Who We Are
Riva Media is a speakers bureau and talent agency supplying Keynote Speakers, Motivational Speakers and other celebrity speakers, as well as Presenters and Moderators.
We offer the best speakers in the worlds of business, entertainment and the media, working as Conference Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Inspirational Speakers, Sports Speakers, After Dinner Speakers and Event Hosts.
Hot topics include speakers on diversity, technology and innovation, finance, leadership, sustainability and mental health.
Speakers and MCs
Ayo Sokale
Civil engineer, BBC Presenter, Former Deputy Mayor of Reading, Sustainability Speaker, Motivational Speaker, STEM Speaker, Neurodiversity Speaker, Entrepreneur, AI powered Tech CEO & Founder
Kathryn Parsons
Co-CEO Decoded, Sunday Times Columnist, Keynote Speaker on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Technology, Business, Motivational Speaker.
Sue Perkins
TV and Radio Presenter, The Great British Bake Off, Just a Minute, The News Quiz, Sunday Times Best Seller Author
Gary Lineker
TV Presenter, Match of the Day, Olympic Games, Former England Footballer, Sports Speaker, Keynote Speaker, After Dinner Speaker
Kevin McCloud
TV, Property Expert, Environmental and Sustainability Expert, Keynote Speaker, After Dinner Speaker, Celebrity Speaker
George Clarke
Television Presenter, The Restoration Man, Ugly House to Lovely House, Property Expert, Keynote Sustainability Speaker, After Dinner Speaker
Prof Brian Cox OBE
STEM Keynote Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Science Speaker, Presenter, Physicist
David Baddiel
Keynote Speaker, Events Host, Presenter, Comedian, Author
Jimmy Carr
Comedian, TV Presenter, 8 out of 10 Cats, Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Celebrity Speaker, Event Host, After Dinner Speaker
Gyles Brandreth
Performer, Writer, Broadcaster, Former MP, Editor-At-Large Sunday Telegraph Review, London Correspondent CBS News, Author
Phil Gayle
International News Anchor and Voice Artist, has presented for Channel 4, BBC, ITV, DW, also a Moderator, Facilitator, Event Host and Keynote Speaker
Bridgid Nzekwu
Highly experienced moderator and conference host. Former Channel 4 News anchor and ITV newsreader. Specialist in business, technology, and healthcare sectors.
Leah Williamson
England Women’s Football Captain, 2022 Euros winner, Motivational Speaker, International Women’s Day Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Sports Speaker
Rosanna Lockwood
International News Anchor, Business, Economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability Specialist, Moderator and Event Host.
Emma Vardy
Award-winning BBC Correspondent and Presenter, with specialisms which include UK and US Politics, Northern Ireland, Business, Technology, Sport. Event MC, Moderator, Keynote and Motivational Speaker.
Robyn Dwyer
Global News Anchor, Moderator, Event Host, Business specialist with extensive experience interviewing industry leaders worldwide, speaks fluent French
Sonya Barlow
BBC Presenter, LMF Network CEO, Author, Keynote Speaker, Moderator, Event MC, specialising in entrepreneurship, technology, gender equality, inclusion, future of work, diversity and neurodiversity
Andrea Byrne
Anchor of BAFTA Award Winning Wales at Six, ITV News Presenter, Crime Files for ITV Wales, Wales This Week, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Ambassador
Louis Theroux
Documentary Presenter, Weird Weekends, When Louis Met…, My Scientology Movie, Multi-BAFTA Winner, Virtual Events Host
Scott Mills
DJ for BBC Radio 1, Flirt Divert, Innuendo Bingo, The Official Chart, BBC Radio 5 Live, Contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, Ambassador for Team GB
Ade Adepitan
Sports Speaker, Presenter, Anti-Discrimination Champion, Paralympian
Lord Sugar
Business magnate, Star of BBC's Apprentice, Founded Amstrad, Former Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, Business Speaker
Baroness Karren Brady CBE
Businesswoman, Vice-chairman of West Ham United, Keynote Speaker, Business Speaker, TV Personality
Rory Bremner
Presenter, Actor, Spitting Image, Whose Line is it Anyway, Have I Got News for You, Comedian, Satirist, Columnist, Writer
Tim Campbell MBE
Keynote Speaker, Motivational Speaker, TV Personality, Entrepreneur
Nicola Adams OBE
Boxer, LGBT+ Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Olympic Champion, Ambassador of Fight For Peace, European and Commonwealth Games
Lenny Henry
Award-winning Comedian, Comic Relief, Presenter, West End actor, Othello, Diversity Speaker, Impressionist, Motivational Speaker
Harry Redknapp
Football Manager, West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Winner of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, After Dinner Speaker
Bear Grylls
Extreme Adventurer, Emmy Award-Nominated Programme Host, Ex-Soldier British Special Forces, Worked Alongside President Obama, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet
Mike Tindall MBE
Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Sports Speaker, Former Athlete
Dame Kelly Holmes
Olympic Gold Medallist at 800m and 1500m, Sports and Motivational Speaker, Keynote Speaker on mental health challenges
Preet Chandi
Skied solo across Antarctica - British Army Medical Officer - Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Diversity Speaker
Jeremy White
Senior Innovation Editor for Wired Magazine, Artificial Intelligence Speaker, Technology and Trends Speaker, Business Speaker
Andy Zaltzman
Renowned stand-up comedian, broadcaster, and author, is celebrated for his unique political satire and hosts the hit podcast The Bugle and BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz
Katherine Ryan
Actress, Writer, Presenter, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Live At The Apollo, Netflix comedy The Duchess
Steven Bartlett
Inspirational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Investor, Motivational Speaker
Michaela Strachan
Michaela Strachan was an ever-present face in the 1980s on programmes like Wide Wake Club, Boogie Box, Good Morning Britain and The Hitman and Her.
Chad Hurley
Co-founder and former CEO of YouTube, Co-Founder MixBit, Golden State Warriors and Leeds United Investor, Business Speaker
Dr Daniel Hulme
CEO of Satalia, Chief AI Officer at WPP, Global experti in Artificial Intelligence, especially Generative AI, Keynote Speaker on AI, AI Event Moderator/Host
Marc Randolph
Netflix Co-founder, Founder Macworld US and MacWarehouse, Business Speaker, Digital Transformation Speaker
Sophia the Robot/David Hanson
Artificial Intelligence expert, Global Technological Innovator, Technology Speaker, truly superhuman!
Roger Harrabin
Roger Harrabin is one of the media’s most influential voices on the environment, energy and climate change.
Sir Craig Oliver
Former Director of Politics and Communications to British PM, former Controller of BBC Global, Keynote Speaker on Geopolitics and Communications, Moderator, Podcast Host
Michael Johnson
Record Breaking Athlete, Olympic Gold medallist, Sports Speaker, Motivational Speaker, After Dinner Speaker
Eva Carroll
Keynote and Motivational Speaker on Social Mobility, Equality, Resilience, Mental Health and LGBTQ issues, Comedian, Presenter, Journalist, Actress, Campaigner, Workshop Coach and Trainer
Dex Hunter-Torricke
Head of Communications, Oversight Board for Meta, Former Head of Communications at SpaceX, Executive Communications Manager at Facebook and Executive at Google
Dr Göran Carstedt
Former Head of IKEA Retail Europe, Keynote Speaker, Environmental Speaker, Business Leader
Nina Schick
Author, advisor and speaker, specialising in Generative AI.
Jo Fairley
Co-founder of Green & Black’s, Eco Speaker, Business Speaker, Entrepreneur
Bruce Daisley
Former boss of Twitter EMEA & YouTube UK, Future of Work , Workplace Coach, Technology Speaker, Author, Podcaster, Leadership Speaker
Guy Verhofstadt
Former Belgian Prime Minister and EU Brexit Coordinator, Politics Keynote Speaker
Sir Andrew Strauss OBE
English Cricket Administrator, Former England Captain, Sports Speaker, Business Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Amar Latif
Motivational Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Presenter, TV Personality
Phil Tufnell
Inspirational Speaker, Presenter, TV Personality, Former Cricketer
Jonny Wilkinson
Former England Rugby Player, World Cup Winner, British Lions, Six Nations, ITV Sport Pundit, World Rugby Hall of Fame, Keynote Speaker
David Rowan
Keynote Speaker, Tech Speaker, founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition
Mika Hakkinen
Double Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen scored back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999 as lead driver for the all-conquering McLaren Mercedes Benz team.
David Coulthard MBE
David Coulthard is a former Formula 1 Grand Prix driver, television broadcaster, author and entrepreneur.
Shivvy Jervis
Leading Innovation Forecaster, Keynote Speaker on AI, Innovation, Trends and the Future of Work, Motivational Speaker, Technology Presenter, Moderator and MC.
William Chase
Founder of Tyrrells Crisps - Entrepreneur - Business Speaker, Sustainability Speaker
Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool and England footballer, Keynote Speaker, Events Host, Commentator, Presenter, Sports Speaker
Tim Sweeney
Keynote Speaker, Tech Speaker, Gaming Speaker, Entrepreneur, Programmer
Alan Shearer
Former England, Newcastle, Blackburn and Southampton striker, highest scorer in Premier League history, Match of the Day, Celebrity Sports Speaker
Dame Sarah Storey
Britain's most successful paralympian, 19 x gold medalist, record-breaking elite athlete, keynote speaker on resilience and motivation
Moderators and Facilitators
Phil Gayle
International News Anchor and Voice Artist, has presented for Channel 4, BBC, ITV, DW, also a Moderator, Facilitator, Event Host and Keynote Speaker
Partnered by the IRT Media Group, Riva runs social media campaigns and attracts brand partnerships on behalf of its clients. Specialising in the biggest issues of our age we have the best speakers on digital transformation, artificial intelligence, technology, cyber security, sustainability, climate change, the environment, diversity and gaming.
Our client list includes the BBC, Microsoft, EY, Cisco, BMW, Barclays, HSBC, BSH, the United Nations, the European Commission, SAP, Kaspersky, Total, ITN and News UK.
Our Services
OUR SERVICES STRETCH FAR BEYOND PROVIDING TALENT FOR CORPORATE EVENTS…
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Product Launches
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Content Marketing
Television
Film
Fashion
Testimonials
Riva Media is my go to agency for sourcing European speakers. Harry and Cat are fantastic to work with and make the process smooth and easy. From providing speaker recommendations, negotiating contracts and coordinating logistics – the execution is seamless. I always enjoy working with this incredible agency
Harry, I’d like to THANK YOU for your incredible partnership ahead of our first ever Government Digital Transformation Summit. I particularly appreciated how you took the time to understand the context and purpose of this high-profile event, and worked closely with me to identify the perfect speakers for the different sessions in our agenda. Your counsel and flexibility made it so easy to secure just the right people to help inspire and educate our audience of government marketing practitioners. In addition, I was so grateful for how you took complete ownership of the process of liaising with speakers, provided us with timely updates and flagged any issues before they even arose!
Riva Media are very professional and responsive. I recently had a very pleasant experience of booking a public speaker through them and it couldn't have gone better - looking forward to working with them again in the future.
Riva Media are fantastic to work with. All their speakers are extremely professional. They are the go-to agents for us.
Harry Gibson and Riva Media are a pleasure to work with. Harry is highly efficient, communicative and knowledgeable about the business. Working together with Riva Media is a very effective, collaborative experience. We look forward to working together on many further events in the future!
We've been impressed by the range and quality of speakers, moderators and event hosts provided by Riva Media. We also greatly appreciate their swift responses to any inquiries and the efficiency with which they handle their business.
I've had two previous agents over my career of 20+ years and Harry Gibson @RivaMedia is the best by far. Proactive, collaborative, he genuinely cares about his clients. Highly recommended!
Riva Media has been representing me for years both in London and Istanbul. The CEO, Harry Gibson, really understands every inch of the TV industry and journalism. When it comes to putting us forward for event hosting and moderating, he always defends our value. In sum, he always wants the best for his clients and always has our back!
Great service, professional and supportive staff. An industry leader!
Harry Gibson and Riva Media are a pleasure to work with. Harry is highly efficient, communicative and knowledgeable about the business. Working together with Riva Media is a very effective, collaborative experience.
I’ve been working for Riva Media for over two years and it has been a pleasure working for them. They are professional, value their employees and have a great work ethic. Proud to be a member of such a great team and looking forward to more years of working together. Thank you Riva Media!
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