Speakers


The Keynote Speaker Page is an ongoing project and is therefore continually being developed in order to provide you with the most up to date information about those that are delivering the sessions and workshops available to you at this years’ Conference.

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Alan Bowling
Working with SAP products for ten years, and the user group for six years, Alan has run an SAP CCC and installed one of the first Netweaver solutions in the UK....More ›
Jim Hagemann Snabe
Jim Hagemann Snabe was appointed Co-CEO on February 7, 2010. He also leads the Business Solutions & Technology organization, responsible for product development of large enterprise solutions, SME solutions, the technology platform and SAP Business Objects. Snabe joined SAP in 1990 and has been a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG since July 1, 2008.
Snabe has held various management roles in consulting, sales, and development. His career at SAP began as a consultant with SAP Denmark, where he was quickly promoted to lead the local consulting practice. Snabe briefly departed SAP in 1994 for a position as practice leader at IBM Denma...More ›
Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax is best known for her comedy and celebrity interviews. She was at the Royal Shakespeare Company for 5 years and was Script Editor on “Absolutely Fabulous”. However, for the past 3 years Ruby has been studying for an MSc in Psychotherapy at Regent’s College and is also studying Neuroscience at UCL. Since graduating she has begun giving talks to senior executives in major companies about how our pathologies can affect our communication and effectiveness at work. Subjects have covered “The Importance of Openness”, “The Stress of Change”, “How We Get Our Own Way” and “Authenticity”. Ruby is also coachi...More ›
Sahar Hashemi
Named by H.M. The Queen ‘Pioneer to the life of the Nation’ Named by World Economic Forum Davos ‘Young Global Leader’
 
Her book ‘Anyone Can Do It’ has become the 2nd highest selling book ever published in the UK on entrepreneurship after Richard Branson's book- according to Nielsen Bookscan.
Lawyer turned entrepreneur
 
Founded Coffee Republic, the Uk’s first US style coffee bar chain with her brother and built it into one of the UK’s most recognised high street brands with a turnover of £30m. Giving up highly professional jobs, she a lawyer in London and he an investment...More ›
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