A veteran executive with 16 years of hands-on experience implementing digital transformation at L’Oréal, he is a renowned speaker and consultant on leadership, branding and (digital) transformation.
Minter Dial is a professional speaker, emcee (MC), storyteller, author and consultant, specialising in leadership, branding and transformation, who has given over 550 talks and seminars to audiences on six continents.
He is the author of four award-winning books, You Lead (2021), Futureproof (2017) and The Last Ring Home (2016), the latter of which he turned into an award-winning documentary film shown on PBS (US) and History Channel (A/NZ). His newest book, Heartificial Empathy: Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence (2023), now in its second edition, won the Book Excellence Award 2019 in the category of Technology and was a finalist for the Business Book Awards 2019.
Previously, he enjoyed a 16-year international career at L’Oréal, including being Managing Director Worldwide of Redken, MD of the Canadian subsidiary of the Professional Products Division (PPD) and on the Executive Committee worldwide of the PPD. He also worked at the DLJ investment bank and the Philadelphia Zoo and has founded three startups. He’s a renowned blogger and podcaster and is passionate about the Grateful Dead, padel tennis and languages.
Minter received his BA in Trilingual Literature from Yale University (1987) and gained his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1993).
Minter is a board member of the ECV School (Paris) and GTA Future of Work (London) and previously served as NED board member of Lastminute.com (Amsterdam) and SBT-Human(s) Matter (Paris).
Allan Pease is an internationally recognised allan pease speaker, known worldwide as “Mr Body Language”. He shows teams how to decode body language cues, read subtle clues in face-to-face encounters, and communicate more effectively on phone calls, so people can gain credibility communication styles and co-operate more effectively as a group. Expect classic Pease humour, a life changing system of simple frameworks, and field-tested skills audiences can use immediately.
Gianni Giacomelli helps organisations scale human innovation with AI. An expert in AI, innovation and organisational design, he’s led transformation across Genpact, SAP, BCG and Danone, and heads design innovation work at MIT’s Collective Intelligence Design Lab – where people and machines are designed to think better together.
Renowned humanitarian leader, change maker and international strategist, he helps leaders to expand their horizons on critical issues shaping our future and contributes to challenging and sharpening their strategic thinking to prepare for tomorrow.
Robert Swan OBE is a polar explorer, environmentalist and renowned motivational speaker. The first person to walk to both Poles, he inspires corporate audiences with lessons on leadership, resilience, sustainability and the pursuit of bold goals in the most challenging conditions on earth.
One of the world’s most famous trend researchers. She analyses moods, fashions and feelings and translates them into trends. Famous for her lively and inspiring speeches, her highly innovative and unusual audiovisuals have a huge impact on what the products of tomorrow will be.
The most exciting and personable businessman alive and the man behind one of the world’s most recognised and respected brands, Virgin. The brand has expanded into air and rail travel, hospitality and leisure, telecommunications, health and wellness, and clean energy through more than 300 companies in 30 countries.
Mandy Hickson is an inspirational speaker with unmatched expertise, bringing real front-line experience into the corporate world. A former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, she was the first woman to fly the Tornado GR4 on the front line. Her keynotes translate lessons from complex aviation systems into practical strategies for peak performance and building stronger teams in fast-paced, high-pressure workplaces.
Kjell A Nordström is one of Europe’s most influential business thinkers and a globally acclaimed futurist. His powerful keynotes challenge and inspire leaders to embrace change, harness innovation, and reimagine the future of work, leadership and global business.
An economist and serial entrepreneur for human progress with 26 successful pioneering ventures under his belt, including Progressio Foundation, focusing on human progress through entrepreneurship, has just passed its 30th year and 300 projects in 33 countries; Social Venture Network Europe, the first network of socially responsible business leaders, which Marcello co-founded and led in 1993-94; the Tällberg Forum in Sweden, 2005-2013, co-founded with Bo Ekman and one of the first systems’ approach global community of leaders; and B Lab Europe, co-founded with Leen Zevenbergen in 20014-current, where he has grown B Corps in Europe from zero to over 300 (today at 600).
Scott Galloway is a CNN+ Host, Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, and Best-Selling Author.
