Jo Keeler is the Managing Director of Belbin Associates. During her 20 year tenure at Belbin, Jo has been responsible for spearheading strategic and operational activities, and building the Belbin brand, both in the UK and worldwide. In addition to liaising with global Belbin partners, Jo leads the UK team and works closely with Dr Meredith Belbin to ensure that innovation is always in line with the company’s ethos.

In recent years, Jo has focused her efforts on bringing the Belbin message to international audiences, inspiring them to use the Team Role framework to usher in lasting team and business performance improvements.

Jo’s global speaking engagements have taken her to conferences from Auckland to Hangzhou to Saint Louis, via universities in Estonia and Poland, to name but a few. In the UK, Jo has been a guest lecturer at Cranfield University and Goldsmiths University, and has spoken regularly for various organisations including: the CIPD, The Institute of Leadership, The Association of Coaching, the Staff Development Forum and the Charity Learning Consortium.

Kate role is informed by her career as a senior academic in a university business school, focusing on strategy, leadership and professional development. 

Kate is also a conference keynote speaker, internationally, and provides expert commentary on a range of topics. She is regularly quoted in regional, national and international media, has appeared on both BBC television and radio, is a Forbes contributor and has a regular column in Dialogue Review, the business magazine for leaders.
 

As national technology officer, Microsoft Ireland, Kieran partners with public sector customers to address their technology challenges, realise their opportunities and pursue their priorities. 

Prior to this role he was director of technology programs at DXC Technology, working across a broad spectrum of programs including open source software, digital transformation, innovation, technical career advancement and intellectual property management. Previously, Kieran worked with Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation collaborating with many of the world’s largest companies. 

He is a frequent conference speaker, internationally, a regular contributor to industry publications, author of four books on messaging technology and has over ten patents pending. 

Ronan Leonard is a technology journalist and founder and CEO of Tech Doctor Ltd where he is a blogging consultant for technology businesses. He is also a senior writer and podcaster for Irish Tech News, an award-winning, online, technology publication that won the Best Business Digital and Technology Website award, twice in the last three years at the Irish Blog Awards.