Ben Stocken
Ben is founder of Atherio, creating a Leadership Intelligence Platform that drives management performance in real-time. With 20+ years advising FTSE 250 firms and fast growth businesses, he knows what it takes to lead at every level. A former England Rugby coach and adventure athlete who summited the world's 10th deadliest mountain and completed the Marathon Des Sables, Ben's storytelling fuses elite performance with practical application. Audiences gain concrete methods to improve team engagement, productivity and wellbeing that deliver bottom line results today.
Ashley Leeds
Ashley Leeds is a LinkedIn coach, speaker and community builder who helps accountants and bookkeepers get visible in just 15 minutes a day. A former chef turned top-performing software sales rep, he has spent over 18 years in the accounting space. Five years ago, his wife convinced him to leave employment and back himself, growing his business almost entirely through LinkedIn. Known as “The 15 Minute Guy”, he is hosting the Social Media Hub at Accountex. He specialises in helping “normal” accountants and bookkeepers who hate showing off to feel confident on LinkedIn.
Andy North
Andy has spent 25 years embedded in the UK accounting profession. After two decades leading AccountingWEB, he now heads up customer engagement at TaxCalc. He’s written books, articles and countless campaigns, and brings a blunt, practitioner-level view of what actually works for accountants growing modern firms.