EventCity, Manchester
12-13 October 2011
2010 Speakers
Sage World 2010 featured engaging keynotes, business seminars and live product demonstrations.
Speakers were wide reaching, with household business names such as Karren Brady, Will King (King of Shaves), Mark Palmer (Green & Black’s Organic), Spencer Kelly (BBC Click) alongside more lateral inspirational speakers such as a former bomb disposal expert (Chris Hunter) and former professional poker player (Casper Berry) who touched on transferable business skills such as Risk, Focus and Motivation.
Janice Beach
HMRC Online Customer Advisor, HMRC
Janice recently joined the online customer advice team from the business education team, with expertise...
Caspar Berry
Former International Poker Player
Caspar Berry, 35, started his career as the lead in the first series of Byker Grove on BBC1 alongside...
Simon Black
Managing Director, Sage Pay
During his time at Sage, Simon worked initially on UK strategy and then with acquisitions in construction,...
Karren Brady
Leading business figure and 'first lady of football'
Alan Sugar’s aide on The Apprentice is also known as the ‘first lady of football.' She became MD...
Chris Dunn
Enterprise Transitions Practitioner
Starting his HR career with Rank Xerox, Chris Dunn embarked on a wildly successful entrepreneurial career,...
Brendan Flattery
Managing Director, Small Business Division, Sage
Brendan Flattery joined Sage in 2003, and during his time at Sage he has been Managing Director for the...
Chris Hunter
Bomb disposal expert
Chris Hunter had 'the world's most dangerous job, in the world's most dangerous place'. As the British...
Spencer Kelly
BBC Click Presenter, BBC
Since 2006, Spencer Kelly has been the main presenter of Click, the BBC technology programme. Whilst...
Will King
CEO and Founder, King of Shaves
Will King is the CEO and founder of the award winning King of Shaves. After...
Andy Lopata
Business Networking Strategist
Labelled ‘Mr Network’ by The Sun, Andy Lopata was called ‘one of Europe’s leading business networking...
Pamela Marriott
HMRC Online Customer Advisor, HMRC
Pamela has been a member of the online customer advice team for the last few years, delivering customer...
Rory MccGwire
StartUpDonut.co.uk
Rory founded the business publisher BHP Information Solutions in 1991. As well as working on business...
Rory O’Neill
Senior Director, Business Marketing, Research in Motion (Blackberry)
Rory O’Neill is the Senior Director of Business Marketing, EMEA at Research In Motion (RIM). He is...
Mark Palmer
Global Brand Director, Green & Blacks
After graduating in Business Administration at the University of Bath, Mark began his marketing career...
Keith Proudfoot
Regional Director, ICAEW
Despite early years as an Essex boy, Keith Proudfoot is at home in the north east of England. Educated...
Geoff Ramm
Marketing Specialist
Geoff has been described as the Billy Connolly and Peter Kay of Marketing. His...
Charlotte Speller
Head of PR & Marketing, Sage Pay
Charlotte Speller is the publisher of e-commerce and payments magazine moving money and has spent the...
Paul Stobart
CEO, UK and Ireland Region, Sage
Paul Stobart joined Sage in 1996 as Business Development Director, and was appointed to the Main Board...
Peter Wilson
Digital Marketing Specialist
Peter Wilson has been working in digital sales and marketing for 11 years having started as the Sales...
James Woudhuysen
Professor of Forecasting and Innovation, De Montfort University, Leicester
Aside from his many other roles, James Woudhuysen is Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort...
