Dr John Blakey is able to provide expert commentary and insights on trust, purpose-driven leadership, B Corps, and other CEO-related topics.

Dr John Blakey is the UK's leading CEO executive coach and a globally recognized thought leader on trust and purpose-driven leadership. He is also the chair of The Coaching Circle, an international community of coaches and consultants who apply his proprietary frameworks under license to support values-based, sustainable leadership.

Dr Blakey is the author of three award-winning, seminal coaching books—Force for Good, The Trusted Executive, and Challenging Coaching—and his insights on leadership, trust, and purpose-driven leadership have been featured in Forbes, BBC News, HuffPost, The Sunday Times, and international podcasts.

He has coached over 130 CEOs across 22 countries, helping leaders in business and sport unlock their full potential. His coaching clients range from the CEOs of FTSE 100 companies, high profile public servants and the UK's most successful entrepreneurs to the leaders of gold-medal winning Team GB Olympic squads, premiership football clubs and England cricket. He has also worked with the executive teams at major brands including IBM, L'Oréal, Shell, NHS, BBC, JLL, Unicef and EY. 

A former FTSE 100 global managing director and Fast Track 100 entrepreneur, Dr. Blakey also holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Aston Business School, combining practical leadership experience with rigorous academic expertise.