At the age of 18, Carl Leighton-Pope began his professional life by working at the Marquee Club in Soho, London, with artists like Rod Stewart, The Who and Eric Clapton. The start of a lengthy career in the music industry that lasted more than 55 years was those early days as a Mod riding a scooter and shopping on Carnaby Street. In... read full bio
The most frequent holder of world records for the UK is Sebastian Coe, who is also regarded as the finest runner to ever represent his nation. Coe, a London native, started his athletic career with the Hallamshire Harriers team in Sheffield when he was 12 years old. His father served as the team's running coach. At the European Indoor Championship, when... read full bio
Joanna Lumley is an engaging speaker, a captivating host of awards shows and a successful presenter thanks to her quirky flare and intriguing personality. Joanna has starred in over 25 major motion pictures and many television shows for more over 40 years, including Shirley Valentine, On Her Majesty's Service, The Wolf of Wall Street and of course Absolutely Fabulous. She has received a... read full bio
Tiff Needell has been a staple at business events ever since Top Gear beaming his face into over five million households in the mid-1990s. Tiff engages with audiences of all sizes, whether she's speaking at a private event at the Ritz or entertaining hundreds of people at the British Grand Prix. Tiff uses his more than thirty years of racing expertise... read full bio
John is a well-known comedian and actor from Liverpool who also does charitable work. He was employed as a sales representative before quitting to pursue comedy full-time. In just three years, he was entertaining packed houses. With the assistance of Greg Whyte, a LJMU professor of applied sport and exercise science, John cycled, rowed, and ran from Paris to London... read full bio
In addition to eyeglasses, shoes, purses, accessories and weddings, his successful business just debuted a new activewear collection called "Roland Mouret Body." Coming from humble origins, the designer has experienced a variety of challenges in business, including nearly going bankrupt and reclaiming ownership of his own name after losing it. In addition to speaking out against single-use plastic, Roland, a supporter of... read full bio
Co-founder of Metallica, one of the largest rock bands in the world, is Lars Ulrich. Since the band's founding in 1981, he and James Hetfield have shared a vision for the group that has been crucial to Metallica's rise to prominence as one of the most lasting and fiercely independent acts in music history. Through their charitable endeavors through the All... read full bio
As the CEO and founder of The Lion Academy, Dion Jensen is a worldwide influencer who embodies the principles of trauma, transition and evolution. After traveling this path as a soldier, police officer and close protection operator, he founded Success For Soldiers, a global initiative to combat PTSD and suicide. After helping individuals overcome trauma, Dion was recruited to work as the Regional... read full bio
American electrical engineer Robert Kahn collaborated with Vinton Cerf to design the Internet as one of its primary architects. The A.M. Turing Award, the greatest accolade in computer science, was given to Kahn and Cerf for their groundbreaking work on internetworking, which included creating and implementing TCP/IP, the foundational communications protocol of the Internet, as well as for their outstanding... read full bio
Up until 2000, Andrei Kozyrev served as both the Russian Federation's foreign minister and a member of the Duma, the country's legislature. He agreed to join the board of directors of ICN Pharmaceuticals, a US company, and has since joined the boards of several Russian and foreign businesses. At the Moscow Institute of International Relations, he teaches. Andrei holds a PHD... read full bio
Among the greatest creators of the modern era is Ray Kurzweil. He was the primary developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition system, the first print-to-speech reading device for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer and the first CCD flat-bed scanner. Along with designing the first commercially available large-vocabulary speech recognition system, he also built the first music synthesizer that... read full bio
Baroness Susan Greenfield, CBE, is a British scientist who specializes in brain physiology. She studies how the brain creates awareness, the effects of modern technologies on the mind and innovative treatments for neurodegenerative illnesses like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. After completing her DPhil in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University, Baroness Greenfield went on to work as a researcher at NYU Medical... read full bio
Poet and professor of German literature Gertrud Höhler has won numerous honors. She has become Germany's most well-known management expert during the past several years. Since 1987, Gertrud has served as an independent businesswoman, consultant to the top fifty German-speaking corporations, and advisor to many of the elite, including the head of Deutsche Bank. She joined the GrandMet board in the... read full bio
Born in Tenerife, Taz is an actor and writer whose parents are from Yorkshire and Sierra Leone. He is currently appearing in the popular Netflix series ONE PIECE as Sanji. Regarding his piece WARHEADS, which explores PTSD in young soldiers, Taz received an Olivier nomination. Right now, he's working on making it a feature. In the recent London Film Festival debut,... read full bio
Plano, Texas, is the birthplace of Daniel Roseberry. His mother was an artist and his father was a priest. He grew up in a very religious family with his three siblings and he even thought about becoming a minister. After graduating from high school, he went on Christian service missions to Hawaii, Jordan, Pakistan, and different parts of Israel. He returned... read full bio
Jenna Lyons, the president and executive creative director of J. Crew, is widely acknowledged as the driving creative behind the American retail chain's incredible transformation from a struggling catalogue business to one of the most sought-after fashion companies in the country. Lyons managed the brand's successful image revamp in its stores, marketing campaigns, and garment designs after being appointed creative... read full bio
Tatanka Means is a Chinle, Arizona-born actor and stand-up comedian who has won numerous awards. He speaks on behalf of the Omaha, Oglala Lakota, and Navajo nations. Starring the renowned Martin Scorsese, his most recent movie "Killers of the Flower Moon" is now streaming on AppleTV+. It was highly anticipated going into the film festival circuit. Means is cast in... read full bio
American wide receiver Davante Lavell Adams plays football for the Las Vegas Raiders. Adams, a football and basketball player at Palo Alto High School, was born in East Palo Alto, California. Prior to the Green Bay Packers selecting him in the second round of the NFL draft, he was a second-team All-American during his two seasons as a collegiate football... read full bio
Swedish goalie Robin Lehner plays goalie for the Vegas Golden Knights in professional ice hockey. Previously, he played in the NHL for the Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, and Chicago Blackhawks, where he was known by the nickname "Panda". In the second round of the NHL Entry Draft, the Senators picked Lehner 46th overall. Lehner was raised in Gothenburg,... read full bio
Russian forward Ivan Barbashev plays ice hockey professionally for the Vegas Golden Knights. The St. Louis Blues picked Barbashev with the 33rd overall pick in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft. Prior to relocating to North America, Barbashev began playing hockey in Russia, where he was born and bred. He then joined the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major... read full bio
