Simon Bucknall Connector		An award-winning speaker and trainer, Simon is the youngest person ever to win back-to-back GB & All Ireland Public Speaking titles. He is also the last person in the world you should ever consult for advice on DIY. Click here for full biography
James Marshall Connector		James Marshall is an expert Team Trainer and Executive Coach, with more than twenty years experience working in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Click here for full biography
Richard Mullender Connector		Richard is a former Scotland Yard hostage negotiator and Lead Trainer at the National Hostage & Crisis Negotiation Unit. Click here for full biography

Simon Bucknall European Champion of Public Speaking An award-winning speaker and trainer, Simon is the youngest person ever to win back-to-back GB & All Ireland Public Speaking titles. He is also the last person in the world you should ever consult for advice on DIY. In 2007, Simon placed in the top 20 out of 26,000 competing speakers worldwide at the World Championship of Public Speaking finals, hosted by Toastmasters International in Phoenix, Arizona. The following year, he was crowned European Champion of Public Speaking for Junior Chamber International (JCI), a global federation of more than 200,000 young leaders and entrepreneurs.

Today, drawing on a broad-based career background spanning corporate executive search, politics and consumer brand strategy & innovation, Simon helps professional people maximise their personal impact – as communicators and as leaders. His workshops and presentations have empowered audiences in the USA, India, the United Arab Emirates and Finland, as well as across the UK and Ireland.

In 2005, Simon recruited, developed and led the team of young volunteers who, against all the odds, secured the election of England’s youngest Member of Parliament, coming from third place to win.

He is a qualified Training Associate for Speakersbank, a national network of trainers and facilitators, empowering young people in state schools across London and the south-east with vital skills in communication and personal leadership.

An award-winning Training Director, Simon was recognized by JCI UK for delivering the Most Outstanding Training Programme of the Year in 2008. He has featured on television as a special guest on John Deykin’s Face-To-Face programme on City7tv, the UAE’s premier English language TV channel. He has also been interviewed on Business Tonight for Dubai Eye, Dubai’s premier Talk Radio Channel.

Simon is the Director of The Art Of Connection, a niche consultancy that specializes in helping ambitious professionals maximize their personal impact.


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James Marshall James Marshall is an expert Team Trainer and Executive Coach, with more than twenty years experience working in the private, public and voluntary sectors. A former BBC Radio and Television Producer specialising in psychology programmes, James has a passion for team dynamics and behaviour change. He has worked with a wide range of blue–chip clients, including Norvartis, Natural England, The Environment Agency, The Care Quality Commission, Citigroup, Standard Life, The Metropolitan Police, Institute Of Neurology, Channel 4, MTV and BASF.

Richard Mullender Richard is a former Scotland Yard hostage negotiator and Lead Trainer at the National Hostage & Crisis Negotiation Unit. With experience training staff at the U.N., security forces in Afghanistan, FBI agents and the Metropolitan Police, when it comes to language and listening, Richard’s tools and techniques are truly cutting edge. A communication specialist, he has delivered specialised courses in the art of influence, power of language and active listening skills for organisations all over the world.