MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER: Juan Senor

Juan Senor is one of Europe’s leading business presenters as well as an established independent producer and director. Until recently he was a presenter and senior London correspondent for International Herald Tribune Television.

Before that he was a presenter for CNBC Europe in London where he presented Europe Today, Market Watch and the Squawk Box. Mr. Senor has also worked as a presenter for Wall Street Journal TV/EBN. Media Report which he presented at EBN was voted Europe’s Best Business Programme by a poll of viewers in 1998.

From 1990 to 1995 Mr. Senor was a foreign affairs and defence reporter for the prestigious American PBS programme: The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour. While at the NewsHour his exclusive interviews with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin received an EMMY nomination.

Mr. Senor has also won numerous journalism awards – including prizes by the German Marshall Fund and Georgetown’s Institute of Political Journalism.

A Spanish national educated in Europe and the US, he completed his university degrees in New York and has an undergraduate diploma from the University of Oxford. Mr. Senor is conversant in six languages.

In 2004 Mr. Senor skied to the North Pole to raise money for charity. The expedition has become the subject of a National Geographic special and motivational speeches to corporate and sportsmen gatherings. His presentation entitled ‘The 10 Rules of the Arctic – Leadership lessons from the ice we can apply to any business or human enterprise’ is a multimedia inspirational and motivational account of his trek to the North Pole with practical advice for any group looking to achieve challenging objectives.

In 2005 he will lead an expeditionary crossing of the Western Sahara on foot also for charity. He has also trekked across the Gobi desert in Mongolia and climbed several 4,000-metre summits.
And in 2006, Mr. Senor plans to lead the first international expedition of disabled athletes ever to ski to the South Pole. The objective is to show that with determination any disabled person can achieve even the most difficult of challenges.

Customer Feedback

KPMG Worldwide Tax Conference, Prague :
‘Just had a look at the feedback forms from all the partners at the conference and you got top marks’...Julie Abrahams, Director of Communications, KPMG Global

British Telecom’s Annual Meeting, Barcelona :
‘Thanks for your note Juan, and thanks for all your hard work too, the event was a great success and the client is very pleased. You did an excellent job and I hope that we have the opportunity to work together again. Thanks again Juan and best wishes. Kind regards ‘
Heather Robinson Senior Producer THA Communications Ltd

Warwick University, United Kingdom :
‘Juan, Just a brief note to say many thanks for all your efforts on Friday when you came up to Warwick. I enjoyed meeting you and appreciated all your professionalism - and good humour! I hope our paths will cross sometime again in the near future.... Best wishes, ‘
John Read, Marketing Director

World Association of Newspapers Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :
Your presentations are always thoughtful and provocative. Best regards.
Gloria B. Anderson Vice President, The New York Times News Services Division

‘Thank you for a fascinating and entertaining presentation. The feedback has been very positive. See you next year.’Timothy Balding, President WAN