Company background:  Carol Jones, the founder and Managing Director of Select Speakers Ltd, once appeared in Nigel Dempster’s diary page of the Daily Mail under the heading ‘another Jones has the gift of the gab’. 

The article referred to her following her employer Sir John Harvey-Jones as a speaker.  With his encouragement Carol combined her role as his PA with speaking at a number of conferences.  She then started a company which provides speakers for conferences and other events.  Of course top of her speakers’ list is Sir John himself, one of Britain’s foremost and best-known business speakers.  Since it’s inception in 1996, the company has compiled a unique portfolio of speakers.  The company specialises in offering speakers a total representation service, including comprehensive administrative back-up, promotion and publication, marketing and book-keeping. 

The company also prides itself on its unique position of helping unrecognised and aspiring professional speakers.

From it’s background of working closely with speakers like Sir John, the company has acquired a comprehensive working knowledge of the liaison and organisation skills required when organising speaking engagements.  Select takes pride in offering an efficient and effective yet friendly and courteous service for anyone seeking speakers for all types of events and conferences.

Sir John was quoted some time ago as saying: ‘Carol is very high-powered and extremely efficient’.  It is these qualities she brings to her own business combined with a friendly unstuffy attitude and a belief that business should be fun – still embodying this view of business Select Speakers as a company has grown into a key player in the UK speaking industry.

The above qualities are applied to everyday business and anyone who contacts us. Our client page can testify to the diversity of size and nature of the businesses we care for.

Select Speakers now offers professional speakers for corporate events, speakers for consultancy and interim management, a representation service for professional speakers, a career plan for aspiring professional speakers, and budget speakers who are excellent presenters and experts in particular areas of business but not well known (or destined for stardom but still building their reputation) that offer extremely good value.

In November 2003 Carol was awarded the ‘Five Counties Business Women of the Year’ Award. The sponsors Broomfield and Alexander, Gwent Enterprise, Gwent Business Womens’ Network and Ngb2b awarded her the title not only for her own achievements but for also raising the profile of women in business in South Wales and in 2004 was runner-up as the ‘Five Counties Entrepreneur of the Year’.