After Dinner SpeakersJake Humphrey is a television presenter, podcaster, author, business leader and guest speaker.
Jake is one of the UK’s most respected sports broadcasters.
Having joined CBBC in 2001, by 2005, he was hosting Sportsround, covering major international sporting events such as:
- 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
- The World Cup in Germany
- The Cricket World Cup from Antigua
In 2006, he also started working with BBC Sport, presenting Football Focus and Final Score and becoming the youngest-ever host of Match of the Day.
In 2009, he became the face of the BBC’s highly successful and award-winning F1 coverage, where he remained for four years.
He hosted the 2012 Euros and the London Olympics during his final year with BBC Sport.
Jake joined BT Sport at the start of the 2013/2014 season as the face of BT Sport’s Premier League coverage. He went on to front their Champions League fixtures until 2023, covering Champions League games and finals.
In 2011, he co-founded Whisper, one of Europe’s fastest-growing independent production companies with over 100 staff. He remains heavily involved in growing the business.
Jake Humphrey High Performance Podcast:
In 2020, Jake began recording The High Performance Podcast with Damian Hughes.
The podcast offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, successful individuals.
The chart-topping podcast has since become a successful brand, delivering content worldwide through social channels, live shows, books, and corporate work.
Keynote Speaker:
As a popular speaker, Jake has spoken to audiences worldwide, sharing his insights and wisdom with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and students.
Speaking titles:
Self Before Success:
In ‘Self Before Success’, Jake draws on his own experience and conversations with high performers to challenge the belief that happiness lies on the other side of greater achievement.
Exploring perfectionism, comparison and the pressure to do more, he offers a different approach: ambition without self-destruction and progress without dismissing the life you already have.
This deeply human keynote invites audiences to redefine success, stop postponing happiness and build a life they do not need to escape from.
AI… The Human Edge:
In ‘The Human Edge’, Jake explores why the biggest challenge of AI is human, not technological. Drawing on his experience in high-performance environments, he examines how trust, curiosity, creativity and judgement help people embrace change.
Rather than focusing on AI tools, this keynote explores how leaders can create cultures where people feel secure enough to learn, experiment and adapt.
The Low Reel:
In ‘The Low Reel’, Jake shares the personal setbacks and difficult experiences behind his public success.
He explores how these moments shaped his resilience, empathy, curiosity and determination, without suggesting that everything happens for a reason.
This deeply personal keynote invites audiences to embrace the chapters they are tempted to hide and recognise how perceived weaknesses can become foundations for growth.
The Five People:
In ‘The Five People’, Jake explores how the people around us shape our attitudes, ambition, behaviour and sense of what is possible.
Drawing on stories from sport, broadcasting, business and his own life, he reveals the power of proximity in influencing who we become.
This keynote goes beyond surrounding yourself with successful people, inviting audiences to create environments at work and at home where better habits, courage and high standards become the norm.
