Luke Battye Managing Partner – Sprint Valley Luke Battye is a behavioural scientist and founder of Sprint Valley, a strategy and innovation consultancy that helps organisations tackle complex challenges and unlock commercial growth. For over seven years, Luke and his team have supported leadership and operational teams at brands including Nike, Intel, McDonald’s, Virgin Atlantic, Scottish Power, and The Red Cross – generating an average return of £11 for every £1 invested, and maintaining a Net Promoter Score of 9.4. Sprint Valley specialises in helping companies shake off legacy ways of working and modernise how teams collaborate – so they can grow sales, increase margin, and become more valuable to customers. Their approach blends behavioural science, design thinking, and test-and-learn experimentation. They catalyse action through research, shape strategy with the teams closest to delivery, and build momentum by prototyping and scaling what works. Whether the challenge is falling customer loyalty, siloed innovation, or declining margin, Luke’s team works fast to turn insight into impact – driving transformation from the inside out. At the core of the work is a belief that when people leave work proud, they arrive home happy.
Katie Clift CEO & Founder – may:be agency WBS Alum
Nicola Benjamin CEO and Founder of Project Management Global Nicola Benjamin is the CEO and Founder of Project Management Global, a specialist media and marketing platform sharing online news, insights and development advice for project professionals. Nicola is also a Senior Associate with the Global consultancy firm Ove Arup Ltd. Where she is a Rail Sector Business Lead and is also a Skills Leader. Overseeing the professional development of project consultants in the UK, India, Middle East and Africa. Nicola has over twenty years’ experience in project management delivery specialising in technology, major projects and utilities. She has worked in both the public and private sectors leading numerous Transformation and Change management programmes. In 2019 Nicola qualified as a Chartered Project Professional, she also holds an MBA and Diploma in Strategic Leadership from Warwick Business School. Nicola has built a considerable network across the project industry having worked closely with several of the main industry associations, educational, training and research providers. She is a regular guest speaker at conferences and industry events. Nicola began publishing articles on career development in April 2023 and has since written over 150 articles and produced over 100 guidance documents. She grew her subscriber base to over 6000 professionals globally before formally setting up Project Management Global in 2024. A
passionate communicator and advocate for life- long learning, Nicola remains at the forefront of the project profession.
An MBA scholar of Warwick Business School, Katie has worked internationally on both sides of communications – in the media and as a PR, spokesperson, and corporate affairs executive – for both the private and public sectors for 20 years. She has 15 years of experience as a moderator and commentator, presenting sessions, interviews, and press conferences globally, from the World Economic Forum in Davos to the Union for International Cancer Control’s World Cancer Congress, Warwick Business School Panels, international webinars, podcasts, and various in-person and online events. Katie was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in her 30s, and after 18 months of active treatment, returned to life and work more determined than ever to bring counter-cultural PR to the forefront, upscaling communications for organisations globally. Katie founded maybe at its core to be counter-cultural PR. maybe is actually two words: a contraction of “what may be”. It’s bold, definitive and results driven, and so is her agency. Her team is focused on pushing the boundaries of true possibility in PR, moving the needle from an outdated industry narrative of “maybe it’s possible, maybe we can do it…” to “let’s see what may:be.”
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