2026 Speakers
A global roster of 20+ speakers, led by Leila Gharani, came together on 19-20 May 2026 and shared their invaluable expertise.
Event hosts
Fay Bordbar
Managing Director, Excellence AI
Giles Male
The Humble MVP, Co-Founder at Full Stack Modeller
London Speakers (19-20 May 2026)
Leila Gharani
Founder of XelPlus, Microsoft MVP
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Jakob Nielsen
Principal Designer at Microsoft, Founder of Make Digital Solutions
Damien Bird
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Diarmuid Early
2025 Microsoft Excel World Champion
Danielle Stein Fairhurst
Financial Modeller, Book Author, Microsoft MVP
Ian Schnoor, CFA, CFM
Executive Director, Financial Modeling Institute (FMI)
Carlos Barboza
Guerrilla Data Analyst, Microsoft MVP
Celia Alves
Analyst and Advocate at Sheetcast, Microsoft MVP
Mark Proctor
Owner of Excel Off The Grid, Microsoft MVP
Rafaël Le Saux
Valuation & Modelling Advisory Director at PwC
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Rob Langrick
Chief Product Advocate, CFA Institute
Ann K. Emery
Data Visualisation Designer and Speaker
Victor Momoh
Petroleum Engineer - Chevron, Microsoft Excel MVP
Carolina Lago
Managing Director, Tactic Financial
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Bediako George
Founder @ Georgetown Software House, Inc and Pebble Stream
Wyn Hopkins
Microsoft MVP, Excel Expert, Book Author
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Massimo Maresca
Founder of Docspace
Sue Bayes
Director at Databayes, Microsoft MVP
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Chris Corcoran
General Manager, CloudExtend by Celigo
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Cristiano Galvão
Instructor on LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft MVP
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Ha Dang
2025 Microsoft Excel UK Champion
Online Speakers (14 Mar 2026)
Brian Egger
Global Head of Financial Modeling at Bloomberg Intelligence
Bob Umlas
25x Microsoft MVP
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Laura Szepesi
Founder of Mindful Excel, Microsoft MVP
Alan Murray
Excel Trainer, Book Author, Microsoft MVP
Chandoo
Founder of Chandoo.org, Microsoft MVP
Diarmuid Early
2025 Microsoft Excel World Champion
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Karen Abecia
Partner at Talent to Training, Microsoft MVP
George Mount
Analytics author, trainer and Microsoft MVP
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Tony de Jonker
Excel Developer, Trainer, Microsoft MVP
Giles Male
The Humble MVP, Co-Founder at Full Stack Modeller
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