Chris Roebuck

Chris Roebuck

Keynote Speaker: Global Leadership Speaker & Transformational Leadership Expert; British Army Veteran

Chris Roebuck Biography

For 30+ years, Chris Roebuck has been helping leaders and their organizations stop underachieving and stressing under the pressure of too much work and too little time to achieve more.

To overcome challenges, inspire everyone to give their best, work together to be even more successful.

This didn’t start in a corporate world, but rather as an officer in the British Army. Leading a team in dangerous high-pressure environments, he learned quickly that success is about how you use time optimally, get the best from people, focus on excellence.

This elite training enabled him to help senior leaders become successful high performers at HSBC Investment Bank as Head of Management Development; at UBS as Global Head of Leadership; at London Underground as Head of Culture Change; at KPMG, and others. These experiences made him realize one thing:

Leaders everywhere face the same two problems:

  • Too much work
  • And not enough time

Overcoming these could get you 30% more effort from 60% of people, transforming performance in all areas, and put you and colleagues in the top 20% of leaders vs. competitor peers. If you don’t, that’s what it could be costing you.

That’s why Roebuck developed his human-centric “Accelerate Your Success” system to help leaders achieve more.

Built on 20+ years of guiding and coaching top business leaders beat their challenges and with a proven framework that helps leaders get more time, more performance, more impact, here’s how it works:

  1. He will interweave your career insights, his experience, business examples, data and neuroscience to show you actionable steps to achieve more.

  2. He will uncover your hidden potential to use those to be more successful.

  3. You leave with a personalized action plan to make it happen.

It works, Thierry Garnier, CEO Kingfisher Group, FTSE 100, said to Roebuck after hearing him speak: “I found what you said really interesting so I took notes to see what action I can take.”

Roebuck's keynotes will enable you to build high performance teams, maximize employee engagement, build a culture of success and deliver change and transformation to potentially get 10% on bottom line for free!

Roebuck has helped 24,000+ leaders across 27 countries achieve more -- from Huawei, BASF, Tata, UK & UAE Prime Ministers Offices, Goldman Sachs and NHS to Red Cross, Reuters, Chinese Space Programme and many others.  

He has been named as one of HR's Most Influential Thinkers 10 times in annual awards, is BBCs “go to” business leadership expert, and has been featured in Newsweek, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week and other major publications.  

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Chris Roebuck Speaking Topics

High Performance Leadership

The two fundamental challenges that leaders face are “too much work” and “not enough time”. These prevent you from achieving your true potential to be a high performing leader.

This then holds you back from getting the best from your people, which then reduces the performance of your team and the organization. Chris Roebuck solves this problem by showing you how you can become human centric and high performing and make your team the same through a proven formula to Accelerate Your Success.

Amongst other things this could find you ½ a day extra time a week and put you in the top 20% of performers compared to your peers in other organizations for the rest of your career.

Chris has the experience of both delivering high performance personally and developing high performing leaders in the military, business, and government. In business, he’s worked with organizations as diverse as BASF, BD Pharmaceutical, Huawei, UAE Prime Ministers Office and the Chinese Space Programme to help their leaders become High Performing.

Maximize Employee Engagement

Employee engagement - people giving their best - is the engine of success for any organization. But the reality is most organizations are significantly underperforming on their potential to get the best from their people because their leaders simply don't understand employee engagement well enough.

The real challenge is how you can increase the number of people in your team who are engaged and giving their best by being more human centric. To achieve this, you probably need to understand employee engagement in more depth -- e.g. the difference between engaged, not engaged, and disengaged. And then how to move people to become fully engaged.

Quite simply most leaders have never been told what they need to know about employee engagement to be successful. Chris Roebuck gives you that vital information and shows you how to maximize engagement.

Chris has studied employee engagement, written articles on it, featured it in his books, and shown leaders how to improve it for many organizations such as KPMG, Tata Communications and HSBC. It works – a house construction company he worked with in two years moved the engagement score for “I would recommend this as a great place to work for friends or family” from 40% to 82%. And significant performance and financial benefits also followed.

Successful Culture & Change / Transformation in Uncertain Times

Often even doing “business as usual” presents a challenge for most leaders as they are under pressure to deliver. Then, if change and transformation needs to happen, it not only adds to the pressure but also creates uncertainty.

To be able to deliver business as usual and successfully deliver change in uncertain environments requires leaders to think differently and to have excellent human centric leadership and management skills.

Chris Roebuck has led work on several successful major transformations in organizations as diverse as London Underground, UBS and UK National Health Service. The transformation at UBS is now a Harvard case study on successful integration and change in uncertainty. Chris was Honorary Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership at Cass Business School 2009-22.

He enables you to create an environment of certainty amidst the uncertainty which then allows individuals and teams to be more motivated, effective, resilient and aligned to what needs to be done. Within this, Chris shows how Entrepreneurial Leadership can be developed so leaders can use change and uncertainty as an opportunity, not a threat to envision and then deliver a better future.

Human Leadership and AI

AI can bring significant benefits to both leaders and organizations. However, AI professionals are clear that it is not a silver bullet for success as its application must be based on optimal use cases.

The reality is that AI will never be optimized without HI (Human Intelligence).

Not only that but perhaps the greatest challenge with making AI work its effective implementation. That requires leaders and people in your organization to see the benefit which AI can bring them, to understand how it works, to be able to identify optimum use cases and then have the skills and capabilities to implement it.

Chris Roebuck has spoken to audiences on how this can be achieved and even been asked to address Chief Digital Officers on the people challenges around AI so that they can better understand their role in enabling AI to achieve its potential through people as well as tech.

Chris Roebuck Videos

Amazon Orders Employees Back to Office
Judge blocks Elon Musks $56bn pay award again !
Offshore Energy Safety 25th Anniversary Awards

How do I book Chris Roebuck to speak at my event?

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How much does it cost to book Chris Roebuck for a speaking engagement?

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What topics does Chris Roebuck speak about?

Chris Roebuck is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Change Management, Customer Experience, Business, Business Leadership, Leadership, Government, Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Military, Veterans and Artificial Intelligence.

Where does Chris Roebuck travel from?

Chris Roebuck generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

Who is the agent for Chris Roebuck?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Chris Roebuck for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Chris Roebuck for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Chris Roebuck or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.


Chris Roebuck is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Change Management, Customer Experience and Business. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Chris Roebuck generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, Mark DeVolder and Haydn Shaw. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chris Roebuck for an upcoming event.

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 18/02/2025.

Chris Roebuck Speaking Topics

  • High Performance Leadership

    The two fundamental challenges that leaders face are “too much work” and “not enough time”. These prevent you from achieving your true potential to be a high performing leader.

    This then holds you back from getting the best from your people, which then reduces the performance of your team and the organization. Chris Roebuck solves this problem by showing you how you can become human centric and high performing and make your team the same through a proven formula to Accelerate Your Success.

    Amongst other things this could find you ½ a day extra time a week and put you in the top 20% of performers compared to your peers in other organizations for the rest of your career.

    Chris has the experience of both delivering high performance personally and developing high performing leaders in the military, business, and government. In business, he’s worked with organizations as diverse as BASF, BD Pharmaceutical, Huawei, UAE Prime Ministers Office and the Chinese Space Programme to help their leaders become High Performing.

  • Maximize Employee Engagement

    Employee engagement - people giving their best - is the engine of success for any organization. But the reality is most organizations are significantly underperforming on their potential to get the best from their people because their leaders simply don't understand employee engagement well enough.

    The real challenge is how you can increase the number of people in your team who are engaged and giving their best by being more human centric. To achieve this, you probably need to understand employee engagement in more depth -- e.g. the difference between engaged, not engaged, and disengaged. And then how to move people to become fully engaged.

    Quite simply most leaders have never been told what they need to know about employee engagement to be successful. Chris Roebuck gives you that vital information and shows you how to maximize engagement.

    Chris has studied employee engagement, written articles on it, featured it in his books, and shown leaders how to improve it for many organizations such as KPMG, Tata Communications and HSBC. It works – a house construction company he worked with in two years moved the engagement score for “I would recommend this as a great place to work for friends or family” from 40% to 82%. And significant performance and financial benefits also followed.

  • Successful Culture & Change / Transformation in Uncertain Times

    Often even doing “business as usual” presents a challenge for most leaders as they are under pressure to deliver. Then, if change and transformation needs to happen, it not only adds to the pressure but also creates uncertainty.

    To be able to deliver business as usual and successfully deliver change in uncertain environments requires leaders to think differently and to have excellent human centric leadership and management skills.

    Chris Roebuck has led work on several successful major transformations in organizations as diverse as London Underground, UBS and UK National Health Service. The transformation at UBS is now a Harvard case study on successful integration and change in uncertainty. Chris was Honorary Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership at Cass Business School 2009-22.

    He enables you to create an environment of certainty amidst the uncertainty which then allows individuals and teams to be more motivated, effective, resilient and aligned to what needs to be done. Within this, Chris shows how Entrepreneurial Leadership can be developed so leaders can use change and uncertainty as an opportunity, not a threat to envision and then deliver a better future.

  • Human Leadership and AI

    AI can bring significant benefits to both leaders and organizations. However, AI professionals are clear that it is not a silver bullet for success as its application must be based on optimal use cases.

    The reality is that AI will never be optimized without HI (Human Intelligence).

    Not only that but perhaps the greatest challenge with making AI work its effective implementation. That requires leaders and people in your organization to see the benefit which AI can bring them, to understand how it works, to be able to identify optimum use cases and then have the skills and capabilities to implement it.

    Chris Roebuck has spoken to audiences on how this can be achieved and even been asked to address Chief Digital Officers on the people challenges around AI so that they can better understand their role in enabling AI to achieve its potential through people as well as tech.

Chris Roebuck Videos

Amazon Orders Employees Back to Office
Judge blocks Elon Musks $56bn pay award again !
Offshore Energy Safety 25th Anniversary Awards
Overcome Your Challenges to Accelerate Your Success
Accelerate Your Success in Action

Chris Roebuck Reviews

  • “Chris was a key part of our annual conference. He was really fantastic, it was interactive, lots of new ideas, and action steps for everyone. A really great experience.”
    Knauf Group - Oct 28 2024

Chris Roebuck News

  • Hear what Chris Roebuck has to say at the 4th Annual MICE Arabia Congress 2016

    Given the current challenging economic environment, organisations now understand how critical it is to get the best from their people and so try to use innovative ways to engage and motivate them. Leaders are now focused on the use of motivational tools like incentives trips and events to increase employee knowledge and performance and give them the edge over the competition. The emphasis at leading corporate organisations on utilising these platforms to drive better employee performance has never been higher.

  • How do I book Chris Roebuck to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Chris Roebuck for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Chris Roebuck, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Chris Roebuck or any other speaker of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Chris Roebuck for a speaking engagement?

    Speaking fees for Chris Roebuck, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. For the most current speaking fee to hire Chris Roebuck, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Chris Roebuck speak about?

    Chris Roebuck is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Change Management, Customer Experience, Business, Business Leadership, Leadership, Government, Human Resources, Corporate Culture, Military, Veterans and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Where does Chris Roebuck travel from?

    Chris Roebuck generally travels from London, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
  • Who is the agent for Chris Roebuck?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Chris Roebuck for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Chris Roebuck for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Chris Roebuck or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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