Karren Brady

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Karren Brady Biography

Karren Brady - Conference and keynote speaker, business, motivational
Topics:
  • Business
  • Leadership
  • Motivation & Teamwork
  • Sport
  • Women

Karren Brady is known as the first woman of football - she was Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club between 1993 and 2009 and turned the Club’s fortunes around.  Karren's experience and unique position in the world of football make her an ideal choice for a business or motivational speaker. In 2009, it was announced that Karren would replace Margaret Mountford as Lord Alan Sugar's new assistant in the sixth series of the Apprentice.

Conference Speaker

Karren’s experience and knowledge of leadership, motivation, team-building and change through her career have made her an ideal speaker for any organisation looking to improve their performance and bottom line. Karren’s experiences as a woman in a male dominated business has meant Karren has a unique focus on the lighter issues of life.

Before Birmingham City FC

Karren Brady began her career at LBC when she was 18 years old and moved swiftly onto Saatchi & Saatchi as Account Handler.  She joined Sports Newspapers Limited in 1988 and became Director within a year. This meteoric rise provided her with the foundations to progress onto her next challenge.

At Birmingham City

In her first year at the helm, (1993) the club recorded a financial trading profit. In 1996 the club made its first overall profit for the first time in modern history and was in a position to launch on AIM in February 1997.  During her last few years as MD, Karren increased the average gate of the Club from 6,000 to a sell out capacity of over 30,000.  She was the highest placed woman in football in the UK and was the only woman in charge of a Premier League Football Club in the Country and the highest placed in Europe.

She made constructive changes at Birmingham City and her community projects such as the Kids a Quid Scheme, the Family Stand environment, the Community Classroom and other similar initiatives have been emulated and copied elsewhere.

In 2010 Karren moved on from Birmingham and was appointed vice-chairman of West Ham United by new joint chairmen, David Sullivan and David Gold.

The Apprentice

In March 2006 she was chosen as the team leader on BBC1’s The Apprentice, for Comic Relief, where she lead the girls team to a resounding victory over the boys team raising over £750k (the two teams together raising £1million) for Comic Relief.

Following her appearances as one of Lord Sugar's interrogator at the interview stage of the popular BBC series The Apprentice, Karren will replace Margaret Mountford as Lord Sugar's right hand woman in the forthcoming sixth series of the show.

TV & Radio Appearances

Karren has attracted much media attention as the highest placed woman in football and was the subject of an hour long documentary ‘Inside Story – The Real Life Manageress’ shown on BBC1.  She also hosted her own TV show and is regularly featured in the papers and on TV and radio. 

Karren is a columnist for The Sun, The Evening Mail in Birmingham, and The Guardian.  She is a judge of the Cosmopolitan Women of Achievement Awards and the Sports Industry Awards. She was voted by Cosmopolitan as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world and in 2004 and again in 2006 attended The Queen’s lunch for Women Achievers and Business Leaders. She was acknowledged as one of the most influential women in Britain by the Daily Mail and voted as one of Britain’s Most Inspirational Women by Good Housekeeping magazine. In November 2006 she won the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year, in the category of Women Who Have Changed the World.

Books

Karren has written a number of books

Karren is married to Canadian World Cup striker Paul Peschisolido and has two children. 

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Outside of appearing and speaking at live corporate and private events Karren Brady has a number of retail products available that can be purchased through Speakers Corner. For upcoming new book and product launches related to Karren Brady then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

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Karren Brady News

A selection of relevant news related to Karren Brady and Business stories. For more information on Karren Brady or details as to how to book Karren Brady for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

Stephen Fry pleased as punch with new appointment
16th August 2010It has been announced that Stephen Fry has been appointed to join the board at Norwich City football club and he joins a league of writers, chefs, and business leaders such as Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady who are well-acquainted with the world of business and football
A Third of Women Take on the Role of Breadwinner
20th July 2010As a survey announces the rise of women’s involvement in domestic financial affairs, speakers such as entrepreneur Kanya King MBE and scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE are also becoming increasingly popular. However, is there more to the figures than initially meets the eye?
Arjun Rajyagor Wins Junior Apprentice 2010
11th June 201017 year old Arjun from Essex won the first series of Junior Apprentice last night, & the juniors showed the adults a thing or two as they posted the biggest profits ever recorded since The Apprentice began. Business keynote speaker Karren Brady was on hand to assist 'Uncle Lord Sugar'.
First episode of BBC1's Junior Apprentice with Lord Sugar, Karren Brady & Nick Hewer tonight
12th May 2010A new series, Junior Apprentice, starts tonight with Lord Sugar putting a group of 16 & 17 year olds through some interesting business tasks. In the first episode, the challenge is to sell £500 worth of cheese at a London market. At Alan Sugar's side are Karren Brady and Nick Hewer
Adrian Chiles on his way to ITV as its all change on the magazine show front
20th April 2010Adrian Chiles is on his way to host GMTV as it is all change on both ITV's GMTV and the BBC's One Show as rumours are flying around regarding who will be hosting alongside Adrian Chiles and be taking over from him on The One Show - it is already known that Chris Evans will be hosting on Friday but beyond that is all speculation
International Woman's Day is today as the first woman, Kathyrn Bigelow, wins Best Director
8th March 2010International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The first IWD was run in 1911.
Karren Brady takes on bigger role in new series of the Apprentice
1st September 2009CEO of Birmingham Football Club, Karren Brady is to take over Margaret Mountford's role on the hit television show The Apprentice. As a long standing friend of Lord Sugar's, Karren has been associated with the series for many years, putting the candidates through their paces in the gruelling interview process. Karren is due to step down from her role at Birmingham FC once the club is taken over
Trouble brews and The Apprentice hasn't even begun
18th March 2009Sir Alan Sugar and Nick Hewer returns to our screens on BBC One on the 25th March as the show that has spawned some great motivational and business speakers such as Tim Campbell and Michelle Dewberry is back. The new series on the Apprentice returns and there is trouble before it even begins.
The Apprentice's Claire Young 'scores Birmingham City job'
25th June 2008She was pipped at the post in the final of The Apprentice, but runner-up Claire Young has shown she doesn’t need Sir Alan Sugar to succeed.
Karren Brady set for Apprentice appearance
30th May 2008Footie boss Karren Brady is to have a say in who's hired and who's fired on The Apprentice.

Karren Brady Reviews

Karren Brady has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Karren Brady for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Karren Brady for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

"Just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to talk to the ladies at Capital One yesterday, they found your talk motivating, inspiring and refreshingly honest!"
Capital One

"Fabulous session from Karren Brady. Superb content and delivery, one of our best speakers"
Chief Nursing Conference

"Thanks for your lovely note and contribution to last night's successful press evening, feedback from journalists has been extremely positive. Let me also take this opportunity to say thanks on behalf of my team, you certainly made quite an impression."
Sony Ericsson

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