SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
I enjoy telling a story and I have accumulated plenty, from business trips to the Far East to mistakes I would rather not repeat. I tell them with humour and without pretending I had a plan. The aim is that people enjoy the story and remember the point.
I speak on three subjects properly, and I turn down everything else.
What I speak about
Building it, then selling it Nearly thirty years, several businesses, three breakdowns, one campaign that changed the law, and a sale in 2026. What I would do again and what I would not. For business audiences, networking events, and founder programmes.
Hiring the people the market overlooks 6% of adults with a learning disability known to their local authority are in paid work, and 86% of those not working want a job. Why that gap exists, what it costs employers, and what changes when you close it. For employers, HR teams, and education conferences.
Being the difficult kid at the back I left school as a write-off. I am autistic, I was a disengaged teenager, and I ended up building companies. Delivered to students, or to the teachers and support staff working with them. Adapted for mainstream, special, and Alternative Provision settings.
Where I have spoken
- Regional events on overcoming adversity and business growth for HSBC & NatWest
- Supporting SEND employees for the Careers & Enterprise Company (gov.uk)
- Overcoming adversity, and separately on International Trade, for the IoD
- Running your own business to students at the University of Northampton & De Montford University
- Various awards evenings at schools and colleges across Northamptonshire
- Various community and networking events
Booking
For all bookings and podcasts, contact me directly.
I adapt to the room, from a conference stage to six young people in a room who would rather be anywhere else. The second is harder and I prefer it