Meet the Speakers John Young Master of Ceremonies - CIMA

Meet the Speakers
                        John Young
                        Master of Ceremonies

                         For more than 31 years, John Young presented and reported the TV news on the BBC.
                         He’s now distilled the energy and stories of a career in a TV newsroom into a range of
                         fascinating keynotes and lively consultancy workshops, delivered online or in person. His
                         skills in handling the adrenaline of a live news studio have made him a popular choice in
                         this new age of virtual event hosting. John is a senior member of the Professional Speaking
Association. John joined the BBC from Cambridge University as one of 12 news trainees in
1989. This provided him with two years’ training in BBC editorial standards before choosing
his path as a news reporter and presenter in Southampton, Belfast, Truro, Newcastle,
Bristol, Brighton and on the BBC’s News Channel. In 2009, John was selected for a year’s
secondment as a trainer of incoming journalists at the BBC Academy. In 2013, he set up his
consultancy business, John Young Media, running it alongside his BBC work until he left the
corporation in October 2020. John uses income from his professional clients to subsidise
employability skills workshops for young people who are not in formal education or training.
John will take the role as Master of Ceremonies for the Engage Europe conference and the
Engage Europe Finance Awards.

Karen Warren, KW Inner Strength
“Leading and Motivating Remote Teams Effectively”

Personal Development Specialist, Karen Warren will lead this interactive session to identify
ways to lead and motivate remote and hybrid teams. By communicating effectively,
supporting and motivating each other, delegates can identify ways to navigate the challenges
of remote and hybrid-working solutions.

Leading and motivating teams can be challenging, particularly if people are working remotely or are adopting a mix of
remote and office-based working arrangements. This session will help line managers and team members to consider
how they can best work together across remote and hybrid working arrangements, to communicate well, support and
motivate each other in business.

Karen’s session will focus on:

1.                   Personality type can make a difference – know your team
    2.                   Defining expectations for remote and office-based working
    3.                   Building trust remotely through two-way through communication
    4.                   Motivating people to achieve and support each other
    5.                   Managing change fatigue effectively

At the end of the session, delegates will be able to:

    1.                   Consider the communication preferences of their team members,
                         in line with their personality type
    2.                   Proactively define expectations for remote and office-based working
    3.                   Identify ways to build trust with people working remotely, via two-way communication

More About Karen …
Karen has over 30 years of business, line management, stress management, workplace coaching and organisational
development experience, having in worked in private and public sector organisations to include Barclays Bank,
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and the NHS. Karen's passion is to support people to manage their stress and
anxiety, build resilience, communicate assertively and manage relationships effectively.

Karen works with individuals and organisations to identify and embed wellbeing, personal and professional
development solutions into their daily practices through the delivery of coaching, training and consultancy solutions.

Karen's book Workforce Wellbeing – how to build organisational strength and resilience and online training
programme Managing Difficult Conversations to Achieve Successful Outcomes have been developed from her
passion for people to be supported and valued in the workplace. If people feel looked after in their organisation, they’ll
work well and support the development of the wider business. Karen's ambition for 2021 and beyond is that in time,
every employee will feel like that.

                         Peter McBay, Bespoke Integrity Solutions Ltd
                         “Do I need to worry about the “insider threat”?
                         Peter McBay is managing director of Bespoke Integrity Solutions Ltd and a fraud
                         prevention/detection specialist.

                        He will help you to understand potential fraud and financial crime risks from within your own
                        organisation as well as explain some of the pitfalls of not being alive to this threat, and offers
some potential solutions.

Peter will discuss that whilst it is common to implicitly trust all your employees and colleagues, this approach may not
always be in your organisation’s best interest- looking at why internal fraud may occur and also specific red flags to be
on the lookout for should assist you.

He will share some approaches that should help you avoid some potentially catastrophic organisation events – either
financial or reputation.

Finally, a case study of a recent investigation he has worked on, will be shared to illustrate some key points.

Therefore, the key areas of focus will be:

1. What is the “insider threat” for an organisation?
2. What tactics could we use to try and tackle the insider threat?
3. Learn from how it went wrong in another organisation

More About Peter …
Peter McBay is the Managing Director of Bespoke Integrity Solutions Ltd. This company was incorporated three years
ago.

He is a Certified Fraud Examiner with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Prior to founding his company, he was an experienced police officer and accomplished financial investigator with over
30 years’ experience. This experience was gained within UK law enforcement and working with international police
teams.

He is a versatile individual with knowledge and experience of managing tasks and projects linked with financial crime,
corruption, money laundering, election fraud, aviation security, extremist related threats and mass disasters.

Peter is a manager, who thrives on challenges, takes great pride in delivering results and seeing tasks through to
conclusion. He’s motivated by making a difference to people, organisations and the community by keeping them safe,
but also developing sustainable success. Peter is a successful leader, who works best when working as part of team,
leading others and making decisions

                 Reena Dayal, The Collaborators (UK) Ltd
                 “Neuroscience of change management and productivity”

                 Discover from Reena Dayal, Founder of The Collaborators UK - a leadership acceleration company,
                 the art of navigating change in organisations and raising productivity levels using the principles of
                 Applied Neuroscience and Energy Leadership(TM).

Reena will present a new paradigm on how leaders, teams and organisation can train themselves to be ‘neuroplastic’
enabling them to adapt and thrive in the most difficult and unpredictable circumstances.

Learn how your brain works and the physiology behind short term and long team productivity levels. Pick up shareable
frameworks that offer a sneak preview into a science-based leadership development methodology developed by a
group of leadership specialists who have designed the #NewBlueprint.

In summary, you’ll learn

1. The PFC Limbic dance - uncover how the brain reacts to change and how to overcome it
2. Core Energy Coaching - discover the paradigm that can help you get more done in less time and less stress
3. Ways to create a ‘neuroplasctic’ organisation which can adapt/proactively flex to changing environments

More About Reena …
Reena is the founder of The Collaborators UK offering high impact solutions to leaders at scale up stage of business,
or career. She is the creator of Nine Levers in The Brilliance Quotient, an ICF certified IPEC coach, Master
Practitioner of ELI and a Gallup certified coach.

Prior to becoming an Entrepreneur in 2015, Reena led business transformation for 23 years playing a multitude of
roles including HR Director, Global Diversity and Employee Engagement lead, HR Business Partner and Talent/ OD
Director.

She has worked in the hospitality, health, insurance and technology sectors across 26 countries allowing her a
breadth of experience and perspectives on leadership dynamics.

Reena currently works with CEOs, founders, Board members, C-Suite and students enabling them, teams and
organisations thrive in the face of unpredictable chaos using a unique science-based approach from the world of
change management, traditional leadership development techniques, coaching frameworks, applied neuroscience and
ancient Ayurvedic wisdom.

Reena is passionate about pro-bono work as speaker, mentor, trainer and Chair of IoD Central London. She is an avid
traveller and a lifelong student of Ayurveda bringing learnings from both aspects into her work in empowering
transformational leaders and teams.

Ian Pitchford, Mind4Adventure
“The Growth Mindset – Going and Growing Beyond”

Experience a journey to explore if you truly have a growth
mindset and the richness that this can bring into your world.

Taking you on the journey is Ian Pitchford, an International
Coaching Federation Coach and Organisation Growth and Development specialist.

He will explore the power of a growth mindset, the challenges and the true benefits it can bring. He
will share with you how best to explore the growth journey and what it may mean for you and your
organisation in all areas of your life.

In a nutshell, you’ll learn:

• What is the Growth Mindset
• How to embrace it in your life
• What it will allow you to achieve

More About Ian…

Ian is an organisational development consultant and executive coach. He is the founder of i2i Development Solutions
Ltd and A Mind 4 Adventure Ltd.

As an experienced organisational development consultant and coach he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience
that is instrumental in supporting people changing their outlook on life and how they lead their business’s. Ian works
with individuals, teams and whole organisations, supporting those wanting to grow and evolve.

In addition to being an NLP Professional, in the last ten years Ian has been instrumental in the growth of his own
company...and he has also completed an MBA, obtained a Diploma in Performance Coaching and a Post Graduate
Certificate in Education as well as being a Certified Master Coach and Professional Certified Coach with the
International Coaching Federation. Passionate about hypnotherapy, Ian is also holds a Hypnotherapy Professional
Diploma and Supervision Professional Diploma with the National Council for Hypnotherapy.

Ian spent over 12 years in the Royal Navy and a further 10 years in the Royal Navy Reserve and Army Reserve where
he spent a large proportion of his time with Commando Helicopter Force, operating with the Royal Marines. Ian has
also held project management roles within the Ministry of Defence, worked as a leadership instructor at the Fleet Air
Arm leadership school in North Wales and was the Commanding Officer of the Royal Navy Reserve Leadership
Development Team.

Ian not only delivers consultancy and training, he is also a very active coach, supporting a vast array of people on their
personal journey through life. Ian supports both individual clients and other coaches. Whilst not operating exclusively
in these arenas’ Ian has very successfully worked with sports professionals and leaders alike. He draws upon his
organisational development and change management experience to ensure all that he is involved in is grounded in the
world of the client.

If he’s not at work, then you find Ian on a river or up a mountain.

James Perryman,
                      “High performing business or a high-performance culture?”

                      High performance results are not always an outcome of a high-performance
                      culture. Sometimes it’s the complete opposite.

                     James will share the six key questions to ask yourself about all aspects of
your business, whilst highlighting the importance of leadership, teamwork, individual behaviours
and an overriding sense of purpose and belonging.

You’ll also learn how to create an environment that promotes and embraces growth, innovation
and change, is highly effective at managing conflict and that centres around a coaching and
collaborative mindset.

  1.                  How to develop, maintain and lead a high-performing team
  2.                  How to create a compelling and engaging sense of purpose, aligned to your
                      strategy
  3.                  Tools and models to help grow and develop your people, to be their very best

More About James…
James founded Momentus Limited in 2016 and he helps businesses and leaders improve communication,
employee engagement and customer experience across their business.

His vision was to work with individuals and organisations to help them understand themselves better and in
doing so, deliver stronger performance individually and collectively.

Momentus is founded on the belief that taking conscious time to work on ourselves – what drives us,
motivates us, the environment in which we thrive, how we work with others and what might derail us –
results in significantly better outcomes for individuals, teams and long-term growth and higher performance
for business.

James regularly delivers training courses on performance, management, communication and customer
service skills in partnership with his local Chamber of Commerce and with national training organisation
The Hub Events.

He is an OKR Master (Objectives and Key Results) with consultancy There Be Giants, involving facilitating
Board/senior manager workshops for organisations deploying OKRs as part of their high-performance
culture as well as delivering training and coaching services.

Most recently James has been working with AO.com, leading a consultancy project to build a strategy,
framework and delivery plan for their high-performance culture.

Leela Bassi

“Dig Deep- Dig deeper – A story of Resilience”

Leela is a keynote Speaker and is passionate about inspiring business leaders and individuals to adopt the
principle that resilience is a key focus for every company because it will benefit both their employees and
the business.

Leela specialises in helping people develop resilience and face challenging situations with boldness. This
enables them to develop confidence, competence and capabilities to tackle any challenges which come
their way.

This workshop will focus on:

            1.         Resilience- where does it come from
            2.         The tools to overcome adversity
            3.         Real life analogies that you can put into place.

More About Leela …

Leela Bassi is an international keynote speaker, and founder of Above & Beyond Resilience.

Through her worldwide experience, Leela has delivered numerous keynotes speeches & strategies that
have enabled her to establish a mental strength which can turn setbacks and failures into success stories.

Leela provides insight through keynotes and follow-on workshops which explore the challenge of
overcoming self-restricting beliefs.

Known for her resilience and focus, Leela describes how to combat fear of failure and why hunger is always
your most valuable asset regardless of your organisation or industry.

She strongly believes that if you dig deep, you can find resilience within yourself. Grit and growth mindset
will enable you to learn to be comfortable in an uncomfortable state. Self-belief will give you the ability to
see yourself through and achieve any goals.

Additionally, Leela is a Distinguished Toastmaster (Highest level of educational achievement), former Area
Director of District 91 in Berkshire and president and mentor at the Windsor Toastmaster International Club.
Leela has inherited invaluable leadership skills and given multiple educational talks. She has delivered
countless keynotes speeches to different audiences.

Leela’s journey has been extremely beneficial and rewarding; her mentoring skills have led individuals as
well as large groups to nurture themselves, gain confidence and growth as well as develop their
communication skills and overcome their fears.