René Carayol

Our keynote speaker René Carayol is an inspirational business expert spending most of his time working with leaders from a variety of organizations, from the private, public and not for profit sectors.  He focuses on inspirational leadership and culture.

René is an engaged facilitator for a range of activities such as leadership summits, management conferences as well as facilitating crucial board meetings. He has provided support to the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the World Bank and BP, and is now an accomplished Visiting Professor at Cass business school.

Gifted with an astounding determination, the highly acclaimed speaker René Carayol has the ability to inspire even the cynical to change. His messages are practical, and include real case studies from the leadership front-line and are able to describe both failure and winning. René shakes up and inspires his audiences – to be the best is no longer enough; the winners are those who strive to be unique and different.

René Carayol is the best-selling author of the leadership and culture bible, “Corporate Voodoo”. He has worked closely with some of the world’s best leaders: from former US President Bill Clinton to the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and from former US Secretary of State Colin Powell to Sir Richard Branson. In 2004, our keynote speaker René Carayol was awarded an MBE for outstanding service to the business community. His groundbreaking book, “Spike: What are you great at?”, is full of his philosophy for achieveing greatness. René firmly believes that everyone has something they are great at – that’s why he helps clients achieve their full potential!

René is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC and has presented the influential “Pay Off Your Mortgage In 2 Years” series, BBC2’s flagship business offering “The Money Programme” and the critically acclaimed “Mind Of A Millionaire” and “Man From The Met” documentaries.

Our influential speaker René Carayol gets the audience thinking by asking uncomfortable questions. How do you change old-fashioned, risk-adverse processes that are ill suited to emerging global markets? How do you overcome cynicism and complacency, and replace them with resolve?