Artistes of the Month
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Penny Mallory, Ken Brown
Diane-Louise Jordan
Currently
Diane is a regular face on Songs of Praise (one of the BBC's longest running
programmes). At the start of her television career, Diane initially challenged
boundaries by becoming the first black presenter on Blue Peter.
Diane is a single parent to daughter Justine, who she adopted in the wake of her sister's tragic death in 1988. Justine is the inspiration behind Diane's book entitled "How to Succeed as a Single Parent".
Diane's underlying passion to encourage, motivate and inspire all people to "be the best they can possibly be" means that she seizes every opportunity to engage with all, whatever the situation. An inspirational and motivating speaker
Penny
Mallory
Penny
Mallory is one of a rare breed who is able to mix presenting TV shows,
motivating audiences, running a successful business, running marathons,
and writing about and driving cars!
Penny became National Ladies Champion Rally Driver in 1993 and went on to be one of the country’s top rally drivers. She followed this by becoming a precision stunt driver, playing both ‘Nicole and Papa’ in the famous Renault Clio commercials.
Penny currently presents the Used Car Roadshow with Jason Dawe on ITV. In its third series, this hugely popular show demonstrates what incredible Used Car Bargains are out there, and how buying new is crazy. Penny and Jason have a unique on-screen rapport which has contributed significantly to the show’s growing audience.
She beat stiff opposition to become the only female presenter on Channel 4's, long running television series, Driven. She has become one of the most popular presenters in Channel 4 polls and viewing figures were never less than 2.2 million. Driven was the first motoring programme to knock ‘Top Gear’ off the air after 21 years!
Alongside Driven, Penny presented Channel 4’s critically acclaimed World Rally Championship as well as the Le Mans and Beginners Guide. Apart from these flagship shows, Penny has presented the much repeated Channel 4 series Accident Black Spots and has been a regular on GMTV and This Morning.
Penny was the first woman in the world to qualify to compete in a World Rally car – the rallying equivalent of a Formula One car! She raced a Ford Focus WRC in her first rally for five years, the Rally of Great Britain- the last round of the World Championship. She was the first woman over the finishing line and won 4 awards including the Ladies and Journalists Trophies.
Penny is one of the founders of ttotal – the British tea equivalent of Starbucks. The tea system that Penny invented for delivering the perfect cup of tea, is now being served in nearly 200 sites around the UK. Buy great tea at www.ttotal.co.uk
Although Penny is an expert on cars and is passionate about all aspects of motorsport and engineering, she has trained in design and social work too. Working for some years as a graphic designer in advertising and as a sound engineer in a recording studio, areas of interest also cover furniture renovation, painting, DIY - in fact anything that is creative and practical.
Penny spends much of her time as an after dinner speaker, events host and motivational speaker.
Part of Penny’s character was no doubt shaped during her early teens, when she ran away from home and lived in hostels for homeless kids around London. Her sheer determination to survive on her own terms and her will to succeed at what ever she puts her mind to have enabled her to motivate and inspire others, both in business and socially. She has a natural ability to communicate with everybody and has a passion for helping others overcome whatever obstacles they may have. Her unique and inspirational story show that there is no limit to what you can achieve with will power and commitment!
She is passionate about running, and completed the London marathon in 4 hours and 40 mins. She also enjoys training her spaniel, Alfie.
"Penny was well received by the delegates at our International conference.
She was extremely positive and informative and everyone thoroughly enjoyed
what she has to say as it left them with many things to ponder on, especially
to never give up. On a personal level, Penny was charming and interesting
in all our dealings with her".
DAVID GOOCH, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
"I really found your story fascinating and I am very inspired by
your determination and ambition. The feedback forms were extremely positive
and everyone seemed to gain something from the day. You consistently scored
10 out of 10 on the feedback forms, one commented that your talk was the
most motivating he had ever heard. Another said it was good to listen
to a real story that was both interesting and entertaining."
PROJECT LEADER, IGD LEADING EDGE
"We were really pleased with the motivational presentation given
to our sales team, she was without doubt the best speaker we have had
to date".
LIFE PLUS
"Penny was delightful to work with and did a great job of facilitating
over our two day conference".
LIFE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
"Now I know what 'motivational' speaker means - and you're it! You
really helped launch our environmentally friendly vehicles, we were most
impressed with your enthusiasm".
HEAD OF ENVIRONMENT & LEISURE, CITY OF WESTMINSTER
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Ken Brown
Ken
can list five Ryder Cup appearances between 1977 and 1987 on his playing
record.
With four victories on the European Tour as well as wins on the US and
Safari circuits, Ken can certainly point to a highly successful career
behind him.
He has worked as a summariser on Five Live since 1990 and has also worked extensively on satellite TV and written for the Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard newspapers.
Ken is available for after dinner Q/As aswell as corporate golf days
and sporting dinners.
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