Chris Roebuck is an internationally recognised leadership thinker and award-winning keynote speaker, known for helping leaders and organisations unlock the hidden potential within their people to achieve greater performance with fewer resources. With more than 40 years of experience in military, corporate, and governmental settings, he brings a rare combination of strategic insight, human-centred leadership, and practical tools that deliver measurable results.

Named ten times as one of HR’s Most Influential Thinkers and now a member of the HR Hall of Fame, Chris has built a global reputation for transforming leadership capability at scale. He has held senior roles at UBS, HSBC, KPMG and London Underground, leading major programmes in culture change, talent development, and organisational performance. His proprietary leadership framework, Accelerate Your Success, has equipped over 24,000 leaders across 27 countries to lift engagement, inspire greater effort, and drive high-performance cultures that thrive under pressure.

Chris began his career as an officer in the British Army, an experience that shaped his understanding of clarity, trust and resilience – qualities he now weaves into his corporate work. He later became Global Head of Leadership at UBS, where his initiatives supported one of the most successful business transformations in the financial sector. His leadership expertise has since been sought by global brands, government departments, and high-growth organisations, from the UK and UAE Prime Ministers’ Offices to Goldman Sachs, Tata, Cardinal Health, London Underground, the Red Cross, and teams within the Chinese Space Programme.

A Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership for more than a decade, Chris is also a five-time author, with work appearing in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Harvard Business Review China. He is frequently called upon by the BBC as their leadership expert, with over 200 media interviews to date.

Chris’s keynotes are known for their clarity, energy, and immediate practicality. Blending neuroscience, data, real-world experience, and audience interaction, he shows leaders how to reclaim time, elevate performance, and unlock the “hidden 10%” of discretionary effort that exists in almost every organisation. Attendees leave with a personalised action plan designed to embed long-term behavioural change.

Trusted by CEOs and frontline leaders alike, Chris Roebuck is a catalyst for measurable, lasting performance improvement – and a powerful choice for organisations seeking to build stronger leaders, more engaged teams, and a culture capable of meeting the demands of the future.