Peak Performance speakers, Conference & Keynote speakers from Atlantic Speaker Bureau Ade Adepitan Ade is a nationally loved paralympic basketball champion and TV presenter. Ade Adepitan MBE is a successful and respected Paralympic athlete who has won medals with the Great Britain wheelchair basketball team. He was an Ambassador for London's 2012 Olympic bid and now sits on the advisory board of LOCOG. He is also a consultant for Channel 4's Paralympic coverage. He has featured on many television programmes and series as an actor, presenter or guest, particularly for the BBC. Adrian Furnham Adrian is a prolific author, researcher, and expert on leadership derailment, psychology of money, and cultural diversity. Awarded 3rd in 2013 HR Most Influential Thinkers in UK. Adrian Furnham was educated at the London School of Economics where he obtained a distinction in an MSc Econ., and at Oxford University where he completed a doctorate (D.Phil) in 1981. He has subsequently earned a D.Sc (1991) and D.Litt (1995) degree.

Previously a lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford, he has been Professor of Psychology at University College London since 1992. He has lectured widely abroad and held scholarships and visiting professorships at, amongst others, the University of New South Wales, the University of the West Indies, the University of Hong Kong and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Management at Henley Management College. He has recently been made Adjunct Professor of Management at the Norwegian School of Management (2009). He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books. . He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals, as well as the past elected President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. He is also a founder director of Applied Behavioural Research Associates (ABRA), a psychological consultancy. Like Noel Coward, he believes work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. He rides a bicycle to work (as he has always done) very early in the morning and does not have a mobile phone.

Adrian enjoys writing popular articles, travelling to exotic countries, consulting on real-life problems, arguing at dinner parties and going to the theatre. He hopes never to retire. Alain Ducasse Alain is one of the most acclaimed chefs of his generation. A native of south-west France, the young Alain Ducasse went on to work under some of the most-respected chefs of his time – Michel Guérard, Gaston Lenôtre, Roger Vergé and Alain Chapel – before taking over at Louis XV in Monaco in 1987. Within less than four years, he had earned three Michelin stars. Today, he holds 19 Michelin stars across 23 restaurants in 8 countries. Alain Robert Alain is the legendary free-climber and human Spiderman. Alain is famous in hundreds of countries for managing to climb 141 of the world's tallest buildings with his bare hands. Alain is a legendary free-climber, referred to as the hymn Spiderman. He has thousands of YouTube hits that have amassed millions of hits each. Alain has achieved global success in free-climbing despite a career ending injury at 19, leaving him 66% disabled.

Alain also, shockingly, suffers from vertigo, yet he preserves on with his passion. Alan O'Neill Alan is an expert in sales, retail, change, and customer service. Alan is an international business consultant and non-exec board director working with blue-chip organisations across the spectrum of industry: in Financial Services, FMCG, Hospitality, Industrial, IT, Motor, Retail, Telcos, Tourism, Travel and others. With 30+ years of front line board level experience – he has lots of no-nonsense expertise with lots to say. Alan Shearer Alan is a former England football captain, world's most expensive player, and current TV pundit. lan Shearer is one of the most feared and respected strikers of the modern era and a wonderful ambassador for the game. His debut was an indication of the wealth of talent Alan has when he scored a hat trick for Southampton against Arsenal on 9th April 1988 (4-2 victory) and went on to became the only player in English football history to score 30 or more goals in three consecutive seasons.

On 6th August 1996, after Alan’s successful Euro 96, where he finished the tournament’s top goal scorer, Alan joined his beloved Newcastle for a world record fee of £15.6 million, fulfilling his childhood dream to play for his local side. Alastair Humphreys Alastair Humphreys is an English cyclist, adventurer, author and motivational speaker. Alastair Humphreys is an English adventurer, author and motivational speaker. His first big adventure was completing a four-year bicycle journey around the world. He was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012. Alex Flynn Alex covered a distance of 10 million metres (6,214 miles) across some of the Earth’s toughest terrain by running, cycling, swimming, kayaking and climbing an epic distance where only the races count and every second fighting Parkinson’s disease. All it took was a cup of coffee to change Alex’s life forever and set in motion the indomitable will and desire that lead him to realise an astonishing adventure that Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE has described as “seriously hard”.

An experienced speaker, whether for a keynote address, conference, school or community events, Alex’s presentations have brought humor, insight and adventure to audiences around the world. Amanda Stretton Amanda Stretton is best known for being a female motorsport and motor industry presenter. Amanda Stretton is the UK’s leading female motorsport and motor industry presenter. She is renowned for her knowledge of contemporary and historical racing series and her understanding of the international car industry. Amir Khan Amir is a world class boxer and Olympic silver medalist. Amir Khan is one of the most talented sportsmen of his generation. Catapulted into the limelight from the 2004 Silver medal Olympic podium, Amir has become Britain's highest-profile boxer racking up an impressive professional fight record; having become the World Light Welterweight Champion in July 2009 after his life changing fight against Andreas Kotelnik. Andrew Kirkpatrick Andrew Kirkpatrick, usually known as Andy Kirkpatrick, is known as one of the UK's toughest mountaineers, as well as an award winning author, motivational speaker and monologist.

Andrew Kirkpatrick’s speciality is big wall climbing and winter expeditions, which involves pitting himself against a vertical climbs of over 1000 meters often in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees. Andy has scaled Yosemite's El Capitan - one of the hardest walls in America - over twenty four times, including three solo ascents and a one day ascent (18h), as well as climbing it with a paraplegic climber, his thirteen year old daughter and a blind friend. One of these ascents was a 12 day solo of the Reticent Wall, viewed at the time as perhaps the hardest climb of its type in the world, and the subject of his award winning book Psychovertical. Andy Green Andy Green is "the fastest man on earth." He set the world's first and only supersonic land speed record at an astonishing 763 mph. Andy is a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and as the holder of the World Land Speed Record, is "The Fastest Man on Earth.", Driving Richard Noble's Thrust SSC in 1997, Andy set the world's first and only supersonic land speed record at an astonishing 763 mph.

He went on to drive the JCB DIESELMAX car in 2006. He and the team overcame some difficult and equally challenging problems to smash the diesel record, setting the new mark at a remarkable 350 mph. Andy is now the chosen driver for the new BLOODHOUND SuperSonic Car, which aims to exceed the incredible target of 1000 mph. Anna Watkins Rower Anna Watkins played her part in a hugely successful London 2012 Olympics not just by winning gold, but by partnering three-time silver medalist Katherine Granger to a long awaited Olympic win. Anna was introduced to rowing when she studied at the University of Cambridge. Moving up to the full international squad, Anna's rise to winning ways had begun. With the world famous partnership with Katherine Grainger, the two were unbeaten in their first season rowing together and they went on to claim two World Championship golds before entering and championing the London 2012 games. Setting a new Olympic record on the way the pair convincingly won their Olympic final to take gold and provide one of the most memorable moments of the games.

AP McCoy Sir Anthony 'AP' McCoy is a now retired Champion Jockey and living legend with over 4300 winners, the most celebrated jockey of all time. Sir Anthony 'AP' McCoy OBE, MBE is a Northern Irish Champion horse racing jockey legend. AP McCoy OBE retired from racing in April 2015 having dominated his sport for over 2 decades, making him not only the world's greatest ever jump jockey, but also one of the UK's most talented sportsmen. In April 2015, AP was crowned Champion Jockey for the 20th consecutive year, and ended his truly phenomenal career on 4348 wins (which includes the 2010 Grand National, the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase & King George VI Chase). This incredible man and BBC Sports Personality of the Year spent his career setting records we will not see broken in our lifetimes. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we will never have another AP McCoy. AP's achievements were acknowledged by the Queen with a Knighthood in the 2016 New Years Honours.

Austin Healey is a former English rugby union player. Austin Healey is a former rugby player and has represented the England national rugby union team. Ben Kay Ben Kay is a former Rugby Union player. Ben Kay is a retired English international rugby union player who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and England. Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins is best known for being the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France in 2012. Bradley Wiggins established himself as one of the world’s finest track endurance riders by collecting six Olympic medals across three Games, including individual pursuit gold at Athens 2004 and individual pursuit gold and team pursuit gold at Beijing 2008. Brendan Hall Brendan Hall is best known for winning The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – the ultimate long distance challenge - a 35,000-mile circumnavigation of the globe, contested by amateur crews in identical racing yachts. He was 27 at the time! Although Brendan was the youngest and least experienced skipper in the race, the win was no accident - it was the culmination of years of training, skilled navigation and a leadership style way beyond his years.

Brian O'Driscoll Brian O’ Driscoll is a former Irish Rugby Union player. Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish former professional rugby union player; he played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and formerly for Ireland. Brian Whittle Brian is a European Champion. Brian is famed for winning the 4x400m relay with only one shoe. He is a two time European gold medalist, and goes down in the hearts of British fans as the epitome of perseverance and determination. Brian is now a coach and mentor. Catherine Spencer Catherine captained her country to the 2010 Rugby World Cup Final on home soil before retiring from the sport in 2011 after gaining 63 caps for her country. Following a successful on pitch rugby career Catherine has now made the bold move to transfer from the sports pitch to the business pitch as she has made her move to set up and run her own company Inspiring Women. Inspiring Women is a platform to encourage female speakers, mentors and ambassadors from the sports and adventure world to provide insight and share valuable lessons learnt with the business world.

Alongside this Catherine has made sure that she is continually challenging herself and has taken part in a filmed mountaineering challenge in the Swiss Alps, has completed 2 marathons and entered a third and is taking on the task of coaching women’s rugby premiership side Aylesford ladies for the 2015/16 season. Catherine is also patron of the charity Tag Rugby Trust where she has volunteered her time in Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Mexico and India. Chemmy Alcott Chemmy is Britain's number one and favourite alpine skier. Chemmy is Britain’s number one female alpine skier. She started skiing as a toddler aged 18 months and began competing seriously at the age of 8. From this committed early start to her career, Chemmy has progressed in every discipline and has worked her way up to be ranked 8th in the world. She was the first British woman to qualify for the World Cup Finals, the first British skier to win a run in a World Cup race and the first British skier to win the British Land National Ski Championships six times in a row.

Chemmy has competed in three consecutive Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City, Turin and then Vancouver, where at both Turin and Vancouver she finished an impressive 11th place. Despite a horrific accident in Lake Louise in 2010, Chemmy has embarked on a remarkable road to recovery to head for her fourth Olympics: Sochi 2014. As well as being ranked in the top 30 in the world for Super G, Giant Slalom and Combined, she is an excellent ambassador for British sport, encouraging younger athletes to pursue their dreams. Chris Boardman Chris is an Olympic gold medalist in cycling, being Britain's first cycling gold in over 70 years. Chris Boardman won the 4km individual pursuit at the Barcelona Olympics and broke the world hour record three times. His was the nation's first gold in cycling for over 70 years. The iconic image of the Lotus machine and pointy helmet linked Chris forever with cutting edge technology. This was reinforced with Chris leading the research & development team for GB Cycling in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where they became the most successful British sporting team of all time. Chris Moon Overcoming severe disability after being injured by a mine.

Chris Moon is a former army officer who worked for a charity clearing landmines. He's survived kidnap by Khmer Rouge guerrillas in Cambodia and being blown up in a supposedly safe area of a minefield in remote East Africa losing an arm and a leg. Less than a year after such a tragic event, Chris completed the London Marathon. As if this colossal display of willpower weren't enough, he went on to became the first leg amputee to take part in the Great Sahara Run - described as the toughest race on earth. Chris' speech style offers a humbling and inspiring presentation, as he talks about leadership, human potential and developing the mindset to challenge your limits. Christian Horner Christian is the Team Principal for the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Christian Horner OBE is the Team Principal of the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One team, a position he has held since 2005. His motorsport career started as a race car driver, before he switched roles to become Team Principal of FIA F3000 and later GP2 Series team Arden International Motorsport in 1999. Christophe Reech Christophe is an immensely successful serial entrepreneur and investor.

Christophe has a solid 23 years career in Institutional and Entrepreneurial ventures in the Financial Derivatives, Risk Management, Capital Markets, Alternative Investment, Real Estate, and Real Estate Finance as well as Private Equity and Financial Technology. Christophe Reech is a C-level and non-executive seasoned international professional and serial entrepreneur with 23 years experience in Financial Markets, Real Estate, and Technology. He has gained this experience in institutional environments, joint ventures with worldwide Fortune 500 corporates, and entrepreneurial start-up companies. Christophe has a solid reputation as an innovator, out-of-the-box creative thinker, problem solver, opportunity builder, strategic thinker, and business leader. In addition, he has cutting-edge technical expertise and a clear vision of his complex industry sectors. Clive Punter Clive is best known for his role in making LinkedIn the prolific business site it is today. Clive spent 25 years in a very successful corporate career, went from the oldest media - outdoor (CEO at CBS Outdoor) to newest media - social (Global MD at LinkedIn).

Clive left the bosom of corporate life to start GeniusQ, which is a 21st century business focused method which makes CEO’s and senior executives more successful and fulfilled. Colin Jackson Best known for being the former World, Commonwealth, and European 110m hurdle champion, currently holding the World Championship record time for 20 years. Colin Jackson CBE is ranked as being one of most successful British athletes of all time. His athletic prowess gained him World, Commonwealth, and European champion. His world record 110m time was unbroken for an astonishing 13 years, but still remains the World Championship record time. Colin still holds the 60m hurdle record time, which has now been unbeaten for nearly 20 years. Since retiring from athletics, Colin was a natural choice to become one of the key members of the BBC's sports production team and he continues to cover all of their Athletics output as a BBC pundit and presenter. Conrad Dickinson Conrad guided Prince Harry to the South Pole with the Walking With The Wounded Team and is the first and only Briton to have completed the Polar Grand Slam. A born and bred Northumbrian, Conrad has enjoyed the outdoors since he was a boy.

Conrad is the first and only Briton to have achieved the ‘Polar Grand Slam’ – completing the World’s recognised three hardest Polar journeys, crossing Greenland; the Antarctic plateau to reach the South Pole and the Arctic to the North Pole, all unsupported. Conrad became a Captain during his Short Service Commission in the Army and specialized in Arctic Warfare whilst training in Norway. In 2011 Conrad trained the BBC film crew and Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton for her successful trip to the South Pole. Cris Beswick Cris is an author, strategic advisor, and innovation expert. Cris Beswick is an innovation expert, author, speaker and strategic advisor. As one of the UK’s foremost thinkers on innovation combined with global research, best practice and experience working with some of the world’s most successful companies, Cris works with senior teams of forward-thinking organisations that want to become a Next Generation Organisation talent manager and one of the Innovation Leaders. Dame Helen Alexander Helen Alexander is the chairman of United Business Media, and of the Port of London Authority. She has formerly served as President of the Confederation of British Industry, as Chief Executive of the Economist Group, and as Chair of Incisive Media.

Dame Helen Alexander was President of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) until June 2011 and continued as Deputy President until June 2012. From 1997-2008 she was Chief Executive of the Economist Group. Trustee of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation, and Chair of the Advisory Council at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. Helen is Chairman of the Port of London Authority (PLA) and of Incisive Media. Her varied and successful business career enables her to speak with authority on a range of business topics. Dame Kelly Holmes A double Olympic gold medallist, Kelly Holmes became only the second woman in history to claim the 800m and 1500m titles in the same Games. The Athens Olympic Games was the pinnacle of a long but frustrating international athletics career for Kelly Holmes. Her Double Olympic Gold triumph changed her life forever and fulfilled her second childhood dream of becoming an Olympic Champion. She became the first British female athlete to win both the 800m and 1500m.

Since retiring from international athletics, Kelly has started a new chapter in her life in the business world; establishing her own company Double Gold and her charity the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. She has also been active in raising the profile of school sport up the political agenda. Kelly became National School Sport Champion in 2006 for three years and pioneered the creation of National School Sport Week. She also led the creation of Girls Active set up with the Youth Sports Trust to capture the interest of disengaged female teenagers. She now has a number of ambassadorial positions for TeamGB, London 2012 sponsor BT, the Jaguar Academy of Sport alongside the honour of being President of Commonwealth Games England. Daniel Pink Known as one of the world's leading and innovative business minds. Dan Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work. His books have been translated into over 33 different languages, including being published in the unorthodox style of Japanese Manga. His writing spans a multitude of topics, from the art and science of sales to a modern behavioural economical view on motivation. Dan is a prolific speaker, working in both public and private events, including many talks on TED.

Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government. David Flatman David Flatman is a former rugby player. David Flatman was a prop for Bath and the England national rugby union team and the former head of communications at Bath rugby. David Millar David Millar is the only British cyclist to have worn ALL four Jerseys from the Tour de France and ALL three of the Leader’s Jerseys in the Grand Tours. David Millar is former British National Road Champion and Time Trial Champion, the only British Rider to have worn all the Leaders Jerseys from the Tour de France and one of only six British riders to have worn the Yellow Jersey. He was also the first of only two British riders ever to have worn the Leader’s Jersey in all three Grand Tours. Millar was banned for two years in 2004 after admitting taking banned performance enhancing drugs.

During his ban and on his return to cycling in 2006 he worked with WADA and UKAD on various anti-doping initiatives and has become a voice for anti-doping within the sport. His final chapter in cycling saw him win Silver in the World Championships, stages of all three Grand Tours and write a best selling Autobiography. David retired from cycling at the end of 2014 season but remains actively involved in the sport. Denise Lewis Denise Lewis is a retired English heptathlete. Denise Lewis is a retired English track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Derek Redmond Derek is a British Olympic gold medalist, coach, and motivational speaker Derek is a retired British athlete who epitomises the Olympic spirit. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Since retiring from athletics, Derek has played basketball for England and professionally for the Birmingham Bullets and has played competitive rugby union for Coventry RFC and Stow RFC.

He is also a respected coach and advisor for international athletes. Duncan Falconer Best Selling Author of First Into Action: autobiography of life in the Special Boat Service as its youngest ever member. 8 books on his fictional hero, John Stratton. Maritime Security advisor and Crisis Manager/Responder to multi-national companies. Best selling author of an autobiography describing life in the Special Boat Service and 3 years as an undercover operative in the highly secretive 14th intelligence detachment where he was Mentioned In Despatches. Falconer was the youngest member of Britain’s modern Special Forces. Author of 9 novels, 8 of them on his fictional hero, John Stratton. Falconer is a Maritime Security Specialist and a Crisis Manager and Responder to high profile organisations, and has worked as a specialist security advisor to international news, the UK government and others, the FBI, major airlines, NGOs and charity organisations. His first novel is being filmed soon. Duncan Slater Duncan is the first double amputee veteran to race to the South Pole and the first double amputee to compete in the World's toughest marathon Marathon Des Sables in 2016. Duncan joined the RAF at 19, enjoying a range of posts across the military.

In 2009 Duncan was on patrol in the Helmand region of Afghanistan when the vehicle he was travelling in hit an IED. Duncan was thrown forty feet by the impact and suffered breakages to his legs, ankles, ribs, lower back, shoulder blade and left arm. The only unbroken part of his body was his right arm. After 12 months of rehab it became clear that both legs must be amputated in order for Duncan to be able to walk pain free. After being injured in Afghanistan, Duncan is determined to prove naysayers wrong and show that limitations are only in the mind. He also hopes to give inspiration to others in similar situations and is the First Ambassador to the British Citizen Awards. Ed Chamberlin Ed has presented sports for Sky since 1999. Ed first appeared on Sky Sports in 1999 as the resident bookie stats expert alongside Matthew Lorenzo and Kirsty Gallagher every Friday night on the Sports Centre. Ed Coats Ed Coats is best known for competing in a race to the South Pole alongside James Cracknell and Ben Fogle. Ed is a doctor in Nottingham with degrees in Medicine, Extreme Human Physiology and Medical Law.

In 2009 he took a break from Medicine to join James Cracknell and Ben Fogle on the first ever race of its kind to the South Pole. Ed completed a two-day selection course beating over 650 applicants to win his place on the team. The expedition and selection process was filmed for a 5-part TV series for BBC2 called ‘On Thin Ice’. Felix Baumgartner "Sometimes you have to be up really high to understand how small you are... I'm coming home now." Felix Baumgartner is best known for breaking three world records by base-jumping from a capsule in Space down to Earth. Felix Baumgartner broke three World Records by base-jumping from a capsule in Space down to Earth: the first human to break the sound barrier without the assistance of a vehicle, the highest manned balloon flight, and the highest skydive. Outside of his penchant for daredevil acts, Felix was named to Vienna's Street of Champions and nominated for a World Sports Award and two categories in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards, Felix is also an advocate for the nonprofit Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. Floyd Woodrow Truly, one of the elite.

Floyd has served in the SAS for more than 20 years, inspiring his men in the most demanding of situations. Awarded the distinguished Conduct Medal for Bravery, he operated at the level of elite. A true inspirational speaker Floyd Woodrow, the MD of Chrysalis worldwide coaches elite international athletes and sporting teams, the worlds leading banks, financial services companies, governments, education institutions, police forces, emergency services and international corporations on all aspects of elite performance and leadership. Floyd's extraordinary experiences and skills give him a unique and diverse speaking ability. Fran Millar Fran is Head of Winning Behaviours & Business Operations and one of the founding members of Team Sky As a founding Member of Team Sky, Fran Millar is Head of Winning Behaviours and Head of all Operations. Basically she leads everything that occurs at Team Sky with the exception of the athletes actually riding the bike. Fran was listed in Management Todays Top Women under 35 to watch out for 2 years running until over the qualifying age and at the time commenting that she’d achieved beyond her wildest dreams. Francois Pienaar Francois is the former South Africa Rugby captain that led the team to their World Cup victory in 1995.

Captain of the Victorious 1995 country-unifying Rugby World Cup Team - The Springboks, Francois Pienaar is a remarkable athlete, trained lawyer and an ambassador for multi-racial sports and civil rights. Captain of the Victorious 1995 country-unifying Rugby World Cup Team - The Springboks, Francois Pienaar is a remarkable athlete, trained lawyer and an ambassador for multi-racial sports and civil rights. He reached the highest peak in rugby union when he captained his country, South Africa, to World Cup victory in 1995. He was portrayed by Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's blockbuster Invictus. In 2005, Francois was seconded by First National Bank as CEO for the 2011 Rugby World cup bid. Having been named Newsmaker of the Year, he is his country's most celebrated icon after Nelson Mandela. He was portrayed by Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's blockbuster Invictus. In 2005, Francois was seconded by First National Bank as CEO for the 2011 Rugby World cup bid. Having been named Newsmaker of the Year, he is his country's most celebrated icon after Nelson Mandela.

Gareth Thomas is a professional Welsh rugby player. Gareth Thomas was a professional rugby player and was the most capped Welsh rugby union player. Gary Lineker Gary is a TV presenter and former footballing legend. Gary is one of the most popular TV sports presenters and former captains of the England football team. Gary has presented various BBC sports related programmes such as Match of the Day and is a regular on the comedy show, They Think it's all Over. Gary is also passionate about golf and in 2005, Gary was unveiled as the BBC's main presenter for major golfing events. Gavin Duffy Gavin Duffy is a “Dragon” on the Irish Dragons’ Den. Gavin Duffy is best known for taking businesses from concept in the Den to success in retail or online in just a matter of months. Geoff Hurst Sir Geoff Hurst is renowned for being the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final (1966). Sir Geoff Hurst is a former England international footballer. A striker, he remains the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final as England recorded a 4–2 victory over West Germany at the old Wembley in 1966.

George Gregan George Gregan is a retired Australian Rugby Union player. George Gregan is a retired Australian Rugby Union player who held the record number of international caps for any rugby union player. Gethin Jones Gethin Jones is a Welsh television presenter. Gethin Jones is best known for his children’s television career presenting popular shows such as Popty and Blue Peter. Glenn Catley Glenn is the former British Middleweight and WBC Super-Middleweight World Champion. Glenn Catley was the WBC World Super-middleweight Champion. By his own admission, never the best fighter technically, Glenn got to the very top of his sport with determination and confidence. As a qualified psychotherapist he now understands the value of belief in your own abilities and how to handle the pressure of expectation. Gordon Strachan Gordon Strachan is the manager of the Scotland national football team. Gordon Strachan is a Scottish football manager and former player. Strachan is the manager of the Scotland national team. Hannah White Hannah is a broadcaster, sailor, and adventurer Having sailed the Atlantic alone twice, Hannah is one of Britain’s most inspirational women.

Sailing solo for weeks at a time and coming 2nd in a transatlantic race, Hannah has faced icebergs, intense sleep deprivation, technical failures and the worst that the North Atlantic Ocean can muster. Hannah has led others through hostile conditions, inspiring fellow crew members in some of the world’s toughest oceans. Ian McGeechan is a former Rugby Union player and is now best known as a rugby coach. Ian McGeechan is a Scottish former Rugby Union player and coach. His nickname is "Geech". Ian Robertson Ian Robertson is a former rugby player and is currently the BBC’s rugby union correspondent. Ian Robertson is a Scottish broadcaster, writer and former international rugby player. He is best known as a rugby union commentator for BBC Radio. Ian Wright Ian is a former Arsenal and England footballing legend. Ian has an electric personality that used to light up the matches in which he played and now brings radiance to his appearances as a TV and radio performer. Jack Black Jack Black is the Founder of MindStore and is an internationally renowned keynote speaker. Jack is a passionate, charismatic and inspirational teacher.

He is a leader in the field of personal development and is committed to providing unique presentations ensuring his audiences leave with easy to use tools and techniques that improve their performance both in their business and in their personal life. James Cracknell Best known for being one of Britain's most successful athletes ever, with his rowing prowess in the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic Games being two of the most watched sporting contests in history. James Cracknell OBE's athleticism knows no boundaries; competing as a part of Team GB's rowing squad, James obtained 2 Olympic gold medals, and 6 World Championship titles. Since retiring, James has competed in multiple endurance events, including coming 12th in the Marathon de Sables, becoming the highest ranked Briton in the race's 25 year history. After a long and grueling recovering from a near-fatal accident in Arizona, James went on complete 'The Coldest Race in the World' in the Canadian Yukon. James' impressive feats have drawn interest from all over, seeing his participation in the Amundsen Omega3 South Pole Race with Ben Fodge and Edward Coats being broadcasted in a 6-part BBC TV show.

Jamie Andrew Jamie is an inspirational mountaineer who has overcome his disabilities to climb around the world. Jamie is the incredible Scottish mountaineer who, despite having no hands and feet, has made some amazing ascents all over the world. As a quadruple amputee, Jamie has also made many other remarkable achievements, raising many thousands of pounds for charity along the way. Jamie Baulch Olympic and World Championship Welsh & British sprint athlete, TV presenter and investor in young peoples development. Jamie Baulch enjoyed a career spanning 15 years at the top of world class athletics. Since retiring in 2005, he has starred in several reality TV shows and directed several business ventures including the Jamie Baulch Academy and a great contestant on Dancing on Ice! Jamil Qureshi Jamil is best known for providing genuine expertise on the subject of performance enhancing psychology, having worked with 7 people who have reached number one in the world at what they do. In his talks, Jamil shares with his audiences his practical insights into the psychology of attaining high performance as an individual or team.

Jamil's knowledge in the area of optimizing human potential comes from his experience of working with top performers in the world of sport and business, many of which have been in the top ten in the world in their chosen profession, and indeed in a few cases, number one. Having spent fifteen years working with the world's elite, he is in a genuinely unique position to define 'the difference that makes the difference'. Janice Meek Janice Meek is a Guinness World Record holding adventurer, ocean rower, international motivational speaker and polar adventurer. Janice Meek is an unlikely adventurer who can proudly claim to be the only woman on the planet to have rowed across an ocean and walked to two poles. Janice now dedicates her life to public speaking, motivating others to achieve goals they never dreamed of, inspiring people regardless of their age, gender or size and fundraising for charity. Jas Hawker Former Red Arrows leader, Jas is the operations director of Mission Excellence. Jas is a former Red Arrows leader and fighter pilot. He joined the RAF aged 18 and after completing flying training he went on to be the youngest ever pilot to fly the Tornado ground attack aircraft on the front-line.

Hawker has undertaken a number of non-flying appointments within the Ministry of Defence, advising senior military officers and civil servants on strategic and operational matters; specifically developing national contingency and crisis plans and advising on capability development. He has practical experience of operational level campaign planning having deployed to Afghanistan as a Senior Air Advisor. Jason Lewis Jason is an award-winning explorer, author, and voice for global sustainability. He is the first person in history to circumnavigate the world using only human power - no use of motors or sails. Jason Lewis is an award-winning adventurer, author, and sustainability advocate specializing in human-powered expeditions. He is recognized by Guinness World Records as being the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails: walking, cycling, and inline skating five continents, and kayaking, swimming, rowing, and pedaling a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. Taking thirteen years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey was hailed “the last great first for circumnavigation” by the London Sunday Times. Jessica Ennis-Hill As poster-girl for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill stormed to victory in the Heptathlon to bring home her first Olympic gold medal.

One of the stars of the London 2012 Olympics, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill was not just the 'poster girl' for the games, she also demonstrated the determination, competitiveness and sporting behaviour with which the games is synonymous. When Jess stormed home in first place in the 800m, her final event, it secured the gold medal for her, and in doing so captured one of the most memorable golds of the Olympics and providing one of the highlights of the London games. Jim Lawless Jim is a world renowned motivational speaker and author of 'Taming Tigers'. Jim Lawless is one of the world’s leading inspirational speakers. Over half a million people on five continents have been inspired by Jim’s presentations and countless thousands more by Jim’s book "Taming Tigers". As founder and CEO of Taming Tigers, which works with a wide variety of blue chip clients to establish and achieve bold and aligned goals throughout the organisation, high performing teams, and long term change in culture, mindset and performance. Jo Gambi Entering the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest female to ascend the Seven Summits.

Jo and her husband Rob took on the monstrous task of ascending the Seven Summits, breaking records by being the fastest couple to ever ascend it, as well as Jo entering the Guinness Book of World Records for holding the fastest female ascent time, also being the second British woman to ever scale Everest's North Ridge. John Whiteman ‘Winning Against All Odds’ - John as a Business Troubleshooter has turned around over a 100 companies. He is able to inspire people to perform to their best even when the odds are stacked against them. John’s success comes from his natural ability to intuitively quickly understand where individuals and their businesses need the most help in order to improve their performance. His hands on approach to his troubleshooting cases revealed that peoples businesses and their personal lives are inextricably linked. He now uses his unique approach, to inspire people to live their dreams and get to themselves and their companies to perform and to be the best they can be. Jonathan Edwards Jonathan is regarded as the finest triple jumper of all time. The finest triple jumper of all time, Jonathan Edwards is the former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World Champion - and the current world record holder.

He was an ambassador for the London Olympics bid before becoming a key member of the Organising Committee. Jonathan Goodwin Jonathan is a stuntman, escapologist, and the renaissance man of danger. When Jonathan was seven years old he read a book about the first escape artist Harry Houdini. From that moment Jonathan knew that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of such a great man and be an escape artist too. While performing his escapes Jonathan has been hanged, buried alive, locked in a box covered in 200,000 bees and burned at the stake to name just a few. Jonathan has also developed his ability to withstand pain. From being hit with a baseball bat to handling hot coals, pushing needles through his skin, and even walking on tacks in bare feet; Jonathan somehow seemingly has the ability to disconnect his bodies pain receptors. Jonny Wilkinson is a former Rugby Union player. Jonny Wilkinson is a former Rugby Union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions. Justin Hughes Justin Hughes is a former RAF fighter pilot and Deputy Team Leader of the Red Arrows. Justin gives an extraordinary insight into the behaviours, processes and leadership issues which make for a world class team.

With breathtaking cockpit footage, he shows how to reproduce performance year after year, in spite of manifold risks and a constantly changing team. Katherine Grainger Olympic Gold Rowing London 2012, Silver Rio 2016, 5 consecutive Olympics Medalling, 6 times World Champion - Katherine is a truly inspirational woman. Britain’s most successful female rower and the first British female athlete to gain medals in four consecutive Olympic Games, Dame Katherine Grainger is a true inspiration. Triple World Champion, not only has Katherine received medals at every one of the last Olympic games, she has come away with Silver’s and ultimately Gold with a further Silver in Rio. Katherine’s Olympic success is equally matched through her academic ability after reaching a PhD level of study at Kings College University London. As a motivational speaker, Katherine’s Olympic success and academic results shows she is not short of any drive and is a great speaker for any motivational event. Katherine was the 2012 Sunday Times Olympian of the Year. Katherine has published her first book and completed her PhD in Criminolgy Kevin Gaskell Kevin Gaskell is Chairman of the world's largest automotive executive search firm.

To date he has led three brands to unprecedented levels of success, managed successful turnarounds and created a market leading business from scratch. Kevin Gaskell has led three of the world's iconic brands including Porsche, Lamborghini, and BMW to new levels of achievement, and managed successful turnarounds of failing international companies. If you're looking for a speaker to drive your business to success, then Kevin is the speaker for you. After inheriting a business close to bankruptcy, namely BMW, Kevin proved himself by transforming it into one of the UK's most profitable car companies in just five years. Kevin Keegan Kevin was a European Cup winner with Liverpool, European Player of the Year, and one of the few to have both captained and managed England. Kevin is a Liverpool and footballing legend. With his crazy hair styles and fantastic football, Kevin is never without something to talk about in his after dinner speeches. An incredibly passionate and renowned communicator, Kevin Keegan is one of the most recognisable faces in British football. Kevin's illustrious playing career included time at Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle as well as the national side, captaining England for six years until his international retirement after the 1982 World Cup.

Kriss Akabusi Kriss is a British World Champion and nationally loved athlete. Kriss began his international athletic career in 1983 as a member of the 4×400 metre relay squad and will probably always be remembered for helping Britain clinch the Gold and beat the Americans in the World Championships 4×400 metre relay in Tokyo in 1991. Kriss is currently the CEO of The Akabusi Company, a corporate communications and training company where his marvellous personality and reputation as a fantastic public speaker has made him a very popular and attractive advocate. He is also an accredited personal coach, having qualified at the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. He is one of only four qualified Hudson Institute coaches in the UK. Lawrence Dallaglio is best known for being a former Rugby Union player. Lawrence Dallaglio is a retired English Rugby Union player and former captain of the English national team. Lord Alan Sugar "Pan Am takes good care of you. Marks & Spencer loves you. Securicor cares. I.B.M. says the customer is king.

At Amstrad, we want your money!" Highly successful entrepreneur and self-made millionaire and heads up the UK's famous Apprentice on BBC When thinking of Lord Alan Sugar it is difficult not to imagine the dreaded words ‘you’re fired’. However, it’s good to learn that although he doesn’t mince his words and definitely doesn’t suffer fools gladly, Lord Sugar is actually a considerate man and a philanthropist. He says what he means and can come across as abrupt at times, but his sense of humour is evident, as is his genuine desire to improve both the business and life experience of others. Maggie Aderin-Pocock Maggie Aderin-Pocock is best known as an English space scientist and co-presenter of the programme The Sky at Night. Maggie Aderin-Pocock is an English space scientist. She is a research fellow in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. Since 2014, she has co-presented the long running astronomy TV programme The Sky at Night. Maggie Alphonsi Maggie Alphonsi MBE is the face of international women’s rugby and arguably one of the most well-known names in women’s team sports on the planet!

Maggie Alphonsi MBE is an English women's rugby player who plays as a flanker for Saracens W.R.F.C. and England. She is of African-Caribbean descent. She was Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year in 2010. Marc Woods Marc is a Paralympic swimmer, winning 12 medals from 5 games. Marc competed internationally as a swimmer for 17 years, winning 12 Paralympic medals from 5 Games and a further 21 from either World or European Championships. In the past he has held world records for 200m, 400m, 1500m Freestyle and as well as being part of the team that held the world record for 4 x 100m Freestyle. Marc Woods was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 17 and had his left leg amputated below the knee. Not knowing whether he had 6 months or 60 years left to live, he was determined to make the most of whatever time he had. Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White is one of the most critically acclaimed chefs in Britain.

Marco Pierre White is fondly known as "The Godfather of modern cooking" and has been dubbed the first celebrity chef, enfant terrible of the UK. After going into retirement in 1999, he hit our screens in 2007 to take the helm as Head Chef of Hell's Kitchen in the UK. He has also mentored several of today's great chefs including Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal. Mark Beaumont Mark held the Guinness record for cycling an 18,000 mile circumnavigation of the world. Mark Beaumont held the Guinness record for cycling an 18,000 mile circumnavigation of the world. Through an unbeatable display of sheer determination, the Scotsman crossed the finish line at the Arc de Triomphe after 18,297 miles and in just 194 days, beating the previous record by 82 days. Not content with his round-the-world adventure, Mark cycled the length of North and South America, stopping off en route to climb the continents' highest peaks. His story was covered on the BBC documentary series The Man Who Cycled The Americas. Mark Foster Mark is known as the most decorated British swimmer of all time.

Since Mark burst onto the International swimming scene, at the age of 16, representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, he has gone on to represent his country more times and been decorated more than any other male swimmer. Throughout his impressive three decade career he has won 47 international medals; competed in 5 Olympics, been 8 times Commonwealth champion, 10 times European champion and 8 times World record holder. Mark Gallagher Mark Gallagher is a prolific public speaker on a range of business topics relating to experience gained while working in senior management roles within Formula One over the last 30 years. Mark Gallagher’s career in Formula One started in 1983, spending seven years working in the media before joining Eddie Jordan’s fledgling Grand Prix team in 1990, later joining the team’s management board. He became part of the newly created Red Bull Racing management team in 2004, and was invited to lead Cosworth’s return to Formula One as an engine supplier in 2010, overseeing its supply of one-third of the teams on the starting grid. Mark Webber Australian professional racing driver Mark Webber is arguably one of motorsports most popular and high profile stars.

Nine times Grand Prix winner Mark Webber’s fairytale journey from Queanbeyan kid to world-class athlete is an enthralling and entertaining story full of inspiration and amusing anecdotes. Mark retired from Formula 1 in 2013, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche. Martin Bayfield Martin Bayfield is a former England International Rugby player. Martin played for England's International Rugby team, debuting in 1991 and played for the first team until 1998, when he had to retire due to injury. During his career, he gained 31 caps, two Grand Slams, and was a part of the British and Irish Lions team. Since retiring, he has become an established member of the BBC commentary team, fronted NFL coverage and The World's Strongest Man, and joined the presenting team on Crimewatch. Martina Navratilova Martina is one of the top female tennis players of all time. Martina Navratilova, arguably the greatest tennis player of all-time, revolutionized women's tennis with her superb athleticism and raised the sport to an entirely new level.

By the time she retired in 1994, she had amassed a staggering number of records, including 168 pro singles titles, breaking Chris Evert's previous record of 157. She set a new record with nine Wimbledon championships and more singles matches than anyone in tennis history with a 1,438-212 won-lost record. She holds 165 doubles titles and earned more than $20 million in prize money. Martine Wright Martine is a 7/7 bombing survivor and Paralympian. Martine Wright lost both legs in the 7/7 terrorist attacks on the London underground. She has since rebuilt her life, skydived, learned to fly, and become a member of the British 2012 Paralympic volleyball team. Marty Wilson Marty Wilson is a former Australian Comic of the Year who has interviewed over 1,000 inspirational people for his bestselling book series. Marty’s keynotes and workshops are rammed full of scientific knowledge and takeaway tips and strategies, but they are delivered with countless hilarious stories that can keep even the most cynical audience on side. Matthew Syed Matthew Syed is a British journalist and broadcaster.

Matthew Syed has worked for The Times newspaper since 1999. Syed used to be an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years. Michael Lynagh is best known for being a former Australian Rugby Union player. Michael Lynagh is a former Australian Rugby Union player who played as a Fly-half. Mike Forde World’s leading authority on elite talent and high performance operation from recruitment to performance. 'The Game Changer' Mike Forde is former Director of Football Operations at Chelsea Football Club, responsible for all areas of Chelsea FC's performance and team operations. Mike is widely recognised as a World authority in the British Premier League and European soccer and elite US professional sport for driving innovation and cutting edge methods. Morgaine Gaye Dr Morgaine Gaye is a Food Futurologist, who forecasts trends and enables companies to develop what we will all be eating in the coming years. Trend forecaster, academic, product developer, writer and broadcaster, Morgaine lives and breathes ideas and future trends. She asks the question 'why' so that she can deliver the 'what'. Identifying why people aspire to new things, she discovers what will be desirable and aspirational in the future.

She endeavors to make food fun, informative and a social commentary on culture, class, behaviours and belief. She is the founder and director of Bellwether: Food Trends, a fashion/design/food/social trend (digital and print) compendium for global markets. Myles Garland Myles Garland is a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot. Myles joined the Royal Air Force in 1990 and following flying training on the Jet Provost and the Hawk was selected to fly the Harrier. Myles was posted to RAF Wittering and No 1 (Fighter) Squadron where he began his operational flying career. During this time, Myles gained a vast amount of experience, taking part in military exercises all over the world and in 1997, embarked on HMS Illustrious for the Harrier GR7’s first deployment on an aircraft carrier. Nadine B Hack Master at engaging wildly divergent stakeholders for the benefit of each and all! Hack has turned adversaries into allies throughout the world. Her pioneering work on engagement leadership and her unique framework Strategic Relational Engagement (SRE™) is based on decades of real-life success in bringing together diverse stakeholders to find common ground and achieve great goals.

Named one of Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior, Hack works with executives of Fortune 500 companies, heads of state, and leaders of global organizations. Nev Wilshire Nev is an author and TV personality, but is best known for founding the Save Britain Money group. Neville Wilshire is the founder and CEO of the Save Britain Money group, an award winning business with a mission of saving people money. When not busy in the board room Nev features on the BBC show ‘The Call Centre’ and delivers motivational talks to businesses across the UK. Norma Bastidas Norma is an ultra-marathon runner and philanthropist. Norma is an ultra-marathon runner, and a woman who is determined to make and break records, whilst being a single Mum. Norma started out her mission to fight blindness, but now realises that she is here to show her kids to live life with passion. In 2014 Norma is setting a Guinness World Record triathlon; swim 80 miles, biking 3700 miles, and running 865 miles from Cancun to Washington DC. Patti Russo Patricia "Patti" Russo is an American singer/songwriter/actress.

She is perhaps best known as Meat Loaf's former female lead vocalist as she toured the world with his Neverland Express band between 1993 and 2013. After working with high-profile bands and musicians around the world for twenty years, singer / songwriter Patti Russo is launching her solo career with a tour of the UK and an EP of her own music. Patti is best known as a duet partner for Meat Loaf, with whom she has toured the world for two decades. She has also worked with Cher, Queen, Bryan Ferry, Betty Harris and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, to name a few. Patti Russo is also no stranger to the theatre stage, having appeared as Esmeralda in the London production of Notre-Dame de Paris and as Killer Queen in the Las Vegas production of Queen and Ben Elton’s smash hit musical We Will Rock You. Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe is an English long-distance runner. Paula Radcliffe is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds.

Paula Reid Paula Reid is best known for competing in the 'World's Toughest Yacht Race' around the world with no prior sailing experience. Paula Reid is an inspirational speaker, adventurer, and best-selling author. Paula, with two months notice and no sailing experience, became a core crew member of the Global Challenge 2004-5: the ‘World’s Toughest Yacht Race’, Paula raced 35,000 miles the ‘wrong way’ around the world. Paula has completed 91 things on her list of things to do before she dies – including walking on hot coals, paddling down the Mekong, walking across the country, running the marathon and kayaking the length of the Thames. Paula combines extreme sailing stories and analogies with business expertise to create leadership and performance development that is unique, powerful and deep rooted. She influences and inspires at conferences, meetings and events as a keynote speaker and through interactive workshops. She has also been a shareholder and director of three businesses, and understands about Leadership, Strategy, Motivation & Mental Toughness from both an extreme adventure and a business-leader point of view. Pen Hadow Pen Hadow is a World Class Explorer.

World Class Explorer Pen, is an inspirational speaker, bestselling author of ‘Solo’, and pioneering founder of Geo Mission, the environmental sponsorship organisation, and The Polar Travel Company, the first specialist Polar guide service. Pen is an established and talented speaker, executive coach and business mentor, and has worked with Coutts Bank, Team GB, British Airways and Savills to name a few. Penny Mallory Penny Mallory is known for being the first woman in the world to drive a World Rally Car, and being a well known TV Presenter. Penny Mallory is a former Rally Champion, and travelled the the World with the World Rally Championship. Penny delivers the keynote 'World Class Thinking, World Class Behaviour’ which is thought provoking and amusing delve into the psychology of success, and how the way we think can determine how much we achieve. Penny is also a sought after Performance Coach working with World Class teams and businesses across all sports and industries. Pierluigi Collina Pierluigi Collina is an Italian former football referee. He is widely considered the best referee of his generation, having been named FIFA's "Best Referee of the Year" six consecutive times.

Often cited as the best referee of his generation by players and fans alike, Pierluigi Collina was respected for his no-nonsense approach to officiating. He is instantly recognizable as he contracted a severe form of alopecia, resulting in the permanent loss of all his hair, giving him his distinctive bald appearance and earning the nickname Kojak. Coincidentally, this happened around the same time that he began refereeing more high-profile matches in the Italian Series A League (about 1988). Professor Steve Peters Professor Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist and best selling author of the personal development book ‘The Chimp Paradox’ working in Elite Sport. Steve has an unparalleled reputation for giving people an edge – as well as the confidence to overcome defeat. His specialist interest is in the working of the human mind and how it can reach optimum performance applied to all walks of life. He works with Liverpool Football Club, England Football and Sky ProCycling, and has current and past involvements in many other Olympic and non-Olympic Sports, including British Cycling, England Rugby, World Championship Snooker and Premier league Football.

Rebecca Adlington Rebecca is known to be one of Britain's most successful swimmers, still holding the world record time for the 800m Freestyle. Great Britain's most successful ever swimmer, Becky Adlington, announced her retirement from international competition in February 2013, and immediately set out her vision for her legacy, which she sees as her greatest challenge in swimming. During a stellar career, Adlington won multiple Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Games gold medals. She competed in four Olympic finals, winning two Gold and two Bronze medals in Beijing and London respectively. She remains the current world record holder in the 800m Freestyle, and undoubtedly the greatest swimmer that Great Britain has ever produced, not to mention one of the most successful female athletes in British Olympic history. Richard Enion Dragons Den success Richard Enion is a 'Motivational Lifestyle Expert' in the UK and US, and is currently co-authoring the book 'F**k Dieting' with Ryan Seacrest’s personal trainer (And he beat cancer). Following their successful pitch in the BBC’s Dragons Den, Richard decided to turn down the deal and move on to bigger missions.

6 years World travel focused on researching and interviewing World experts for Enrichd.org has grown into the book he is co-authoring with fellow celeb trainer in Hollywood. Just before pitching in the BBC’s Dragons' Den, Rich was on the operating table having a tumor removed from his left shoulder - oh and the BBC said ’no’ for a week before they did the shoot - overcoming adversity, motivation and making it happen is this mans' game! Richard Noble Best known for being project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle that holds the world land speed record of 763mph, breaking the sound barrier in 1997. Richard Noble achieved the World Land Speed record in 1983 of 633.468mph on Nevada's Black Rock Desert, with the vehicle Thrust2. Richard then lead the team that smashed that record 4 years later with ThrustSSC, achieving 763mph and breaking the sound barrier. Richard's current project is to create the world's first Mach 1.4 car, the BloodhoundSSC, aiming to exceed 1,000 mph on land.

Richard's presentations are deeply thought provoking, are presented at a fast pace and feature amazing video inserts. The idea is to inspire the audience to realise that their true potential is likely to be way ahead of their current levels of personal ambition and to encourage original thought, action and to understand true teamwork. Richard Whitehead Richard is a British Paralympic Gold Medalist, World Champion, and world record holder Winner of the T42 200m Gold at the London 2012 Paralympics, Richard is the current world record holder for leg amputees in both the half and Olympic marathon distances. He is also the first ever leg amputee to complete the marathon in under 3 hours. Richard recently completed a mammoth challenge of 40 marathons in 40 days in Britain, seeing him run from John O'Groats to Land's End. Rick O'Shea Rick O’Shea is a Rugby commentator. Over the last decade Rick O'Shea has established himself as integral part of BBC Wales’ Rugby Flagship Scrum V & also hosts the weekly rugby show on BBC Radio Wales.

Rita Clifton Chairman of Interbrand the world’s leading brand consultancy, pioneer of brand valuation and publishers of the definitive ‘world’s most valuable brands’ league table. Rita is in demand as a speaker all over the world, both as a brand practitioner and business leader, and she regularly speaks on a wide variety of topics including leadership, innovation, corporate reputation, women on boards and communicating sustainability. She covers all aspects of branding, including personal and nation branding, branding in the digital age and how to build a World Class brand. Robin Banks Robin is a world leading authority on the subject of Mind Power and Personal Mastery. Robin Banks is South Africa’s leading authority on Mind Power and a highly sought after International speaker. His ultimate desire is to empower people to take charge of their lives and create a brighter future for themselves, their community and their country.He is a prolific speaker and presenter and has an amazing ability to combine solid content with a humorous and dynamic presentation. People from all walks of life, from shelf packers to CEO’s, have been transformed and inspired by Robin’s presentations.Robin has travelled and studied abroad in “the Art of Communication” and “Understanding Group Dynamics“.

He has also studied under internationally recognized trainers like Anthony Robbins, author of “The Giant Within” and John Kehoe, author of the best seller “Mind Power into the 21st Century“. Robin Sharma Robin Sharma is one of the world’s top experts on leadership, change management and personal mastery. Robin Sharma is a respected global leadership expert and motivational speaker. He has a proven record of success in the field, and is a bestselling author of 11 books on the subject. During the last fifteen years, Robin has been sharing cutting-edge leadership insights, helping organisations grow leaders at all levels, and bringing their high potential employees to their next level of excellence. He is ranked as one of the top 5 leadership gurus in the world in an independent global survey of over 22,000 businesspeople by leadershipgurus.net. Robin Sieger His reputation as a success strategist has lead Robin to be regarded as a peak performance 'guru'. Robin is an inspirational, successful businessman, best selling author and storyteller, and broadcaster with offices in the UK and USA. He is a leading success strategist and developed a reputation within media and circles as a peak performance 'guru'.

Roger Black Roger Black MBE was part of the famous team that clinched gold from the Americans in the World Championship 4 x 400m relay in Tokyo. Roger Black MBE is one of the country's most successful sportsmen having represented Great Britain for fourteen years at the highest level in the world of athletics. Roger won fifteen major Championship Medals including European, Commonwealth and World Championship Gold Medals. His greatest achievements were winning the Olympic 400 metres Silver Medal in 1996 and being part of the Gold Medal winning 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 1991 World Championships. Still one of the UK's most popular speakers, Roger inspires and motivates audiences throughout the UK and Europe – he understands the dynamics of becoming a champion, how to live a dream, set goals and fulfil ones potential. Roger's presentations are designed to motivate people to become more successful both as individuals and as members of a team. All world-class teams are comprised of world-class individuals. Roger shares strategies to develop the mindset of a champion by applying his "Five Fundamentals" for success.

Sally Gunnell OBE DL Sally is the only woman to ever hold the Big Four concurrently - Olympic, World, European & Commonwealth Gold Medalist. Sally Gunnell OBE DL is the only woman ever to hold the Big Four concurrently (Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles), Sally remains a towering figure in British athletics. She has more than 15 years’ experience in addressing a wide variety of corporate audiences. She has covered global conferences of thousands and senior leadership teams of just 6. Her natural, easy-going style belies her relentless focus on achieving and sustaining excellence. Sarah Hunter Sarah Hunter is the England Rugby Captain, Rugby World Cup winner and MBE. World Cup winner Sarah Hunter is a stalwart of English Rugby. Recognised for her Services to Rugby with a MBE in 2014, she has become a leading inspirational role model for the women’s and girls’ game. Scott Hastings is a former Scottish Rugby Union player. Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions rugby player now commentating on rugby sevens and Sky Sports. Sean Fitzpatrick Sean Fitzpatrick is a former Rugby Union player.

Sean Fitzpatrick is a former Rugby Union player who represented New Zealand and is widely regarded as one of the finest players ever to come from that country. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg is best known for being the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Sheryl Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist, and author. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Sir Ben Ainslie Ben is best known for his numerous sailing achievements, including quadruple Olympic gold and silver medalist, three time ISAF World Sailor of the Year, and 10 times Finn Class World Champion. Ben Ainslie is the most decorated Olympic sailor of all time, being a four-time Olympic gold medalist. He rose to prominence in the Atlanta Games after being beaten into silver by Brazilian Robert Scheidt. In Sydney he took his revenge, establishing a fourteen-point lead over his rival in the final race. Remarkably, he went on to win in Athens, Beijing and London. Sir Chris Hoy Britain's most decorated Olympic athlete, winning six Olympic cycling golds.

Sir Chris Hoy has long been one of the world’s best known cyclists and in 2012 he found another place in the record books as Team GB’s most successful Olympian, with six gold medals and one silver, making him also the most successful cyclist in history. His passion for cycling started from a young age he truly followed his ambitions to achieve this success. In 2008 he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2009 New Year Honours "for services to Sport". In 2012 the "Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome", built for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games was named in his honour. Sir Clive Woodward Leading the England Rugby Union squad to a World Cup victory in 2003 when it was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and delivering the most successful Team GB squad in the modern era. Sir Clive Woodward saw a successful Rugby Union career playing for Leicester Tigers, England, and the British and Irish Lions. Off the pitch, Clive experienced a flourishing career in coaching, at his peak leading the England International team to world cup victory in Sydney in 2003.

Since then, Sir Clive has joined the British Olympic Association and is the Director of Sport for Team GB, a role in which he has worked closely with national coaches, athletes, and players to generate the most successful Olympic Games for Team GB in the modern era. Sir Dave Brailsford The force behind taking Team GB's cycling squad to the unprecedented heights they have recently achieved. As Cycling Performance Director at Beijing, Dave Brailsford was widely credited as the driving force behind Team GB's phenomenal results. Dave himself was crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year and this supreme success was repeated at London 2012; the team stormed home with twelve medals, including eight golds. Dave speaks proficiently about the importance of focus, motivation and teamwork, and how leaders must deal with different people and their reactions to success and failure. Sir Matthew Pinsent Being one of only 5 Olympians to ever achieve four consecutive Olympic gold medalist, Sir Matthew Pinsent and his rowing success has propelled him to becoming one of Great Britain's most successful and highest profile athletes of all time. Four times Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent is one of Great Britain’s most successful and highest profile athletes of all time.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Ranulph is best known for being 'The World's Best Greatest Living Explorer'. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is an adventurer whose dedication and passion have led him to reach both poles, circumnavigate the world’s Polar Axis and to reach the summit of Everest at the age of 65. He also made it into the record books by completing seven marathons on seven continents (including Antarctica) in seven days. To date, Sir Ranulph has, through his expeditions, raised over £14.2 million for UK charities. He has led 22 major expeditions to remote parts of the world including both Poles. He is also the author of 18 books including The Feather Men, a UK No 1 Best Seller and which in 2011 was released as a major motion picture called Killer Elite. Sir Steven Redgrave One of Britain's most decorated Olympians ever. Sir Steve Redgrave is a Team GB rower, who successfully captured five consecutive gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000.

Known as one of Britain's greatest sporting personalities, Steve has also won nine gold medals, two silvers and a bronze at the Rowing World Championships over a span of nine years. His record of 14 total Olympic and World Championship gold medals is unsurpassed by any other rower in history. Stefanie Reid Stef is a Paralympic medalist for Team GB. Stefanie is a Paralympic sprinter who, since 2009, competes for Great Britain in the 100m, 200m and Long Jump. Due to her place of birth, residency, and parents' nationality, Stef had the option to compete for one of many countries. In the 2008, Stef competed in the Paralympic Games for Canada and won a bronze medal in the women’s T44 200m. Switching allegiance, Stef began competing for Great Britain in 2010, breaking 3 World Records over a 2 months.

In 2009, Stef decided to begin to compete for GB, going on to win a silver medal in the long jump at the London 2012 Paralympics, and is a strong multi medalist contender for Rio 2016. Steve Backley Steve is a Team GB Olympic medalist. Steve Backley OBE only turned to the javelin after competing in cross-country and middle distance running. He then went on to become four times European champion and winner of three Commonwealth golds, and the only British athlete to win medals at three consecutive Olympic Games. He was ranked in the top ten for a decade, three times as world number one. Steve identifies the three main attributes which lead to success: self-belief, motivation and application. Winning is more than just natural talent. We all have the ability to tap into these natural sources to make the ultimate difference on the day. Tim Campbell Tim is the founder of the Bright Ideas Trust and an award winning author. Tim is a speaker who is passionate about the power of business. Whether it be creating wealth and employment or changing the world, Tim believes that business is the catalyst of modern change.

As the founder of the highly successful Bright Ideas Trust enterprise charity, owner of his own small business and co-author of one of Amazon’s Top 10 business books for 2010, ‘What’s Your Bright Idea?’ Will Greenwood Will was a crucial figure in England's World Cup winning rugby squad in 2003 Will Greenwood is one of England's greatest ever rugby players, as well as one of the sport's most engaging, intelligent and witty characters. He is the second highest try scorer in English rugby history - This is not a matter of luck. He is a dedicated professional with a fantastic ethic and a desire to learn and improve continually. This has made his ball handling second to none and his vision remarkable.

Question: Three British athletes have been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year - Paula Radcliffe (3 times), Kelly Holmes (who won in 2005) and which Heptathlete in 2011?
Answer: JESSICA ENNIS