
Join our conversation with Simerjeet Singh, listed among the top 10 motivational speakers for 2021 by the Indian Speaker Bureau, and in the top twenty on the Best Global Trainers website.
Simerjeet began his career as a corporate trainer after nearly a decade of global experience in hospitality. Simerjeet learned many lessons from years of cultivating teamwork at institutions such as the Grand Hyatt Dubai, Marriott International, and others. Singh has supported clients across industries, including HP, IHG, Novo Nordisk and PwC... He offers the freshness of an outsider’s perspective, and his purpose is to empower leaders and changemakers.
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John Mark Williams
Chief Executive Officer
John Mark Williams was appointed CEO of The Institute of Leadership in September 2020, having previously held a number of CEO and Director positions in the UK, Middle East and Far East.
John is a Global Advisory Board member for the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council, and has been a consultant to the UN International Trade Centre.
He has been a Diversity Champion for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and an adviser to the Cabinet Office on strategy and leadership. He collected an Association Leadership Award in the UK’s Association Excellence Awards 2023.
John is a member of the Business Advisory Board at Newcastle Business School, and has chaired SME Symposia at successive Commonwealth Trade & Investment Summits.
John has been a guest lecturer on Strategy and International Business at universities in the UK and Europe for many years, has written chapters for business books, and occasionally writes about business for online publications. In 2024 John was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from Northumbria University, in recognition of his services to international business.

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