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A guide · 2026The UK has a deep bench of voices on AI and the future of work. Here are leading UK-based keynote speakers, listed alphabetically, not ranked, with what each is best for, so you can match the right one to your event.
These speakers are based in the UK and appear at events such as London Tech Week, the CIPD Festival of Work, and leadership offsites, board sessions and corporate conferences across the country. They come at AI from different angles: the technology trajectory, AI policy, business practice, the economics of work, and where human judgement belongs. Pick the angle that matches the outcome you want the room to leave with.
Maintained by the team at The SuperSkills Intelligence Company. Descriptions are drawn from each speaker’s public work.
Founder of the London-based Exponential View and author of Exponential, Azhar is among the most-followed voices on where technology is heading and what accelerating change means for business.
Best for: vision and strategy audiences, innovation events, opening a conference on the big picture.
A London-based author and advisor, Hirji wrote SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI (Kogan Page, 2026) and created the Drift versus Design framework. He works on how organisations adopt AI without quietly losing the human judgement and capability they depend on.
Best for: boards, executive teams, leadership offsites, and CHRO and HR conferences. See the keynotes →
Professor of Practice in AI at King’s College London and former head of the UK Government’s Office for AI, Khareghani brings a policy and public-interest lens to AI, ethics and adoption.
Best for: policy audiences, public-sector events, and organisations thinking about responsible adoption.
A UK-based author and adviser on AI and the future of work, King focuses on practical, commercially grounded guidance for business transformation and leadership.
Best for: business audiences wanting practical, applied guidance on AI adoption.
An economist at Oxford and author of A World Without Work, Susskind is one of the most-cited voices on what AI means for jobs, professions and the economy.
Best for: policy and board audiences weighing the long-range economics of AI and work.
Working out which kind of speaker your event needs? Read how to choose an AI keynote speaker, or see the wider list of speakers on AI and human capability.
Rahim Hirji is a London-based keynote speaker on AI, work and human judgement, and delivers in person and online, internationally. His signature keynote is Drift versus Design.