Graeme Codrington
Graeme is an expert on the new world of work and multigenerational workplaces. As a writer, speaker and strategy consultant, he has helped thousands of leaders improve their organizations by understanding the new world of work and effectively influencing their key staff and customers. His unique style blends cutting-edge research, thought leading insights with humour and multimedia-driven presentations and workshops.
Graeme speaks to over 100,000 people every year, was recently voted "Speaker of the Year" by the Academy for Chief Executives and is a visiting professor at four top business schools, including the London Business School. He has a Doctorate in Business Administration, with four other degrees, and has three best-selling books published by Penguin. His background includes work at KPMG, an IT startup, youth work, and his own consulting firm, TomorrowToday.
Dean van Leeuwen
Dean is an expert on the future of work and business innovation. He has over 17 years experience working in marketing, project innovations and strategy departments for leading companies such as HBOS, AXA and McKinsey. By the age of thirty, Dean was Head of Group Strategy for AXA's general insurance business in Southern Africa, where he implemented a number of customer experience initiatives that resulted in sales doubling in key areas.
Dean has an MBA from Henley Management College. He is one of the founding partners of the UK and European office of TomorrowToday, a consultancy that shows companies how to get more from their valuable customers and talented people.
Paul Jacobs
Paul has spent 33 years within the recruitment industry, and is the former MD of Office Angels and main Board Director of Adecco UK & Ireland. He has recently launched LoveWorkLife to provide strategic advice and mentoring to recruitment business owners/ directors, and senior leadership teams in order to help create desirable, profitable and contemporary cultures.
As Managing Director of Office Angels he successfully developed a 'Superbrand' with over 100 branches and 650 staff creating a passionate and enviable environment which gained 12 times more media coverage than his competitors combined. This led to a number of awards including The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Company to Work For in the UK Award, achieving 8th position in 2005 and 2006, and Best Company in the UK for Outstanding Workplaces 2006 - 3 stars.
As Adecco Director of New Business Development he was engaged as a main Board Director in developing the strategies for acquiring new business across all of the Groups' brands.
Paul has appeared in over 400 national and local radio broadcasts and is regularly quoted in national and local newspapers. He was also a Judge on the 2007 Recruitment Consultancy of the Year awards and contributed on a regular basis to the The Bank of England Monetary Commission.