Event Organisers Summit 2026

Former CEO and business marketing firm owner, author and business branding speaker. Explores the shift in buyer behavior and expectations, identifying how to eliminate barriers and engage prospects.

Dr Alison Edgar MBE is not your average speaker; she’s a dynamic yet relatable catalyst for business success. With her captivating presence, Scottish wit and personality, combined with her 25-year experience walking the corridors of corporate organisations, Alison empowers audiences to embrace change, enhance communication, and boost results. Her talks provide real-life implementable takeaways that make an immediate impact, proving her an invaluable addition to any event. Alison was one of the few women to be recognised with an MBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2020 for her services to entrepreneurship and business, and she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education in 2024. With over a decade of experience as a business champion, she has mentored top industry figures. Alison has also played a pivotal role in advising the government on business legislation, contributing to the growth of the UK economy. As a dyslexic author of two international best-selling books, Alison has mastered the balance of how to enhance readers’ personal and professional development. Her debut book was a WHSmith Top Ten Business Book and named one of the top business books written by a woman in 2019 by The Independent newspaper. Alison is a sought-after media contributor, and recently became a boardroom advisor for a new business TV show, ‘Ready Set StartUP’ on Amazon Prime UK & US.

Dean Leak is an international keynote speaker and performance strategist who specialises in building high-performance cultures, leading change, andmastering the art of productive disagreement – transforming workplace tension into a team’s ultimate competitive advantage.

Philip is Strategic Events & Convenings Lead for Advocacy at Google.org – Google’s philanthropy – where he is responsible for a portfolio of owned, branded events and third party engagements. Building on a background in multimedia content production, Philip is always on the lookout for new ways to bring the inspirational stories of nonprofits to changemakers and key opinion formers, with the aim of increasing effective, technology-back philanthropy. He has sat on the advisory board of two inclusion-focused nonprofits and created Google’s first EMEA-wide LGBTQ+ leadership summit. Philip holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Production from the University of Lincoln.

Daniel Sinclair is one of the UK’s leading comedy stage hypnotists, a renowned mind-reader/mentalist and keynote speaker. He has been described as ‘the most impressive’ in his industry with his warm engaging style, family-friendly shows and ability to connect with all types of audiences. With performances spanning the globe from the West End to large theatres, festivals, established holiday parks and viral podcasts, Daniel has a knack for leaving crowds gobsmacked wherever he goes. In recent years, he has read the minds and hypnotised thousands of people. He has also entertained and educated many around the world with his seminar on the mind.

Managing Director of KDM Events, a multiple award-winning Event Management Company working across the UK on all manner of corporate meetings, conferences, award nights and away days. Our service side of the business focusses on venue finding, event and conference management, whilst our product side specialise in the delivery of team building activities, theme nights & evening events. Also the sole UK distributor of the fantastic Solar Buddy team building activity, which you will experience today!

If you’re impressed by award wins, you should know that Tiffany Markman was the Most Effective Copywriter in Southern Africa in 2022…and the best in Africa in 2023. Happily self-employed for 19 years, Tiffany has written for 570 brands in 16 countries and trained 36000 people so far. A sought-after international keynote speaker, she’s known for her energetic, practical and humorous talks and keynotes on creativity, digital marketing, branding and business. Tiffany loves strong black coffee, sharp pencils with erasers on the end and beginning sentences with conjunctions like “And” and “But”.