Aidan Burley

Aidan Burley is an experienced and dynamic business leader whose extraordinary influence extends across a wide range of sectors including government, public service, politics, technology, law, the arts, education, television, sport and military. Over the course of a stellar career, he has operated as a highly successful management consultant, strategic leader in a major technology company, Member of Parliament and the founder of two super successful businesses. His most recent venture was to set up the ground-breaking speaker agency Speakers of Influence that includes on its roster former Prime Ministers, ex-Chancellors, other senior politicians, former high-ranking civil servants and leaders in business, sport, the law, travel, journalism, education and television. What is unique about the agency is that for every paid engagement undertaken by a speaker, they are expected to give up time to visit a school in a disadvantaged area or assist a charity in their field to become more effective. As Conservative MP for Cannock Chase for five years, winning the seat in 2010 with a record swing, Aidan secured £100 million investment to upgrade critical railway infrastructure in the West Midlands. Earlier in his career as a high-profile management consultant he led the introduction of the 101 non-emergency phone number, which handles millions of calls for the police and emergency services.