Caspar Berry - Keynote Speaker

Despite starting as an actor at the age of 16 in the first two series of BBC drama Byker Grove with “Ant and Dec”, Caspar went on to study economics at Cambridge, where he had early commercial success directing award-winning short films and TV commercials from the age of 18. Before graduating, Caspar had already written two feature films, which Film Four and Columbia Tri-Star produced. 

Caspar continued to write and direct in the film and television industry for the next four years before deciding at age 26, he needed to experience life outside of the madness of the media industry and moved to Las Vegas with his life savings in his pocket.

Despite finding playing poker testing and demanding, he also found it incredibly emotionally rewarding and disciplining,  as he conquered the challenges it posed and made a living as a professional poker player.

After a further three years, however, he decided that his future lay away from the poker table. Caspar returned to the UK and set up Twenty First Century Media, which he built to a team of 40 before selling to Bob Geldof’s Ten Alps plc. 

Caspar had already started speaking professionally, and taking advantage of the poker boom of 2005, he moved to London to create a portfolio career as a trainer for the Mind Gym by day (delivering over 400 sessions to 100 companies) and a TV poker commentator by night (doing over 2000 hours of live broadcasting on poker channels and Sky Sports).In 2006, he was asked to be one of the two poker advisors on the James Bond movie “Casino Royale”, training the actors to look like professional poker players for the key scenes.

In the last 14 years, Caspar has delivered in excess of 2,000 speeches and training sessions in more than 30 countries for nearly 500 organisations, including the biggest companies in the world. 

Caspar now mentors young speakers and brings together all skills he’s learned over his career – writing, directing, training, economics – to help young speakers craft messages from their own life that are focused on helping people and businesses make profound changes for the future.