Meet the BizX 2023 speakers

Meet the global thought leaders speaking at BizX 2023

On April 20 and 21st 2023, you will be joined by 12 global thought leaders speaking at the Excel London. You and your team will have the opportunity to learn about sales, marketing and strategies to grow your business. It’s the ideal place to bring your C-suite members, marketers and sales team. Why? Because they too will learn strategies that will help them flourish in their role. 

This year (BizX 2023), we bring a diverse range of experts to talk about business. Do you want to grow your retail business? we have the queen of retail, Mary Portas. Would you like a bit of inspiration from the Dragon’s Den investor? we have Steven Bartlett. Whatever your business, learning from those who have been through the pitfalls and struggles can help push you to strive and elevate your business. Check out the line up of speakers at this years event.

Dragons’ Den youngest investor, Steven Bartlett

Steven Bartlett is widely considered one of Europe’s most talented and accomplished young entrepreneurs and philosophical thinkers. He joined BBC’s Dragon’s Den, as the youngest-ever Dragon in the show’s history.

Steven is particularly focused on inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs and creators from a BAME background and much of his work after winning the “British Black Entrepreneur of the year” award focused on disadvantaged schools and communities. Steven was listed at no.6 in the 2022 Black Powerlist alongside Marcus Rashford and Michaela Coel.

Queen of the high street, Mary Portas

Retail expert Mary Portas has advised the government, transformed both luxury and high street stores, written books and produced a host of retail and business-themed TV programmes. 

A determined, passionate advocate for British retail, Mary is at the forefront of making the nation better consumers and the country’s shops better businesses. She has since worked with some of the world’s premier retail and product brands including Westfield, Clark’s, Dunhill, Louis Vuitton, Mercedes-Benz, Estée Lauder and Boden. Her breakthrough, BBC Two’s Mary, Queen of Shops saw her help turn around struggling small retail businesses.

World’s greatest explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the only man alive to have travelled the surface of the World’s polar axis. He is titled by the Guinness Book of Records as “The World’s Greatest Living Explorer”

This 3-year, 52 000 mile odyssey took intricate planning, 1900 sponsors, a 52-person team to handle, complex communications, meticulous planning and iron determination mixed with flexibility. The circumnavigation has never been successfully repeated. In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart attack, 3-day coma and double bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Mike Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7. Seven marathons in only seven days on all seven continents.

4x Olympic medalist, Lord Sebastian COE

Using his political skills, his strategic know-how and a true passion for sport, Lord Coe won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics in London. Seven years later the Prime Minister thanked him for “lifting our hearts” after organising the most successful Games of modern times. 

He highlights the need to build a resilient and dependable team, from a variety of backgrounds; to be seen to deliver on your vision (even while under constant scrutiny); and to communicate pre-emptively and leave nothing to chance.

World’s no.1 business coach, Brad Sugars

Internationally known as one of the most influential entrepreneurs, Brad Sugars is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the no.1 business coach in the world. Over the course of his 30-year career as an entrepreneur, Brad has bought, built and sold over 50 companies and is the owner of the multi-million-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®.

Brad is a strong advocate for building a business that works without you – so you can spend more time doing what really matters to you.

No.1 web marketing expert, Marcus Sheridan

Marcus is the award-winning author of the digital sales and marketing guidebook ‘They Ask, You Answer’, which has been named the no.1 digital marketing book of all time by Book Authority and has gained huge popularity throughout the UK.

Too often organisations struggle to empower their sales teams with the right digital tools and assets to meet the demands of today’s buyers. Along these same lines, many sales organisations push back on digital simply because they don’t understand its value to the organisation and their individual goals.

Master of influence and persuasion, Phil M Jones

Phil M Jones is a master of influence and persuasion. He is the author of the bestselling Exactly book series, with over a million copies sold, the producer of the most listened-to nonfiction audiobook of all time: Exactly What to Say, a trusted advisor for some of the world’s biggest brands and an entrepreneur since the age of 14.

Phil M Jones thinks and acts differently. His precise insights around communication, added to a proven personal pedigree of peak performance and a richness of real-world experience, means that Phil is the kind of thought leader whose counsel is sought by other thought leaders.

The king of sales, Jeffrey Gitomer

From Fortune 500 companies to companies trying to earn a fortune, Jeffrey has travelled the globe helping sales teams get better at discovering buying motives.

Why customers buy is one billion times more powerful than how to sell. His most successful book, The Little Red Book of Selling, has sold more than three million copies worldwide and has been translated into 14 languages. It is also considered one of “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time”. 

Sales strategy expert, Jennifer Gitomer 

In 2013, Jennifer left her corporate job to fulfil her entrepreneurial dream. She built a 6-figure coaching business in a matter of months and then became a speaker, helping sales teams from coast-to-coast make more sales.

After selling millions of dollars throughout her 15+ years career in sales, she figured out exactly what it takes to grow your business from “just barely surviving” to thriving. She is on a mission to help entrepreneurs build a business that supports their dreams, rather than building their lives around their business.

Expert in closing sales, James Muir  

James Muir is the founder and CEO of Best Practice International and the bestselling author of the #1 book on closing sales, The Perfect Close. James is a 30-year veteran of sales, having served in every role – from individual contributor to executive VP. His mission is to make the complex simple. 

James works with sales and service organisations looking to improve financial performance by improving their close ratios. He has had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s biggest names in the technology and Healthcare sector. James is now on a mission to teach how being genuinely authentic creates both the highest levels of success and happiness in sales.

World record achiever, resilient mental mindset and physical hero, Niki Doeg  

Niki Doeg is a bestselling co-author, motivational speaker, girls’ rugby coach, mum and business owner. She has an extensive background in operational management, project and change management and executive management development with experience gained in Banking, Telecoms and a range of FTSE 100 firms. As her day job, Niki runs a successful business and mixes this with spending time with her family, her rugby role, cycling and working with schools. 

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World record achiever, resilient mental mindset and physical hero, Helen Butters

Helen Butters is a Sunday Times Bestselling co-author, keynote speaker, communications & engagement expert, qualified performance coach with NLP and a member of the National Council of Psychotherapists. 

Helen qualified as a performance life coach in 2019 with the aim of helping others to live a more fulfilling and satisfying life both professionally and personally. She works collaboratively with her clients to find meaning, understanding and solutions: empowering them to come up with the answers. 

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BizX 2023 host, Gabby logan

Gabby joined Sky Sports soon after graduating before moving on to present ITV’s Premier League, Champions League and World Cup coverage. Going over to the BBC she became only the second woman to front Match of the Day. She has gone on to host coverage of both football and rugby world cups, world and European championship athletics, as well as events including the Olympics, the London Marathon, and the Boat Race.

Gabby’s also a regular guest host on The One Show, and presented her own show on Radio 5 Live, bringing a light touch to a mix of
sport and current affairs.