Speaker Information
Name: Ms Tori James
Tori James, originally from Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire and an ex-pupil at Christ College in Brecon has made some record breaking achievements. In May 2005 The Pink Lady PoleCats became the first ever all-female team to complete The Polar Challenge, a grueling 360 mile race to the Magnetic North Pole. Not only did The Pink Lady PoleCats finish the race in 6th position out of 16 teams, beating all-male teams along the way, but they also raced through polar bear territory, across constantly-shifting sea ice and survived storms with temperatures of -40°C. More recently, on 24th May 2007, Tori summited Mount Everest . In doing so, she became the youngest British female (at 25) and the first ever Welsh woman to reach the summit. Tori made up one quarter of the London Business School Team, who were climbing on Everest’s South side in Nepal ( www.everest2007.net <http://www.everest2007.net/> ). Tori now works for the Make Your Mark, the national campaign which encourages young people to be entrepreneurial and to make their ideas happen (www.makeyourmark.org.uk <http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/> ). |
Events include;
Climbing Everest, with Tori James
9/1/2008
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Forthcoming Speakers
Previous Speakers
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Summer Reception |
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Christmas Reception |
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Dannie Abse |
Author, Poet |
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Councillor Laurence Bailey |
Leaderof the Council, City and County of Swansea |
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Rt Hon Tony Benn MP |
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Elinor Bennet |
Harpist, Honorary Fellow, University of Wales & Welsh College of Music & Drama |
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Lord Borrie |
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Nick Bourne AM |
Leader of the Official Opposition, National Assembly for Wales |
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Jeremy Bowen |
Special Correspondent, BBC |
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John Bridgeman CBE, TD, DL |
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Lee Byrne |
Welsh International Rugby Player |
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Lord Callaghan |
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Rt Hon Rhiannon Chapman |
Director, the Industrial Society |
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Sir Anthony Cleaver |
Chairman, AEA Technology |
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Nigel Evans MP |
Member for Ribble Valley & Fullwood |
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Sandy Gall CBE |
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Lord Young of Graffham |
Business for Sterling |
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Mrs Ffion Hague |
Director Hanson green |
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Rt Hon William Hague |
Secretary of State for Wales |
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Rt Hon Peter Hain MP |
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Lord Hooson QC |
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Dr Alun Jones |
Chief Executive: Institute of Physics |
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Clive Jones |
Chief Executive, Carlton Channels |
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Professor Emrys Jones |
The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion |
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Dr Gareth Jones |
Chairman, Wales 2012 |
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Digby Jones |
Director General, Confederation of British Industry |
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Stephen Jones |
Rugby Correspondent: Sunday Times and Sports Journalist of the Year |
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Professor Dylan Jones-Evans |
CO-DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OBSERVATORY FOR WALES |
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Vincent Kane OBE |
Chairman, Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatres |
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Rt Hon Neil Kinnock MP |
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Sir Andrew Large |
Deputy Govenor, bank of England |
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Tony Lewis |
President: MCC, Chairman: Wales Tourist Board |
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Elfyn Llwyd MP |
Member of Parliament for Meirionydd Nant Conwy |
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Mrs Rachael Lomax |
Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Office |
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Alun Michael MP |
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Brian Morgan |
Chairman, Small Firms Unit, Cardiff Business School & Chairman Welsh Whisky Company |
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Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP |
First Minister for Wales |
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Sheridan Morley |
Journalist, Broadcaster and Author |
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Rt Hon Paul Murphey MP |
Secretary of State for Wales |
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Martin O'Neil MP |
Member for OCHIL, Chairman, Trade & Industry Select Committe |
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John Osmond |
Director: Institute of Welsh Affairs |
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Rt Hon John Patten MP |
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Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos |
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Rt Hon J Enoch Powell MBE |
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John Prosser |
Group Chief Executive, Legal & General Group PLC |
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Menna Richards |
Controller BBC Wales |
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Lord Richardson QC |
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Nigel Roberts |
Managing Director of Paramount Office Interiors Limited |
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Francis Robinson |
Wine Writer and Broadcaster |
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Winston Roddick QC |
Counsel general - The National Assembly For Wales |
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Lord Rogers |
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Sir David Rowe - Beddoe |
Chairman Wales Millenium Centre |
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Keith Rowlands |
Chief Executive, IRFB |
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Sir George Russell CBE |
Chairman, 3I Group |
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Rt Hon Lord Brittain of Spennithorpe KT PC QC |
European Movement |
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Professor Elan Closs Stephens |
Chair, S4C |
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John Taylor |
Rugby Commentator |
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Paul Thorburn |
Special Projects Manager, Wales Rugby Union |
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Terry Waite CBE |
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Simon Weston |
Weston Spirit |
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