30,000 Business Leaders in 50 countries can't be wrong!I have spent over 25 years leading international business at the highest level, ultimately a plc, putting me in a unique position to deal with contemporary business challenges. I am an Oxford UK based award winning international motivational business growth speaker who inspires and entertains my audiences with my acclaimed Staying in the Helicopter® programmes. Over 30,000 CEOs, business leaders and others have achieved transformational change through my thought provoking and entertaining speeches and Masterclasses laced with real-life stories, anecdotes and humour.I am ranked in the top ten Business speakers worldwide, a recipient of the prestigious Professional Speaking Award of Excellence, twice Speaker of the Year with The Academy for Chief Executives and one of only 20 globally to have been awarded the CSPGlobal designation.I am also an author, business advisor, mentor, consultant and independent director. I have extensive experience across a broad spectrum of businesses - from small start-ups to large multinational corporations; from high tech manufactured products through basic commodities, to people based services businesses and not-for-profit organisationsI spent seven years as Group CEO of a FTSE quoted, high tech industrial instrumentation group with 12 operations over four continents. The company gained a reference in the US Forbes magazine as one of the top 100 overseas companies.I have run businesses for major multi-national corporations and have been a tutor with one of the leading leadership and teambuilding programs for over 25 years. I am a Past-President of The Professional Speakers Association, a former Vice-President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Liveryman with The Worshipful Company of Marketers. I am an accredited SME business advisor, a trained Assessor and Coach.I'm known as The Helicopter Speaker as well as The CEO Expert