GRAHAM
DAVIES
 Graham
Davies started
his speaking
career at
the Cambridge
Union, where
he had the
chance to
debate against
luminaries
ranging from
Michael Heseltine
to Nicholas
Parsons. It
was after
being elected
President
of the Union
that he started
to receive
invitations
to speak after
various formal
dinners.
After leaving
Cambridge
with a first
class degree
in premature
hair loss,
he was called
to the Bar
in 1986. He
has recently
given up the
life of a
barrister
at the Criminal
Bar to concentrate
totally as
a corporate
After Dinner
Speaker, speaking
at 120 functions
a year, plus
motivational
training courses
for many Blue
Chip companies.
He has developed
a speaking
style which
can best be
described
as being somewhere
between Voltaire
and the Sunday
Sport.
Despite all
this, recent
satisfied
clients include
IBM, Unisys,
Legal &
General, DHL.
Vauxhall,
Agfa and KPMG
Peat Marwick.
Graham still
uses his experience
from when
he was a practising
barrister
in working
to a brief
about his
audience.
He can skilfully
utilise background
information
about the
Company to
ensure the
speech is
highly personalised.
If appropriate
(and only
then) he is
particularly
adept at targeting
high profile
personalities.
He is also
a past-master
of the art
of "wind-up".
He can adopt
a persona
to fool the
audience into
thinking that
they are about
to endure
a serious
technical
speech. Previous
spoof roles
have included:-
-
The Marketing
Director of
Hong Kong
& Shanghai
Bank.
- The Wax
Director of
Madame Tussauds.
- The Lead
Guitarist
of Pink Floyd.
However,
Graham is
supremely
adaptable
and is certainly
not tied to
the "personal"
approach.
His more general
material is
always sharp
and topical.
In fact he
is increasingly
in demand
as a Corporate
Speech Writer,
Presentational
skills Trainer
and Conference
Link Presenter.
As The Sunday
Times said
of him "Davies
may not yet
be the King
of After Dinner
Speakers,......but
he is certainly
one of the
industry's
"Princes".
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