
Director at Speakers with Content Limited
United Kingdom

Director at Speakers with Content Limited
United Kingdom
5000 Business Leaders can't be wrong!
I am an International Speaker who inspires and entertains my audiences with my acclaimed Staying in the Helicopter® series. Over 5000 CEOs and others have achieved massive growth in profits and sales through my thought provoking and entertaining talks laced with real-life stories, anecdotes and humour.
I am also an Author, Non-Executive Director, Business Advisor, Mentor and Consultant focused on improved Profitable Growth.
I have extensive experience across a broad spectrum of businesses - from small start-ups to large multinational corporations; from high tech manufactured products through basic commodities, to people based services businesses.
I spent seven years as Group Chief Executive of a fully quoted, high tech Industrial Instrumentation Group with 12 operations over three continents. The company was listed in the UK Government’s ‘Competitiveness’ White Paper and gained a reference in the US Forbes magazine as one of the top 100 ‘small’ overseas companies and has been used as a benchmark case study by two business schools on Culture Change and Business Re-Engineering.
I have run businesses for major multi-national corporations and has been a tutor with one of the leading Leadership and Teambuilding programmes for over 20 years.
I am President of the Professional Speakers Association, a former Vice-President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Liveryman with The Worshipful Company of Marketors.
I am an accredited SME business advisor, a trained Assessor and Coach.
I am a Speaker of the Year with The Academy for Chief Executives.
I work hard at enjoying every day and giving as much help and advice as I can!
I improve the sustained profitable growth of businesses - from sole traders through to the largest corporates - in good times or in bad - guaranteed!
I do does this through the mediums of International Speaking, Business Advice, Consulting, as an Author and Non-Executive Director
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Management Consulting industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
(Defense & Space industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
(Chemicals industry)
2002 — Present (7 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1992 — 1999 (7 years)
BSc (Hons) , Mechanical Engineering
It was a "thin sandwich" course linked to The English Electric Company
Windsurfing, mountain biking, theatre, travel, food and wine, People, business
The Professional Speakers Association
The International Federation for Professional Speakers
The Institute of Directors
The Chartered Institute of Marketing
The Worshipful Company of Marketors
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The Institute for Independent Business
Chartered Engineer
Fellow of The Professional Speakers Association
Fellow of The Institute for Independent Business
Fellow of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Liveryman with The Worshipful Company of Marketors