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		John Dabrowski Motivation & Inspiration Mental Resilience Expert

Coming from:		Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire UK

John has enjoyed a wide ranging and successful career which has seen him work across a number of sectors in the business and sporting world. He has played basketball both as a professional and for England in the Commonwealth Games. He has travelled extensively in his search for new skills and techniques to help himself and now other people. He has a desire to make a difference in this world and wants to use his extensive knowledge and skills to help people 'unlock their full potential'. John is a gifted communicator and his talks will both inspire and motivate the audience.


		Dr Despina Hatzdiakos Wellness \| Fitness \| Life Coaching \| Culture \| Dance

Coming from:		Rhodes, Dodekanisa Greece

Dr. Despina Hatzidiakos is the holder of two Bachelors’, two Master’s and one Ph.D. degree. She has taught in Secondary Education in Canada, USA and England for more than 30 years. She has served in the diplomatic core representing her country abroad. She presently teaches at the University of Aegean in Rhodes, Greece. Her interests are in health and wellness, fitness, environmental education, culture, life coaching, self-awareness, dancing, leadership, life skills and public speaking. She is outgoing, sociable, very fit, and energetic and has a love of teaching. She enjoys meeting new people and travelling.


		Dr Andrew Hignell Geography \| Cricket & Sports Historian Scorer and Archivist to Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Coming from:		Cardiff, Wales UK

Andrew is the Scorer and Archivist to Glamorgan County Cricket Club who are Wales’ sole representative in professional cricket. Andrew caught the cricket bug as a young schoolboy growing up in Cardiff following Glamorgan’s success in winning the 1969 County Championship. He subsequently read Geography at Exeter University, before completing a PhD at Cardiff University and then taught Geography until 2004 when he "retired" to take up his post with Glamorgan CCC. He is widely acknowledged as one of the country’s leading cricket historians and statisticians.


		Ken Kelly US Manned Space Programme: Mercury - Gemini - Apollo BSc, PGCE

Coming from:		Leamington Spa, Warwickshire UK

Ken started his working life as a teacher and lecturer and taught Mathematics in the UK and Malaysia. Returning to the UK Ken swapped teaching for High Performance Sport. Awarded an Olympic Coach Scholarship in 1992, he has worked for a number of the UK’s leading sports bodies. As a counter-point to his professional work, Ken has studied the US and Soviet manned space programmes extensively, from Mercury to the Space Shuttle, Vostok to Soyuz. Ken is an experienced, innovative and engaging presenter having spoken extensively at conferences in the UK and abroad.


		Mark Oristano American Football

Coming from:		Dallas, Texas USA

Mark Oristano had a 30-year career reporting on and broadcasting American football for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers. He covered 12 Super Bowls, broadcasting two. During his career he worked with well known broadcasters like Verne Lundquist and Oprah Winfrey. Since his retirement, Mark has been speaking on cruises around the world, helping football fans of all levels understand the game better.


		Martin Rowley Motor Sport and History

Coming from:		Dronfield, Derbyshire UK

Martin is a retired businessman with experience of many disciplines and has had an avid interest in modern historical events, and in particular Motor Racing, and vehicles in general. Since his childhood, having dealt in Classic Vehicles for a number of years, he has personaly owned over 120 vehicles of all styles and types. His presentation skills are multi-disciplined to suit the audience and have been honed over the last 35 years, having presented both technical, and stimulating entertaining "Talks" to audiences of between 5 and 300 in the U K and Europe.


		John Simpson MBE International Sports Management / Inspiration Conquering Adversity/Charity

Coming from:		Richmond, Greater London UK

John contracted polio as a very young child which left him with one good leg. Struggling with his disability as a teenager he was pushed into playing golf by his father. He found he could compete at a very high level with everyone else resulting in a new found confidence. He stopped feeling sorry for himself and never looked back. In 2009 the British Defence Rehabilitation Centre invited John to speak about conquering adversity. He was so moved by the injured soldiers he met that he knew golf could help them just as it had done him. John was honoured with an MBE for his charity work in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours.


		David Smith Canada \| Diving \| Forensics \| Destinations \| History

Coming from:		Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada

David Smith was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 40-years having an extensive variety of duties which has taken him throughout all of Canada. He volunteered and served in two war zones in Africa and the Balkans working for the United Nations, International War Crimes Tribunal, and NATO. He is graduate of Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Police College. He served several years with RCMP Equestrian Unit having been a guest at Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth and a guest in the White House. He has been an international guest lecturer on cruise ships since 2007.


		Clive Steeper Motorsport & Business

Coming from:		Swindon, Wiltshire UK

Clive knows about what it takes to achieve world-class performance in both motorsport and business. He has worked with many motorsport legends in his role as Formula 1 race Tyre Engineer for Goodyear and as Team Manager for TWR Silk Cut Jaguar Sports Car team at Le Mans; he also races regularly. As a business leader, he has led many international fast-growth companies to achieve record profits. Clive is an engaging speaker who draws on his experiences & knowledge to deliver thought-provoking and entertaining lectures that offer insight into risk, performance and leadership.


		Malcolm Teasdale Author, Adventurer and Enrichment Speaker

Coming from:		Destin, Florida USA

Malcolm Teasdale was born in Coventry, England and is a successful entrepreneur who now spends his time traveling to “off-the-beaten-track” places. Since retiring from the technology industry, he now travels to the more unusual destinations in the World in search of rich cultural experiences. His 4th travel book has just been published called, “Religion, Spirituality and the way of life in the Himalayas” which describes his experience in the Himalayan Kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Myanmar. Malcolm has a wide repertoire of talks on destinations, adventure and travel.


		Michael Tribe Science & Sports History BSc., PhD., PGCE., CBiol., FRSB

Coming from:		Eastbourne, East Sussex UK

Mike Tribe attended both Durham & Cambridge universities as a student, followed by 3 years as Head of Biology at a London school, before taking up a Lectureship at Sussex University. Mike has always enjoyed the challenges of teaching, especially communicating difficult scientific ideas in ways understandable to non-scientists. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in 1978 and given an award for Excellence in Teaching by Sussex Alumni Society in 1999. He loves talking about most sports and was a County athlete and Cambridge Blue in his youth.


		Marshall Ulrich Extraordinary Life Adventurer, Mountaineer, Extreme Athlete

Coming from:		Evergreen, CO USA

The author of Running on Empty, Marshall Ulrich is a versatile, world-class extreme endurance athlete: an ultrarunning icon, Seven Summits mountaineer, and competitive adventure racer. His prolific athletic career has earned him numerous wins, records, and firsts on some of the toughest courses in the world and taken him to the top of the highest mountains on every continent—all in his forties and fifties. Dubbed by Outside magazine as an Endurance King, he defies the ideas of “too far,” “too old,” and “not possible.” Revered among athletes, Marshall Ulrich is also an acclaimed speaker.


		Dave Wottle Motivation & Inspiration

Coming from:		Germantown, TN USA

Dave Wottle's dramatic finish in the 1972 Munich Olympics earned him a Gold Medal in the 800 meter run. Dave and his roommate in Munich, Frank Shorter, are among the last three American men to win Olympic gold medals in a distance event. While in college, Dave earned All-American honors nine times and was a 7-time national champion. In the 1972 Olympic Trials, Dave tied the 800 meter world record with a time of 1:44.3. The following year he became the third fastest miler of all time by running a 3:53.3 mile. He was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1982.