Awards & After Dinner Speakers

Engage and Entertain Your Audience with a Booking of an After-Dinner Speaker or Host

As the year winds down, award parties and company celebrations are becoming more common. What better way to celebrate than with an entertainer or after-dinner speaker?

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Clare Balding OBE is an experienced Awards Host, a lively and amusing After Dinner Speaker and an authoritative voice over artist and all round great person.
 

Clare Balding OBE has worked in radio for over 15 years and been a leading sports presenter on television since becoming the face of the BBC’s racing output in 1998. Clare won a Bafta Special Award and Winner of the BAFTA Special Award and RTS Presenter of the Year Award for her expert coverage of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Kayode Damali (BSc, MPSA)
Kayode Damali (BSc, MPSA) is a Professional Speaker and Entrepreneur, who achieved the accolade of being listed in the Top 10 of the “Top 100 Most Powerful Young Entrepreneurs in World”.
Enjoying over 15 years of experience speaking on stages to audiences in the thousands, Kayode is known for his energy and enthusiasm, where Lord Alan Sugar himself describes as being “great in front of an audience” and “a great presenter”.

Gareth Davies is an award-winning presenter coach, TV and Radio presenter, and TV Executive Producer.

Over his twenty-year career Gareth has presented for the BBC, Amazon, hosted award-shows like the Global Business Tech Awards, spoken at International events like Confex, worked in LA and NYC as a BBC journalist, and has presented on the world’s largest stages alongside TV’s biggest presenters and the world’s biggest musicians from Claudia Winkleman to Madonna – and his all-time favourite Kylie!
Jason Bradbury is the former host of Channel 5’s ‘The Gadget Show’, a prominent tech specialist and renowned public speaker.
 
Jason delivers custom-tailored and highly engaging talks for event audiences large and intimate and for hundreds of brands that have included Porsche, Vodafone and BP, demonstrating his broad appeal across various industries. As a thought leader in his field, Jason’s speaking topics cover AI, Blockchain, the Future of Work, Energy, Health Tech, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Scientific Discoveries and more.
One of England’s greatest ever rugby players, as well as one of the sport’s most intelligent and entertaining characters.
Through his role as presenter of Sky’s hugely popular ‘School of Hard Knocks’, he helps to showcase first hand the life changing possibilities of helping at risk youngsters the chance to train, grow and shine through sport. Closer to home meanwhile he is focused on the development of his new venture Super Skills Experiences, delivering family focused sporting experiences through training holidays and the annual sporting festival, Sports Fest.
Em Stroud is a successful entrepreneur and two-time TEDx speaker and the only TEDx speaker to have delivered the talk as a Banana.
Em Stroud is a superb speaker, Clown and performer who speaks on a range of subjects including how laughter and fun can impact on leadership, teams and culture. How tools and ideas from the world of improvisation and Clowning can impact business success and team performance as well as leadership. Stroud is a best selling author, Clown and successful entrepreneur who has been described as “innovative, witty, engaging and authentic” by Diva Magazines Sam Grierson.
Team Principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, Toto Wolff, is a thrilling motorsports after dinner speaker.

Whether he is speaking from the perspective of a Principal or a racer, an investor of a charity chairman, audiences of Toto’s speeches come away with actionable personal and professional strategies for success. He can adapt his speaking topics to a broad range of event formats, including panel discussions and keynote engagements, a testament to his talent on stage. Toto holds the secrets to peak business performance and team management, topics that greatly benefit his corporate audience. 

Michael Edwards, better known as Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards, was the first competitor to represent the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team in Olympic Ski jumping.
In 2016 the hit film Eddie the Eagle was released, charting Eddie’s journey to Calgary. It starred Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman and was a box office success. Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards is a wonderful and charming motivational speaker, after dinner speaker and awards host who is incredibly popular on the corporate circuit.
Former England Footballer, 2x Nationwide International Player Of The Year Award winner. Since retiring Sue has been a regular on our TV screens for many years for both the BBC and Sky Sports.

Since retiring Sue has been a regular on our TV screens for many years for both the BBC and Sky Sports. Sue has been a regular on Soccer Saturday for many years and she combines her considerable work for Sky Sports with appearances for Premier League Productions and the BBC, where she is a much admired co-commentator.

Jenson Button is one of the UK’s most successful racing drivers, the winner of the 2009 FIA Formula 1 World Championship who enjoyed an 18 year career at the pinnacle of world motorsport.
 

During his career he won 15 Grands Prix and drove for renowned teams including Williams, Renault, Honda and McLaren. Like many contemporary F1 drivers Jenson started his career in karts. The son of John Button, a successful driver in his own right, Jenson was immediately competitive, winning the 1991 British Cadet Karting Championship. Over the next years Jenson became a regular winner eventually moving into racing cars in 1998 at the age of 18.

David Garrido
David is a sports broadcaster with 25 years’ experience, and his particular area of expertise is the crossover between sport and sustainability; he is the leading content creator, host and spokesperson in this space.

Along with speaking to and guiding elite athletes on their environmental sustainability journey, David has also worked with many clients: European football governing body UEFA, climate-positive sports like SailGP and Formula E, motorsport racing team McLaren and EV manufacturer Polestar.

Jez Rose is a highly sought-after content creator, keynote speaker and host, award-winning author and television presenter.

After several years presenting children’s television in England he hosted his own show for ITV1, was a co-host of Saturday Kitchen (BBC1) and special guest on James Martin’s Saturday Morning (ITV1). Now he creates shareable, engaging content for YouTube and social media.

Penny is one of the UK’s top motivational speakers. She shows how mental toughness will help you manage stress, pressure, challenges and changes in your life.
Motorsport and TV fans know Penny as the first and only woman to drive a World Rally Car. She knows how to compete and beat the odds, but she also knows top performance requires much more than sacrifice and maximum commitment. It also takes heart, insight and the courage to keep going and the refusal to quit. She gets it, because she’s lived it.

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