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Stephanne Garelli

Stephane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), one of the world's leading business schools, and at the University of Lausanne. He is an authority on World Competitiveness and his research focuses particularly on how nations and enterprises compete on International markets.

Professor Garelli is closely connected to the world of business. He is, among others, Chairman of the Board of the Sandoz Financial and Banking Holding, and member of the board of the Banque Edouard Constant. The author of numerous publications in the field of competitiveness, international trade and investments, he is also a columnist in several magazines.

For twelve years he was permanent senior adviser to the European management of Hewlett-Packard, and before that Managing Director of the World Economic Forum and of the Davos Symposium for many years.

Barry Goodfield

'When President Slobodan Milosevic struggled with NATO over Kosovo, NATO leaders needed a clear picture of what to expect from the embattled president of Yugoslavia. They brought in Dr. Barry Goodfield for an in-depth clinical analysis of the dictator. Later, Goodfield was asked to share his views with BBC world in commentary and analysis...

Barry Goodfield is a speaker of insight and action - who doesn't just talk about the action - he's often at the centre of it. He helped negotiate the Baltic crisis, the conflict between Chechnian leaders and President Yeltsin, and other major world conflicts. He has advised Presidents, Prime Ministers and other top leaders on crisis management and conflict resolution.

His worldwide experience in dealing with top corporations and governments brings to your audience an expertise matched by few on the speakers circuit.

John Varney

John Varney is chief executive of the Centre for Management Creativity (CMC) which works with a range of organisations across the globe to develop innovative and creative approaches to organisational challenges.
John believes in the creative potential possessed by every human being - especially jaded senior managers - and the possibility of regaining lost vitality by accessing it.
John is a coach, consultant and facilitator to the management teams of many organisations, ranging from police forces to multi-national companies.
He is a favourite guest speaker to groups interested in change and learning, being noted for energising events, and is regarded as a leader in the field of creativity and innovation.

John Varney has in-depth experience as a speaker on strategic change, leadership, creativity and innovation, with past topics including:
· Change and creativity in organisations · Visions and values of enterprise · New Leadership  · Future management · Knowledge and meaning at work - Corporate Vision and Personal Values · Ecology of Learning Organisations.

Tim Drake

Tim's first hand experience of building a business gives him added authority as an Inspirational Speaker and Conference Chairman and Facilitator. He lifts audiences to see a more energetic, fulfilling, and profitable future. He also gives practical tools to achieve it.Combining personal, with leading edge business, experience, Tim delivers both insights and motivation. He changes thinking, which changes behaviour, which produces results.

Tim Speaks on a wide range of topics including:

Great Customer Service - Making Brands Sing - Leadership, Vision and Values - Business Strategy in a Tactical World - Innovation - Corporate Social Responsibility as a Brand Builder -Motivation -Daily Development of Value.

Tim spent more than a decade in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, ending up as Client Services Director of a global advertising agency. He then became an entrepreneur, and co-founded the first store specialising in sports shoes in the UK- Cobra Sports. Over the next fourteen years Cobra grew to over forty stores, and achieved a turnover of £17 million. 3i's called it "a gem of a company."

Karren Brady

Karren is now known as the first woman in football, and in Autumn 2002 was listed by "Cosmopolitan Magazine" as "one of the 100 most powerful women in the world". She has been Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club since 1993, and has turned the club's fortunes around.

She took over Birmingham City when it was in liquidation, and in her first year at the helm, the club recorded a financial trading profit

Karren has attracted much media attention as the highest placed woman in football and was the subject of an hour long documentary 'Inside Story - The Real Life Manageress' shown on BBC1. She has also hosted her own TV show, 'Brady Bunch' and presented both 'Loose Women' and 'Live Talk' on ITV, and also presented for Central Weekend Live

In her capacity as Managing Director of a now Premiership Football Club, Karren continued her work for the club as well as fulfilling media requests. She is also available for Motivational and after dinner speaking engagements.

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