REstARTS 2020

Dave is a proud FSB member and our host for the Sales Conference 2021.
 
During his glittering career as an award-winning MC, Dave has worked with the Royal Family, members of the government and a host of celebrities, industry leaders and VIPs from the world of business, television and sport.

He is also a presenter with the BBC and can be heard reporting on football matches and contributing to sports shows on local UK radio stations.

Dave is a familiar face at FSB events and we know you will enjoy his warm and engaging style.

 

Robert is a composer, musician and writer. His career has spanned almost every aspect of the creative industries at one time or another. After working at Thomson Reuters for several years he made the break and started a production company with clients such as Zipcar UK, McDonald's and Hearst Publishing. After screening his first TV pilot he became involved as a mentor for Channel 4’s ‘4Talent' and co-founded their 'Global Entrepreneurship Week'. He wrote 3 musicals for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017, one of which went on to a short run in Londons West End. Robert has always championed small business and in 2019 became the FSB’s first Creative Industries Policy Chair. During lockdown Robert turned his face-to-face music tuition into an online business (musicsoundrhythm.com) and also wrote a dark comedy poetry book about a murderous old woman. He gets bored easily.

As Managing Director of leading UK & International speaker bureau, Speakers Corner, Nick has turned a bespoke entertainment bookings agency into a market-leading speaker bureau and consultancy which sits at the heart of the events industry. Nick also manages the business with his brother Tim, which also makes him well placed to comment on how family and business can work together!

Nick Gold was elected President of the International Association of Speaker Bureaus (IASB on 01 May 2020 and is the first British national to hold the role.  He speaks regularly at major industry events including Confex and The Meetings Show, and has been published extensively across UK media outlets, including: The Telegraph, City AM, Huffington Post UK, GQ.com and Raconteur. He has also been interviewed by the BBC and LBC radio.

As part of the Penguin Business Experts series, Nick will have his first book, Speaking With Confidence, published in November 2020.

 

An honours graduate in Business Studies from the University of the West of England Gerwyn worked as a data analyst within KPMG and Parsons Brinckerhoff.

He returned to Wales in 2001 joining the Wales Tourist Board, now Visit Wales, working in tourism development.  

In 2005 he completed his MBA at the University of Wales, specialising in the provision of branded serviced accommodation in Wales.  He became the Head of Tourism Development for the Welsh Government including developing and managing all strategic tourism investment programmes, managing the regional engagement structure and leading the tourism sector’s policy agenda.

Gerwyn was appointed Deputy Director for Creative Wales in November 2019 to lead the development of the new approach to supporting the sector in Wales, focussing on the priority areas of screen, music and digital. Creative Wales was launched in January 2020.

Stacey-Rebekka, the cheese-munching master-baker of Goho is the Founder and MD. She started Goho after becoming disillusioned with the industry and how clients were treated; the focus being on how many hours were billed rather than creative output, customer service and results. Armed with just a Macbook and a bucketload of positivity she started Goho, and has never looked back.

She has over 16 years experience running award winning marketing campaigns and events, from recruiting social workers and changing opinion of employer brand of NGOs, to the Guardian Public Service Awards, the Royal Premiere of James Bond - Casino Royale and huge incentive trips abroad.

She's the mastermind and driving force behind all things Goho. She has a BA in Interdisciplinary Performance and Media (yeah, try saying that after a few beers) from Middlesex University, can speak French and Spanish, and has Grade 8 in Saxophone! Stacey champions women and their rights in the workplace, she speaks regularly on the subject and is an active member, coach and mentor for Bloom UK, the network for women in the communications industry.

Ever since Sophia climbed onto the stage at the age of 16 and captivated a room full of adults, she has pushed the traditional boundaries of poetry and literature to inspire audiences across the country. Sophia is a truly unique speaker delivering an incredibly powerful message on topics ranging from mental health, diversity, politics, wellbeing to the key issue of the day.
Sophia was the first poet to be invited to give two TED talks before the age of 20, which in turn led to participation at events organised by The Guardian, The Royal Family, Channel 4, BBC and even The British Arts Council.
Sophia’s speaking journey as taken her across the world, captivating and charming diverse audiences from Universities to The Houses of Parliament. She has also been invited into work with the creative teams at Nike and Samsung to share her talents for crafting powerful prose.
Online, Sophia has cultivated a passionate following with over 2million impressions per month across her social media channels. She has inspired young females to pick up a pen or type their own story and is regularly invited into schools to work with students.
Furthermore, Sophia has performed at the Rockin’ Your Teens Annual Girls conference and is a youth ambassador for the betterment of young black girls, whilst leading BET and MTV’s global female campaigns for International Women’s Day and Black History Month. Sophia’s work also includes intimate forums with cancer patients, Cancer Research UK, Refugees and the Stand For Humanity foundation.
Now a multi-award-winning writer and speaker, Sophia’s mission is to heal, creating a safe space to be vulnerable by pushing the boundaries of poetry and literature

Marcus heads up the technology function, ensuring the platform delivers value to all users, plus enabling Finpoint to execute on strategic opportunities in UK and abroad. Marcus started work for internet businesses in networking, security and financial services. He is well versed in promoting new technologies through partners, media and advocacy work.

Tim is a married man with two sons who hails from North Yorkshire. He likes to be beside the seaside and does exactly what he is told. Tim staggered into insurance broking 43 years ago and has been there ever since. His first client as an “International” Insurance Broker came from Blackburn, but most importantly provided a lot of the equipment for the first successful ascent of Everest.

Debbie Wells is the Regional Business Manager at Worldpay with over 9 years of experience as a payments partner for businesses. Debbie loves helping businesses get paid by ensuring the business has market leading products in place to facilitate face to face, customer not present or online payments with ease.  Worldpay are the global leading payments provider, allowing Debbie to deliver an exceptional service to both new to cards businesses and businesses looking to change payments supplier.

I’m Hannah Williams, illustrator of complex information. I help Marketing, HR and Comms teams to engage and inspire people through visual communication.
I founded Scribble Inc Ltd in 2018, and since we have helped to enrich information and engage teams for over 40 businesses, internationally. Using a form of powerful visual storytelling, we draw complex and technical messages, and breathe life into communication.
We love working with forward thinking Directors and Leaders who want to empower and inspire their people using valuable visual solutions!
 

Sian is currently Director  of the Urdd Eisteddfod and the Arts.  The Eisteddfod is Europe's largest youth cultural festival.  Previously she was  Welsh Language Broadcaster S4C’s  Children’s Programmes Commissioner a role that included a strategic development of a children's channel that created  the "Cyw" and "Stwnsh" services for children and young people.    In 2006 she won the Welsh Woman of the Year Award as well as Welsh Woman in Arts and Media.   Siân  is joint director of Sian Eirian Cyf a company providing consultancy services in the field arts, media, events and the Welsh language.  

Neil is Managing Director of Coventry based audio visual production company Istead AV. Having worked in the events industry for over 25 years, Neil has many a tale to tell.
Istead provide event technical support throughout the UK and Europe, for companies such as Capita, Citizen Housing and high street retailer The Perfume Shop. From a simple seminar for 100 people, to a European Convention for thousands, the Istead team are the boys in black behind the scenes.
Delivering over 100 events per year is challenging, so when Covid19 hit, and the events industry ground to a halt, Neil was faced with his biggest challenge yet. But foresight and quick thinking has turned his company from zero work after lockdown, to new customers and new opportunities. 
Hear how Istead have adapted to this new world and how Neil stays positive, no matter what the world throws at him. 

After spending most of his 24-year career working in creative agencies, Nick made the move to Float in late 2018. As Chief Commercial Officer, Nick oversees marketing and sales at Float.