Inspirational Speakers – October 2025

It’s been another busy month here at Inspirational Speakers! We’ve been working closely with some of our long-standing clients on big events that needed a real punch of energy and inspiration – with a few familiar faces taking to the stage to make them nights to remember.

We’ve also been getting into the festive spirit and have our work Christmas party booked (cue the excitement!).

And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve just started rolling out our brand-new newsletter – so keep an eye out for updates, speaker news and a little dose of inspiration landing in your inbox soon.

Claire Rackham

Managing Director

Monthly Shoutout

Jez Rose

This month we’re celebrating the brilliant Jez Rose, who recently received some fantastic feedback following an event booked last month. Jez generated some early morning enthusiasm, was engaging, thought-provoking and inspiring.

Jez is known for bringing humour, energy and insight to every session, helping audiences see things from a fresh perspective and inspiring real behavioural change.

Jez is a pleasure to work with behind the scenes as well which makes him a great choice for us to work with! Thanks Jez

New speakers

We are pleased to introduce a few new speakers to our website this month, below is a short bio, but if you are keen to know more – just click on their name to go to the profile!

Rachel Johnson is an author, podcaster, leadership thinker and coach, as well as CEO of PiXL, an organisation working alongside 2000 schools in the United Kingdom and beyond.

Her work focuses on the real barriers leaders face, offering practical frameworks to help tackle challenges in clear, actionable ways.

With a unique blend of corporate expertise and entrepreneurial spirit, Kirsty Mac has been stimulating and empowering leaders for over two decades. An energetic and perceptive host and speaker with a passion for designing, developing, and delivering original leadership experiences.

 

With 25 years’ experience running his own business, Andy Mouncey works with clients across all sectors, focusing on three key themes:

Managing mood and thinking clearly in complex, changing, and challenging environments, Delivering high performance under pressure and Earning the right to be followed and making it matter for yourself and your people.

Neil Sahota (萨冠军) is the CEO of ACSI Labs, United Nations (UN) AI Advisor, IBM Master Inventor, Professor at UC Irvine, and author of best-seller, Own the A.I. Revolution.

With 20+ years of business experience, he works with organizations to create their core business strategy, enter new markets, and develop next-generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology.

Throughout his career as CCO, CMO and CEO at global ad agencies and fast-growing brands, Max Lenderman has worked at the forefront of marketing’s evolution. His first book 15 years ago made the term “experiential marketing” part of a brand’s lexicon and is still considered “the best book on experiential marketing.”

Dona Sarkar believes that you are one experiment away from being your most powerful self at work. And yes, in life!

Currently at her day job, she’s running 100 experiments as the Chief Troublemaker of the Microsoft AI and Copilot Extensibility Program. Her goal is that people all over the world can use Microsoft’s AI and Copilot programs to reason over their OWN data and truly make AI useful for their business.

Jessica Chen is an Emmy-Award Winner, a global communication expert, author and speaker.

She has taught over 2 million people how to improve their communication skills at work. Jessica has spoken at some of the top organisations, including at Google, Microsoft, Citibank, and the United Nations to teach their teams how to communicate and stand out in a global workplace.

Mark is a seasoned globally minded Employee Experience Leader who has chosen to work for big-hearted companies and focus on how he and his team can unleash the talents and passions of a company’s employees.

Early in his career, he worked with the likes of Best Buy, Levi Strauss & Company and Gap Inc. partnering with business leaders to support their HR needs including innovative ways to create a learning organisation and ensure integration between work and life. 

Martin Brooks is the UK’s leading expert in how to use your body language more effectively in business. He is a speaker, communications coach and author of the critically acclaimed, Body Language Decoder.

Martin uses his expertise to engage and educate his audiences with tools and tips they can instantly apply. His 20+ years experience as a communications trainer mean his sessions have lasting value to a conference audience. 

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