Inspirational Speakers - October 2023
New Speakers
Ella Sy is a Business Futures Strategy Director and Consultant at GDR. She is focused on providing retailers, brands and hospitality clients with thought leadership, insights and wayfinding to the future.
Ella’s driving force as a speaker and thought leader is to be a catalyst for business & human growth. Her experience with brands & agencies enables Ella to unlock consumer insights, dive into brand personas & purpose, and create compelling strategic stories that capture the zeitgeist and audience.
Shaun Flores is an acclaimed speaker, upcoming author, and catalyst for change, renowned for inspiring countless individuals worldwide through the powerful narrative of transforming personal pain into purpose. Living with OCD & ADHD, Shaun navigates mental illness into a continuing mental wellness.
Shaun’s remarkable story has graced illustrious stages across the globe, from 3 TEDx Talks, in schools, universities colleges and corporate clients. From a modelling and influencing background, he has written and spoken openly about, disordered eating and addiction, the misconceptions of OCD, and how neurodiversity adds to the new upcoming world.
Gina, a two-time TEDx Global Speaker with two decades of experience pioneering large-scale corporate change, is best known as an industry leader in corporate transformation and workplace wellbeing. Gina is the Founder and Director of Your People Power, an organisation with a mission to transform the industry and how we work through her science-led education and exclusive solution-driven programmes.
Gina draws from personal experiences working in high-pressure, dynamic environments to drive better business support for employees, with a focus on positive mental health. She demonstrates that happier and healthier employees lead to higher productivity and company profits.
Carly Tait (PLY) is a retired Paralympian and global Diversity & Inclusion consultant working with organisations to develop their D&I strategies and action plans.
Carly is also a keynote speaker, writer and is a regular guest on panels and podcasts, sharing high performance methodology and her lived experience across a variety of intersectional inclusion topics including women’s health, disability and fertility.
Michael Maisey is a motivational speaker who has a powerful story of overcoming adversity. He shares his experience of how to lead under pressure and keep going in the face of challenges.
Michael Maisey has built a career on kindness, overcoming adversity and healthy masculinity. He knows that if these concepts are introduced, they can bring about life changing results and lead to a more purposeful life. He is passionate about social responsibility in business and applauds all companies who embrace it.
Em Stroud is a Clown, best selling author and the co-founder of the new Global Movement, Laugh, Think and Play. Em is an experienced performer and successful entrepreneur, 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.
Jodie Hill is a neurodivergent solicitor, ED&I consultant, training provider, author and campaigner. She is passionate about employment law, mental health and wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I), and neurodiversity.
A qualified barrister initially called to the Bar in 2010, Jodie then cross-qualified to become a solicitor in 2013. Her mental breakdown in 2017, which Jodie now describes as her “mental breakthrough”, led her to establish Thrive Law in 2018. It was the first law firm in the UK founded with wellbeing and mental health at its heart.
Ben Aldridge writes and speaks about Stoic philosophy, comfort zones, mental health and adventure, a bestselling author of How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, How to Control the Uncontrollable and the Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Cards.
Ben has spoken to audiences around the world, appeared on TV & radio and been interviewed on high-profile podcasts. His books have been translated into 6 languages and featured on a variety of bestseller lists. Ben’s message encourages others to build resilience by stepping outside of their comfort zones in a host of different ways.
Charlie Hart, AKA ‘Ausome Charlie’, is a highly experienced, CIPD-qualified HR professional, and a popular and influential intersectional neurodiversity advocate.
Charlie is Bi/Pan, Autistic and ADHD, with C-PTSD. She identifies as a ‘Queer AuDHDer,’
Charlie’s presentations and speeches centre her own lived experience and insights, underpinned with expertise in employment legislation and inclusion theory, and delivered with authentically neurodivergent quirkiness and self-deprecating humour.
Adventurer, author, campaigner, cancer survivor, and triple world record holder Lizzie Carr MBE is one of today’s most prominent environmental voices, with her inspirational efforts reaching more than 85 million people globally.
An accomplished public speaker, Lizzie talks openly about her journey with cancer and mental health, as well as delving into her work in the sustainability sector, and what it takes to lead a pioneering non-profit in the citizen-based science research space. She has shared her story in front of live audiences at Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place, Latitude and Wilderness Festivals.
Mental health campaigner, best-selling author & social media influencer Ben West is one of the most engaging and inspiring young male voices in the UK today.
Ben’s award-winning work began when he noticed that teachers were not being properly prepared to deal with mental health issues in the classroom. He started a petition to make mental health first aid a compulsory part of teacher training in a bid to allow teachers the ability and courage to approach students and intervene early to help. The petition was signed by over 300,000 people and Ben has since worked with the government and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to accelerate its impact.
Freddy McConnell is an award-winning journalist, writer and speaker. In 2018, he became a dad and shared his experience of pregnancy as a transgender man in the BIFFA-nominated BBC documentary, Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth.
In 2018, Freddy McConnell became a dad and shared his experience of pregnancy as a transgender man in the BIFFA-nominated BBC documentary, Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth. In 2023, Freddy is now nominated as a Top 10 Outstanding Contributor to LGBT+ Life in the British LGBT+ Awards.
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.
Despite little skill for his sport, Eddie’s heroic failures won the hearts and minds of the public: in 2016, he was portrayed by Taron Egerton in the biographical film Eddie the Eagle, and he remains one of the best loved athletes today.
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"Would definitely recommend the course. Siam Kidd is an inspirational teacher, highly motivated and attentive. The course is interesting, exciting and leaves you feeling positive about how you can realistically make changes to your financial future…"
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"I just wanted to say how good it was to meet Sally on Wednesday at the Virgin Media conference. I have had so many people come up and say what an inspirational talk she gave and how much each person took away from it. I’ve also had at least a dozen people say they nearly burst into tears when they played the Olympic video! You can add another 211 happy customers to your total."
Executive Director Mobile and Home Phones, Virgin MediaSally Gunnell OBE 
"The audience really connected with Clarke and what he was saying. Everyone was talking about how inspirational he was. Very moving and empowering. One of the best speeches I have heard in a long time."
East Midlands Leadership AcademyClarke Carlisle 
"Hayley’s passion for topic was infectious and her professionalism in working to ensure the talk met our needs was impressive. Hayley is an engaging speaker that opens up the topic of inclusion of diversity in the workplace in such manner that inspires you to take action."
Director of Operations, RocheHayley Barnard 
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Featured Testimonials
"Would definitely recommend the course. Siam Kidd is an inspirational teacher, highly motivated and attentive. The course is interesting, exciting and leaves you feeling positive about how you can realistically make changes to your financial future…"
Norfolk CordialSiam Kidd
"I just wanted to say how good it was to meet Sally on Wednesday at the Virgin Media conference. I have had so many people come up and say what an inspirational talk she gave and how much each person took away from it. I’ve also had at least a dozen people say they nearly burst into tears when they played the Olympic video! You can add another 211 happy customers to your total."
Executive Director Mobile and Home Phones, Virgin MediaSally Gunnell OBE
"The audience really connected with Clarke and what he was saying. Everyone was talking about how inspirational he was. Very moving and empowering. One of the best speeches I have heard in a long time."
East Midlands Leadership AcademyClarke Carlisle
"Hayley’s passion for topic was infectious and her professionalism in working to ensure the talk met our needs was impressive. Hayley is an engaging speaker that opens up the topic of inclusion of diversity in the workplace in such manner that inspires you to take action."
Director of Operations, RocheHayley Barnard
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Avril Grant is a CEO and Founder of AVision for Empowerment CIC, Inspirational TEDx and Keynote Speaker, Master Transformational Coach and Humanitarian.
Avril Grant is passionate about people and activating their potential. She speaks and inspires people from all walks of life towards positive sustainable change and has 7 years experience in delivering her inspirational workshops and accredited programmes to companies, schools and to the country’s hardest to reach audiences in 17 prisons across the UK. She devotes herself to making a difference to people’s lives and has helped many people achieve their career goals.
Featured Speaker Quotes
"Adversity can either break you or make you a record-breaker..."
Aaron Shawn Harper 
"Loving is giving and when I give wholeheartedly to others, my own mental wellbeing is improved."
Lis Cashin 
"Don't believe what they told you - I believe that EVERYONE is capable of creativity and everyone has HUGE potential to improve their lives and the lives of others, you just have to find your thing and that doesn't need to be a pencil or a paint brush!"
Ben Edmonds 
"If you want to win in the workplace of tomorrow, learn to embrace the trends of today."
Jill Martin Wrenn 
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Featured Speaker Quotes
"Adversity can either break you or make you a record-breaker..."
Aaron Shawn Harper
"Loving is giving and when I give wholeheartedly to others, my own mental wellbeing is improved."
Lis Cashin
"Don't believe what they told you - I believe that EVERYONE is capable of creativity and everyone has HUGE potential to improve their lives and the lives of others, you just have to find your thing and that doesn't need to be a pencil or a paint brush!"
Ben Edmonds
"If you want to win in the workplace of tomorrow, learn to embrace the trends of today."
Jill Martin Wrenn
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