punchy, powerful style, Jamie tells businesses how it is. Her attitude and fortitude are contagious, as she guides audiences towards radical honesty, citizenship and accountability.
Kirsten Levermore, Scientific Storyteller
With her scientist’s mind and gift for communication, Kirsten Levermore enhances the skills of her audiences, teaching them to be better storytellers while telling great stories of her own.
Kirsten brings to the stage a background in neuroscience, communications consulting and journalism. Combined, this experience makes her an assured and trusted communicator on complex issues across HR, leadership and skills.
Grace Marshall, Struggle Strategist
Grace Marshall is the author of ‘Struggle: The Surprising Truth, Beauty and Opportunity Hidden in Life’s Sh*ttier Moments.
As well as helping leaders and teams to increase productivity, she offers practical lessons in how to deal with the more challenging moments in leadership, and how to build a more future-ready work culture.
Hattie Pearson, Iron DJ
Hattie Pearson is a presenter, DJ, voiceover and event host. In the daytime you can find her in the Hits Radio studio, playing to millions of listeners each week. And in the evening you can find her promoting live gigs, DJing her clubnight, or playing the bassoon in the Manchester Wind Orchestra.
But as if that wasn’t enough, in 2023 she became an ambassador for team Outlaw, sharing her journey as a newbie to triathlon. She conquered two 70.3 triathlons before challenging herself to her first full distance Ironman. Today she is a proud member of the 10Ironwomen network, encouraging like minded women to show up on the start line.
Claire Quansah, The Consultant’s Consultant
Claire Quansah is a speaker, writer, podcaster, consultant and coach, changing the way that business is done in the PR industry.
Using her experience leading client relations for global agencies, Claire helps communications companies to optimise their operations. And she pushes for a better way of working: one that increases both productivity and diversity in the workplace.
Beckie Taylor, Campaigning CEO
Beckie Taylor breaks the ‘rules’ of business. And in doing so, she proves how wrong they are. Success doesn’t need to come from aggressive practices and punishing schedules, at the expense of everyone and everything else in your life. As a successful CEO, Beckie is the role model for a more progressive approach to work, one that she is helping many other people, and companies to adopt.
Liz Timoney, People Chemist
Liz Timoney shifts people’s perspectives, giving audiences the belief that they can change. A relentlessly optimistic writer, speaker and podcast host who talks about identity, meaning, purpose, relationships and careers, Liz is driven by human connection and curiosity.
Liz talks about her desire to shift global culture to embrace what is new, so that we can really start global collaboration to accelerate social change in the world.
Naomi Timperley, Tech Advocate
Naomi Timperley is consistently recognised as one of the most influential women in UK tech. An experienced growth and innovation consultant with established relationships across the UK, she has extensive experience working with start-ups and growth businesses particularly in the tech, digital and creative sectors.