Building a Culture of Innovation

Originally trained as a product & industrial designer, Cris Beswick spent over a decade as a successful entrepreneur & CEO building an award-winning design group. After structuring a full exit in 2008 he founded The Future Shapers, an innovation consultancy specialising in working with CEOs and senior teams on the strategy, leadership and culture required for innovation. As such Cris has coached, advised and delivered keynotes to some of the worlds most successful companies on how to become exceptional by building game-changing innovation capability and embedding it into organisational culture. Cris Beswick has also delivered executive education on innovation for leading UK and international business schools such as Henley Business School, Cranfield University's Centre for Competitive Creative Design and Synergy Business School in Dubai, to name but a few.

Formerly head of HR for Goldman Sachs France and Switzerland and with 16 years experience working in change management for various investment banks across the globe, Jo Geraghty brings a wealth of practitioner experience to change projects. With a global reputation as an expert in building high performance cultures, Jo Geraghty specialises in working with CEOs and leadership teams of global organisations operating in large, complex and regulated environments; helping to deliver sustainable performance improvements through successful organisational culture change. A co-founder of boutique agency Culture Consultancy, Jo is also a speaker on high-performance leadership and organisational culture and a regular guest lecturer at several of the UKs leading business schools.

Formerly head of customer service at AXA, Derek Bishop has over twenty years experience of leading people and delivering business results in high volume, complex environments. As an expert on culture change, leadership development and customer experience he is considered one of the leading thinkers on creating high-performance businesses. As well as being an author and speaker Derek Bishop is the co-founder of boutique agency Culture Consultancy and works with leadership teams of global organisations, helping to deliver sustainable performance improvements through successful organisational culture change. Thanks to his unique skill set, experience and thought leadership perspectives, Derek is also a trusted adviser to several CEOs and senior teams around the world.