Richard Reeves

European Business Speaker of the Year 2007

Richard Reeves is one of the fastest-rising stars on the speaking circuit. He energises, provokes, amuses - as well as delivering genuine leading-edge thinking on the key business issues of the day. Richard's varied background, spanning senior executive positions, central government, top-rank journalism and academia, gives his presentations a unique blend of experience and breadth of vision. He consistently hits the highest marks for both content and delivery: a rare double.

The Guardian dubs him 'Britain's leading expert on workplace trends'. The Daily Telegraph worries that his ideas are 'utopian'. Those who hear him say they've had a 'wake-up call'. He is my audiences as 'inspiring', 'highly entertaining', 'brilliant' and 'fascinating'. Richard is certainly challenging. He is provocative. He is thoughtful. But he's never dull.

A high-profile writer and first-choice commentator, Richard is a columnist for Management Today and writes regularly for The Observer, The Guardian, Director Magazine and numerous other publications. He is also a regular on showcase radio and TV programmes. He was a co-presenter of the BBC2 series "Making Slough Happy".

Richard is the author of the highly-publicised Happy Mondays - putting the pleasure back into work, which calls for revolutionary re-evaluation of modern working life. The Sunday Times describes the book as an 'infectious polemic' and nominated it Business Book of the Week. Julie Burchill hates it, Amazon says it is 'an alluring vision of what it already means for some and could become for many', while Theodore Zeldin said it was a 'wonderful book - optimistic, wise and thoughtful.'

Who is Richard Reeves?

Richard runs his own consultancy and research business, working with blue-chip clients and leading research institutes. He is a research associate of The Work Foundation, a member of the advisory board of The Talent Foundation and a Fellow of the RSA.

He worked most recently as both Director of Consultancy and Director of Futures at The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society), leading the organisation's thinking on work and organisational change.

Richard has enjoyed a successful career as a national newspaper journalist and columnist, both in London and Washington DC - and is a former Young Financial Journalist of the Year.

He has also worked as a principal policy adviser to the Minister for Welfare Reform; been a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, one of the UK's premier think-tanks; and worked as a researcher at the University of London.

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