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).
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Otmar Issing is a leading economist and former Chief Economist of the European Central Bank. A respected speaker on monetary policy, central banking and the global economy, he brings decades of experience to discussions on price stability, financial markets and European economic affairs, offering audiences a first-hand view of major developments in modern monetary policy.
Jo Fairley is an entrepreneur, journalist, author and business speaker best known as the co-founder of Green & Black’s. Drawing on decades of experience building successful brands, she speaks about entrepreneurship, brand development, sustainable business and the lessons learned from turning a niche organic chocolate venture into an internationally recognised name.
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Dr James Hewitt is a human performance scientist, keynote speaker and author who helps leaders and teams perform under pressure, sustain high performance and protect their wellbeing. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in human performance, his work brings together performance science, elite sport and the realities of demanding modern workplaces.
