Lord Sebastian Coe
KBE, Chairman
London Olympics

One of the greatest athletes in British history with four Olympic medals, Lord Sebastian Coe has been no less successful in the commercial world. As head of the London bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and, after winning that bid, he became the Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG). Lord Coe will use his own experiences to illustrate the link between leadership and performance excellence.

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Tim Smit
CBE, CEO
The Eden Project

Starting out in architecture and then working for 10 years in the music industry, Tim was a recognised entrepreneur from the outset. He went on to restore Britain’s well-loved Lost Gardens of Heligan, now attracting a phenomenal 400,000 visitors a year and voted the nations favourite gardens. Tim is now best known as the CEO and co-founder of The Eden Project, which opened in 2000 and has totalled over 6 million visitors since, pulling together the cultural, education & commercial sector like no other business. Receiving numerous awards, it is recognised as one of the UK’s most innovative commercial projects setting precedent for any business operating in 21st Century. Tim will relay his experience of business innovation and leadership.

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Daniel T. Jones
Chairman
The Lean Enterprise Academy

Daniel Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying Lean to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of Lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. His work has inspired the very successful implementation of Lean by Tesco and many other companies. He is the co-author of the influential, best-selling management books - The Machine that Changed the World, and Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Organisation - which describe the principles and practice of lean thinking in production.

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Other speakers include:

• Holger Winklbauer, MD First Choice, Deutsche Post World Net
• Steve Towers, CEO, BPM Group
• Julian Turner, MD, Westfield Sportscars Ltd
• Justin Chapman, SVP, Northern Trust
• Lena Olving, SVP Process Excellence & Total Quality, Volvo Cars
• Mark Ellis, Senior Managing Director, HR, Bear Stearns
• Baudouin Michelet, VP & Head of Quality Improvement, UCB
• Estelle Clark, Group Business Assurance Director, Lloyds Register
• Liam Palmer, Senior Manager, HSBC Bermuda
• Evin Kose, VP Process Management, Finansbank
• Martin Rowlands, Global R&D Manager, Dow Corning
• Chris Driscoll, Associate Director Corporate Quality Assurance, Amgen
• Gaetano Cascini, President, ETRIA (European TRIZ Association)
• Neil Bannerman, Director Business Transformation, ScottishPower Energy Retail
• Ian McMorrough, Director Process Improvement EMEA, Rockwell Automation
• Alan Harrison, Director Business Improvement & Global Lean Champion, Weir Clear Liquid Division, The Weir Group Plc
• Pierre Bayle, OPEX Programme Manager & MBB Trainer, Whirlpool
• Carl Halford, Head of Process and European Project Management, Ikon Office Solutions
• Tom Falcon, Director Strategy & Process Excellence, A.P. Moller – Maersk
• Peter Evans, Director Quality & Operational Excellence, Virgin Media
• Luis Relvas, IC&M Deployment Manager Europe, Delphi
• Gordon McNeil, Head of Capability Improvement, Sellafields, BNFL
• Christian Bovenkamp, Director Talent & Organisational Development, Bombardier Transportation
• Andre Julien, Manager Competence Center Process Management & Improvement, ING Bank
• Merel Ritsma, Managing Director, Six Sigma & Lean Merits
• Juergen Mees, Director Six Sigma Programme, Business Excellence Team, T-Mobile
• Adam Bennett, Director Business Process Improvement, Network Rail
• Mark Johnson, Programme Manager, Retail Change, J. Sainsburys
• Stephen Dawes, Head of Quality, GE Commercial Finance
• Christian Matei, Business Transformation Champion, Alstom Power
• Brian Monakali, Senior Manager: Lean Six Sigma MBB, Lonmin Platinum, South Africa
• Chris Clenton, Senior Manager Process Documentation, Royal Bank of Scotland
• Liam Mcgrath, Six Sigma Leader, Royal & SunAlliance
• Roger Cliffe, Quality Director, Vodafone
• Geert Devos, MBB & Continuous Improvement Leader Manufacturing Europe, Volvo Cars
• Jean-Bernard George-Roux, Senior Performance Manager, Corporate HR, France Telecom Group

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