Motivational Breakfast

Alastair Humphreys

Alastair spent four years cycling around the world, relying on the kindness of strangers and the odd bike mechanic. He has since run the Marathon des Sables, rowed the Atlantic, canoed down the Yukon and walked 1000 miles into the Empty Quarter desert. He has also started a year of ‘micro-adventures,’ to encourage audiences to take a small first step to imagining bigger challenges.

Giles Duley

Dissatisfied with fashion and celebrity photography, Giles Duley decided to focus on humanitarian issues, travelling to Sudan, Angola and Afghanistan to highlight the issues behind the conflicts. In 2011, while on patrol with the US Army, he stepped on an IED, losing both legs and an arm. His first impulse was to check his eyes and his right arm; with them he could still be a photographer and after months of rehab, he returned to work. Giles has since returned to Afghanistan and continues to document those affected by conflict around the world and their inspiring stories.

Professor Martin Elliott

Former Co-Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital and one of the country’s leading paediatric surgeons, Martin considers his career in this most sensitive and high-pressure of worlds. From working with McLaren F1 to improve interaction between teams to developing stem-cell based transplants; from managing departments to taking the lead in the theatre, he has lessons that apply to any organisation seeking to improve what they do, innovate or understand culture, leadership and teamwork.