{"id":36688,"date":"2017-10-31T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/blog\/new-speakers-to-our-roster"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:02:25","slug":"new-speakers-to-our-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/blog\/new-speakers-to-our-roster","title":{"rendered":"New Speakers To Our Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/><span>This autumn, we\u2019ve begun working with some uniquely talented speakers. We wanted to give you a list of several we expect will be very popular for events in 2018:<\/span><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/nils-blythe\" target=\"_blank\">Nils Blythe<\/a>, former BBC journalist and Communications Director at the Bank of England<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/paul-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Johnson<\/a>, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK\u2019s leading economic research institute<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/andrew-mcmillan\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew McMillan<\/a>, Principal at Engaging Services<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/pippa-malmgren\" target=\"_blank\">Pippa Malmgren<\/a>, founder of DRPM Group and co-founder of H Robotics<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>From politics and future trends to customer experience and motivation, we have new names in every category to reenergize your next event.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>If you have a 2018 event need that could use an exciting, new name, please visit the speaker page or chat live with us now. 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