Roger Harrop, The CEO Expert, spent over 25 years leading international business at the highest level, ultimately a plc, putting him in a unique position to deal with contemporary business challenges. His mix of vast experience allied with an accomplished ability to make business simple and his infectious enthusiasm and energy has made him the most highly regarded and sought after international business growth expert. His motivational, thought provoking, entertaining “Staying in the Helicopter®” workshops are regularly accredited as the inspiration for dramatic business improvement and success.
Roger is the Academy 2011 Speaker of the Year.

John is the Academy's Speaker of the Decade. He is the founder and director of the Maydays - an award winning improvisation training and performance company. The techniques that actors use to instantly engage with their audience are increasingly valuable in our rapidly changing business world. He also has over 20 years expertise in Reading People - an ancient system which gives uncanny insight into other people within seconds of meeting them. He presents this profound material in a dynamic and deceptively light-hearted manner.
Clients include: T-Mobile, Deloitte, Accenture, The British Council, Scottish Enterprise, Bank of America, Lloyds TSB, Investec Bank, HTC and a number of ACE member companies.

Grant Leboff is one of the U.K's leading Sales and Marketing experts. His main focus is to address the massive changes that are taking place in a world that is constantly being introduced to new technologies and an evolving World Wide Web. The old sales and marketing models are now obsolete.

Leboff provides businesses with new Sales and Marketing strategies to be successful in this new environment. He is a highly sought after consultant and speaker, and constantly makes presentations at conferences and events all over the world. Leboff is a regular contributor to many business magazines and newspapers and is the author of Sales Therapy® and Sticky Marketing, both bestselling titles.

Nikki Owen is UK’s Leading Expert in Charisma and voted Rising Star of 2011-2012. Following a 32-year study into charisma, her blueprint enables every leader to develop more of their charismatic potential to increase workforce engagement. Nikki holds regular seminars at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and works with a diverse range of clients such as Orange, The Royal Household, Shell International, Saga Holidays and Barclays Bank. As Official Political Commentator for Aljazeera and The Sunday Tribune, Nikki is a regular contributor to the business media and has featured on numerous television programmes, radio shows and business publications. Nikki’s techniques, including The Self-Esteem Gift Box™ The Symbol of Star Quality™ and Transcendental Drivers are at the frontiers of business development.

Caspar studied economics at Cambridge where he was a successful screenwriter - having had his first screenplay produced by Film Four before he graduated. Then, aged 25, he made the decision to move to Las Vegas and become a professional poker player! In the last ten years he has established an international reputation as an original, thoughtful and transformational speaker working with senior teams at Google, IBM, ASDA, Diageo, Orange, KPMG, Barclays and Visa about how they make decisions and take calculated risks.

Mark is the MD of Procedor www.procedor.com, and helps executives to successfully lead across distances & cultures, and still have a life! He is an international speaker, associated with the prestigious CSA Speakers, and a visiting professor at the IE Business School in Spain. His popular keynote is Why You Never Wash a Rental Car…Using the Power of Ownership in Successfully Leading Today’s Organisations. Mark is the author of The Truth About Getting Things Done, and Time to Get Started (selected Daily Thoughts found on his personal website www.markfritzonline.com).