TESTIMONIALS

Gordon, Unit 4 Business Software

I’d like to extend our thanks to Karren for a fantastic keynote speech. The audience really enjoyed listening to her and we have taken nothing but good feedback, I’m sure people could have asked questions until the early evening.

Graeme Hay, Inverurie Loco Works Football Club

When we announced that Karren Brady would be our main speaker at our Business Lunch, demand for tickets resulted in all 450 being sold within 2 weeks. Karren did not fail to deliver and gave a speech that was motivating, interesting and above all highly entertaining. We would be delighted to recommend Karren as an extremely professional and talented after dinner speaker.

Helen Gordon, Chief Executive Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Please thank Karren Brady for an excellent session with Wellbeing of Women yesterday evening. Her talk was motivating, down to earth and inspiring, particularly for the younger women in the audience. Do thank her for being so open, honest... and downright funny!

Barclaycard

‘Please can you pass on our thanks to Karren who spoke at our event today. Karren was authentic, warm, funny and engaged our audience really well. We were delighted with her contribution to the event’

Chris Jones, CEO and Director General, City & Guilds
May 2011

"On behalf of City & Guilds, I would like to thank you for your hard work in helping us to deliver such a successful event earlier this year. We are really pleased with how the event went on the day and the results since have been fantastic. Your work on the campaign certainly contributed to the impact the activity has had so it is much appreciated and we hope to work with you again in the future"

Upstage
May 2011

'Just wanted to let you know that our client's event last week with Karren Brady went very well and she was incredibly popular amongst guests. She gave a great opening speech and was very open to questions and debate, so added real value to the event.'

Kim Ashby, Lancaster University Management School
20th August 2009

Speaking to our audience of SME Owner Managers, Karren was extremely charismatic and delivered an excellent leadership master class. Karren is truly a fantastic leader that inspired us all.

Mike Callison, Commercial Director, World Market Intelligence
16th September 2010

"Karren was perfect for our Awards Luncheon at the Park Lane Hotel, she delivered an excellent, business focused speech that included her personal experiences at work, she made this relevant to our industry and cleverly related this to the existing business conditions being experienced by most people in the room.

She certainly struck the right chord with our audience and her actual presentation of the Awards was very professional, but entertaining and humorous."

Association Of Heads Of University Adminstration - Conference Dinner
20th April 2010.

"...Your speech was entertaining, informative and inspirational, and feedback from our members indicates that they also found you to be a 'breath of fresh air'..."

Alison M. Wild
AHUA Chair.

InHealth's Annual Conference - 22nd May 2010.

"A big thank you for taking time out of your hectic schedule to talk at our annual conference at Wokefield Park on Saturday, 22nd May 2010.

Your speech was extremely interesting and informative and gave a clear message to us all.

As you could tell our staff were extremely impressed with you and came away motivated and ready for the challenges ahead. You set the scene for the rest of the day which stayed fun and light hearted and was rounded off with a gala dinner in the evening.

The event was a huge success and we were also lucky that the weather was on our side. Great fun was had by all, so thank you again for your contribution to the success of the day."

Louise Ballinger-Finch
HR Director.

Freshfields Brukhaus Deringer Event – April 2011.

"A quick note to say thank you for attending and participating in the Freshfields Question Time event. The event was a huge success and we have had some great feedback. The Question of legacy is a particularly thorny topic and one that we are all very interested in so your insight was invaluable and made for a great debate.

Thank you also for taking the time to stay around afterwards and meet with some of our staff members.

It was a pleasure meeting you and we wish you the best of luck for the rest of the season."

Tim Jones.

Bournville College, Birmingham – December 2009

"I suggested Karren as the guest speaker for a major event at the ICC in Birmingham before an audience of over 500 guests where I was the MC. As Birmingham's most famous daughter Karren quite literally stole the show and she's one of the most personable celebrities I've ever worked with. She has the magical quality of making everyone around her feel welcome. She's at the top of her game."

Ardi Kolah

Npower England 2018 World Cup 'Backing the Bid for Small Businesses' Campaign - February 2011

"Karren was an excellent media spokesperson for our England 2018 World Cup 'Backing the Bid for Small Businesses' campaign, ensuring all our key messages were communicated. She was clearly passionate about the subject and added real credibility to the campaign."

Zöe Melarkey
npower.


For all bookings, please contact The Gordon Poole Agency on
+44(0)1275 463222, or email.

Karren has worked with
major corporate clients
including:

Sony Erricson

Barlclays

Boots

DTi

Nokia

Kraft

Merrill Lynch

Bank of New York

IBM

KPMG

National Property Award ­ host and compare

Vodafone

East Midlands Development Agency

Northern Housing Consortium

Nottingham Health Care Rrust

Kent County Council

ABFA

Alliance of Sector Skills

Aluminum Stockholders Association

Arbonne

Association of Colleges

Balfour Beatty

Barclay's International

BBC

BCSC

Best Western Hotels

Blak Pearl

Boots

Bourne Leisure

Bournemouth University

Bourneville College

Bristol Media

British Energy Group

British Institute of Inn Keeping

British Metal Forming Association

British Telecom

Business Start-up

Business Yorkshire

Cambridge University

Capita

Capital One

Cardell Media

Carshalton College

CB Richard Ellis

Ceredigion

Ceridian

Chartered Insurance Institute

Chief Nurses NHS

CIPD

Citigroup

Cognos

Complement

Cornwall Business Awards

Cosmopolitan Magazine

Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce

Deloitte

Derbyshire Businesswomen's Networking

Deutsche Bank

Direct Selling Association

Diversified Business Communications Ltd

Driving Standards Agency

DTI

Dublin Chamber of Commerce

DYMO

East Lancs Chamber of Commerce

East Midlands Development Agency

EEDA

Enterprise Northeast

Ernst and Young

ERIKS

First Choice Holidays

Fujitus Services

Global Radio

Grant Thornton

Growing Your Own Business

Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA)

Halliwells

Hays

HBOS

Head Teachers Annual Conference

Hereford and Worcestershire Business Link

Hertford University

Hewlett Packard

HFMA - Healthcare Financial Management Association – Annual Conference

Host of the 2010 Quoted Company Awards

Hounslow Homes

HR Directors Business Summit

HSBC

Hudson

I.O.D. Hull

IBM

IBEC

InHealth

ING

Institute of Chartered Accountants

Institute of Credit Management

Institute of Directors North East Region

Institute of Directors North West Region

Institute of Financial Planning

Institute of Payroll Professionals

Institution of Civil Engineers

International Business Systems

Investec

Invest in Norfolk

IOD Women's Leaders Summit

Irelands Forecourt Convenience Retail Conference

IRM Risk Forum

Job Centre Plus

Jobsite

Johnson & Johnson

Kent County Council

KPMG

Kraft

Ladies Business Networking

Lancaster University Management School

LBRO

Leaders in Action

Leaders in London

Learning Skills Council

Leeds Media Conference

Life Fitness

Liquidnet

Lloyds Bank

Local Government Association Group

London Business Forum

Mail on Sunday

Management & Leadership Network (Belfast)

Mannin Media

Marketing in Partnership

Mellon Bank of New York

Merrill Lynch

Money Plus

National Housing Federation

National Student Forum

Newcastle Chronicle Business Awards

NH Federation Finance Conference

NHS Chief Executive Leadership Conference

Nokia

Nottinghamshire Health Care

North Hampshire Enterprise Event

Northants Cricket Club

Northern Housing Consortuim

ntl:Telewest

O2 Women Mean Business Conference

Orange Telecom

Palm

Pcubed

Peterborough County Council

Power to Lead Conference

Print London

Procurex National

Professional Cricketers Association

Property Awards - Host and Compare

Qinetiq

Rachel's Organics

RBI Recruitment

Royal Bank of Scotland

Royal Borough of Kingston

Royal College of Nursing

Royal Mail

Sage

Sandwell College

Scottish Business Awards

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Wholesale Association

Sector Skills Council

Servier Conference

Shell

SOCPO

Somerset College

Sony Ericsson

Spar UK

SSAT (Specialists Schools Academy Trust)

St Helens Chamber

Stationary Business Trade Show

Subway

The Association of Convenience Stores

The Chartered Institute of Marketing

The Executive Network

The Home Group

The National Association of Pension Funds

The Recruitment International Awards

The South East College

T-Mobile

Tribal Group PLC

TSB

Tufnels

Tyco International

Vodafone

UNITAS

Warwick Business School

Wolverhampton University

Women Business Link

Women in Leadership

Work and Pensions Leadership Conference

Wrexham International Science Festival

Xchanging Annual Insurance Market Conference

Yell

Yorkshire Women in Business Conference

what Karren's clients think:

"the feedback on your presentation at our Monaco conference has been exceptional. It certainly seems that you struck a chord with our staff, many of whom have said your presentation was both the highlight of the weekend and a really motivational experience."
Chris Meyer, Investec.