Public Speaking“Louise has a gift for speaking. Building Personal and Leadership Brand is vital for all executives and Louise has a way of bringing about a great understanding of the topic of what one needs to do to maintain, enhance and excel in this area.”

Conrad Viedge, Senior Lecturer, Wits Business School

Louise is a professional member of the Professional Speakers Association (PSASA).  She is internationally sought after as a keynote speaker on the topics of building Personal Leadership Brand and Corporate Leadership Brand.  Louise has a knack of cutting to the chase and motivating organisations, teams and individuals “consciously to cause the effect” by shifting preconceived ideas, developing a real sense of curiosity, operating from a place of passion and creating purposeful, tangible value.

Having lived and worked in a number of markets, across most sectors and with a plethora of cultures, Louise has a wealth of experience and an innate understanding of how business works. She has delivered compelling keynotes to a wide variety of people – from C-Suite to sales teams; high-net-worth to high-profile; entrepreneurs and business owners to serial investors.

Louise is available to address a variety of audiences – if you are holding an upcoming event and need a speaker, contact Louise directly.

Upcoming / recent speaking / public engagements:

  • Henley Business School UK – Henley Partnership – Personal Leadership Brand – Workshop & Facilitation
  • Merchants UK – Building Personal Brand – Workshop & Facilitation
  • Alexander Forbes Botswana – Personal Leadership Brand – Keynote and Facilitation
  • Regenesys Business School  SA – Women in Leadership – Building a Powerful Leadership Brand – Keynote
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers UK – Women in Leadership – Leadership Brand – Keynote
  • Ernst & Young UK – Future Finance Leaders Seminar London 2012 – Personal Leadership Brand – Keynote
  • BIG FISH SA – Building Organisational Leadership Brand – the magic trilogy – Keynote & Facilitation
  • Merchants SA – Beyond 360° – Personal, Team and Corporate Leadership Brand – Keynote & Workshop
  • Chai FM – Niki Seberini – Conscious Leadership, Conscious Business and Conscious Capitalism – Radio (view on YouTube)
  • YPO/WPO SA – Building Personal Leadership Brand – Keynote & Workshop
  • BIG FISH School of Digital Filmmaking – Personal & Leadership Brand – Lectures
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers UK – Organisational Leadership Brand – Facilitation & Workshop
  • Durham Business School – Building a powerful Personal & Leadership Brand – Video
  • ITV1 – Tonight Programme – The Working Life – how to get a job with James Caan – TV (view on YouTube)
  • Merchants SA – Consciously Cause the Effect – Workshop
  • smartLab SA – Personal & Leadership Brand – Keynote
  • Pam Golding Properties SA – Build your personal brand… cause the effect – Keynote
  • Women in Finance SA – Your leadership brand determines your success – Keynote
  • Summit TV – Jane Viedge interviews Louise on the Face of Work  – TV
  • Durham Business School UK – Full Time MBA – Personal Brand – Workshop
  • Management Consultants Association UK – Personal & Leadership Brand – Workshop
  • UNITE/CPHVA Annual Conference UK – Impact, Leadership & Personal Brand – Keynote
  • University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business SA – Impact & Personal Brand – Workshop
  • SABC3 TV Business News – Tembisa Marele interviews Louise on Personal Branding – TV (view on YouTube)
  • Lingo Communications Lunch’n Learn SA – Impact & Personal Brand – Keynote
  • Gordon Institute of Business Science SA – Alumni – Impact & Personal Brand – Masterclass
  • Wits Business School SA – International Executive Development – Leadership Brand – Workshop
  • Gordon Institute of Business Science SA – Faculty – Impact, Leadership & Personal Brands – Masterclass
  • Institute of Directors, South Africa – Impact & Leadership Brands – Keynote
  • BDO UK – Personal Branding – Workshop
  • Institutional Investor European Institute UK – Human Resource Management Forum – Personal Leadership Brand – Panel
  • Business Link UK – How to build an effective Personal Brand – Keynote
  • Durham Business School UK – Full Time MBA – Personal Brand Workshop – Lectures
  • Warner Bros. UK – International & Corporate HR Groups – Personal Brand – Facilitation & Workshop
  • The Law Society UK – Personal Branding – Vital soft skills for tough economic conditions – Keynote
  • Women in Public Policy UK – Branding & Marketing – from corporate image to personal brands – Panel
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants UK – The power of your personal brand – Keynote
  • 1230 The Woman’s Company UK – Personal Brands, the ultimate frontier – Workshop
  • AIESEC City at Cass Business School UK – Personal Leadership Brand – Workshop
  • Chicago Booth School of Business UK – Executive MBA – Personal Brand – Workshop
  • Chicago Booth School of Business UK – CB, Insead, Kellogg & Harvard Alumni – Personal Branding in an uncertain world – Keynote
“Louise facilitated a thought-provoking session on how personal branding contributes to your business message. As an expert in her field Louise’s presentation was engaging and extremely informative.”
Donna Hubbard, Business Link in London
“Louise delivered an interactive, engaging and thought-provoking Personal Branding session to our MBA students which received excellent feedback and has resulted in students actively managing their brand and on-line presence.”
Marcia Hoynes, Career Development Manager, Durham Business School
“It was a very illuminating session for both me personally and for the team – thank you.  The pace was just right, it was both interactive and informative and we were very much engaged… We all spend so much time focused on getting the job done that it is easy to forget to stand back and focus on ourselves – your session definitely gave us a lot of good material to work with.”
Sarah Mitchell, Snr VP, HR, International & Corporate Groups, Warner Bros.
“I have no hesitation in recommending Louise as a keynote speaker. Louise ran a session on Personal Branding as part of a seminar on Impact and Influence for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, which I put on in June 2009. Feedback from delegates was very good and Louise was a pleasure to work with. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with Louise again…”
Rhonda Martin, Development Manager, ICAEW
“We were delighted with Louise’s presentation. She spoke clearly as she guided us through the celebrity haze to reveal the authentic persona.”
Liz St Clair, Executive Director, Women in Public Policy
“Louise Mowbray delivered a workshop on personal branding at Cass Business School organised by AIESEC City. The delegates who took part including students, professionals, alumni and our members were all very pleased with her content, delivery and message. Our feedback surveys revealed that her presentation enabled delegates to think more deeply about their personal brand, the way we should portray ourselves, and the importance of understanding the true value of our personal brands. I would personally recommend anyone to hear Louise speak on the topic.”
Mohamed Uddin, Local Committee President, AIESEC City, Cass Business School
“I had the pleasure of listening to Louise at a Personal Branding Workshop at Cass Business School. Louise is a great speaker and communicator and empowered the audience to take control of how their brand is being built and perceived. Not only was she an expert in terms of her knowledge but she walks her talk. Highly recommended.”
David McQueen, MD, Milestone Unlimited
“Louise has been able to demystify the concepts behind leadership and personal brands by providing both a theoretical framework and concrete examples tied to day-to-day situations. Louise has turned the light on for many of us and provided a fresh perspective on how to look at our positioning and think about our differentiation in the marketplace.”
Paolo Guida, European Private Equity and Investment Banking Roundtable, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“Louise Mowbray at Mowbray by Design has proven her expertise and convivial abilities in demonstrating to men, women and the corporate ‘it’ just how important personal branding and image is. Her evening at our recent Luxury Marketing Council Europe event was warm, witty and informative… what else is there?”
Bill Bachle, Chairman, LMC
“We would like to thank you for your interesting and enriching presentation on Luxury Retailing during our Global Retail Meeting last week…”
Jeff Davis, VP Retail Europe, Samsonite
“Louise is very stylish person. She came and gave us a presentation which we all found most entertaining as well as informative. She combines a very professional and polished approach with an accessible and friendly attitude. She is without doubt a winner!”
The Lady Hodgson, Chairman, CWO