Frances Cairncross Biography
Frances Cairncross is Rector of Exeter College, Oxford University. She is a great choice as a keynote speaker for topics that touch on the environment, economics, CSR (corporate social responsibility) and the future.
Frances chairs Britain's Economic and Social Research Council, and broadcasts on Marketplace and on the BBC. She was Management Editor of The Economist until 2004. Frances is the author of The Company of the Future, published in 2002. Frances examines the challenges and opportunities technology places on corporate structure. She also looks at the shifts resulting from the ‘death of distance’ – and outlines how companies, governments and environmentalists can make common cause.
Author
She is also the author of The Death of Distance, a study of the economic and social effects of the global communications revolution, first published in 1997 and re-published in a completely new edition in 2001. This insightful book about the cataclysmic changes sweeping through communication and how those changes will shape the future was shortlisted for the MCA Management Book Award. The book predicts the ways in which the communications revolution will tilt the balance between large and small, rich and poor, as it transforms many business and government decisions
She wrote two books about the environment, Costing the Earth: the Challenges for Government, the Opportunities for Business and Green, Inc., during her time as environment editor of The Economist between 1989 and 1994. She won the first Reuter's-Alpe Action award for her coverage during that period.
The Economist and Journalism
In her time on The Economist, she wrote widely on management topics, including on the future of corporate boards, on family firms and on issues around executive pay. She has lectured widely to audiences in several countries, including the World Economic Forum of top managers in Davos, Switzerland. She is an excellent conference chair, and has chaired a number of major conferences for The Economist group worldwide.
She previously held posts as principal economic columnist on the Guardian newspaper, and as editor of The Economist's Britain section.
She was educated at Oxford University and at Brown University, Rhode Island. She is a non-executive director of the Alliance & Leicester group, a FTSE100 company.
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Frances Cairncross Talks University Funding
17th September 2012
Keynote speaker on education, Frances Cairncross, spoke to the Independent about the failings of the current education system.
California Hosts TED 2012 â The Full Spectrum
1st March 2012
Speakers Corner boasts a vast selection of TED speakers, including Dr. Rachel Armstrong, Chris Anderson, Rory Bremner, Tim Harford, Magnus Lindkvist, Charles Hazlewood and Nic Marks.
Noreena Hertz Finishes New Book
4th April 2013
Keynote speaker and leading futurist, Noreena Hertz has finished her most recent book, which will be published in the US and the UK in September 2013.
Innovative Speakers Gather at TED 2012
28th June 2012
California is once again the sunny location for TED, the most innovative and exciting conference on the planet, where speakers with âideas worth spreadingâ gather to share their thoughts on technology, design, science, media, politics, the arts, and other insights on how to shape a better word.
Ruby Wax on Speaker Lineup for TEDGlobal 2012
11th May 2012
The TED website has announced the list of innovative speakers who will inspire at this yearâs conference, exploring the theme of Radical Openness, including comedian and corporate host Ruby Wax.
Noreena Hertz in Eco Magazine
17th January 2012
Professor Hertz, leading futurist, thinker, political economist, and engaging and passionate keynote speaker, makes the case for Co-op Capitalism in an interview for Eco magazine.
Noreena Hertz Announces New Book
10th January 2012
Visionary thinker and futurist, Noreena Hertz will release her latest book The Tiger and The Snake: Twelve Steps to Making Smarter Decision.
Sarah Lloyd-Hughes: âHow To Be A Brilliant Public Speakerâ
7th November 2011
Management Today asks Sarah Lloyd-Hughes, founder of Ginger Training & Coaching and author of âHow to be Brilliant at Public Speakingâ, for her top tips for public speaking.
Rachel Armstrong Talks âLiving Buildingsâ
25th October 2011
âLiving buildings could inhale city carbon emissionsâ, says Rachel Armstrong, senior TED fellow and co-director of Avatar, a research group exploring the potential of advanced technologies in architecture, tells www.cnn.com.
Big Ideas - Christian Majgaard, Lucy P. Marcus and Rachel Armstrong
18th October 2011
Corporate speakers and lauded innovation thinkers Christian Majgaard, Lucy P. Marcus and Rachel Armstrong grace The Big Ideas Factory in York for an evening of thought provoking debate and networking in Ron Cooke Hub's purpose built innovation space.
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