Thrive'25 Conference
13 Sep – 20 Sep 2025
Thrive’25 Speakers
Bayile Adeoti
Founder, Dechomai Ltd
Brent Haywood
Partner & Solicitor Advocate, Lindsays LLP
Brian Forbes
Senior Manager, BAE Systems Plc
Brian Ingraham
Senior Pastor, Re:Hope Church
Chris Dowling
Co-MD, Cairngorm Group | Pastor, King’s Inverness Church
Craig Patterson
Strategy development | Project Consultancy | Organisational Change
Dace Wilson
Deputy Manager (Anne Hope House), Bethany Christian Trust
David Berry
Principal Teacher of Religious, Moral & Philosophical Education, Paisley Grammar School
David McCulloch
Co-Founder, Morphē Arts
Derek Johnston
Pastor, Hope Evangelical Church, Blairgowrie
Esther Tinklenberg
Co-Founder, Faith and Work Movement Global (F&WM)
Gavin Matthews
Assistant Director (Scotland), Solas
Graeme Shanks
Pastor, Bruntsfield Evangelical Church
Ian Ferguson
General Manager, Shell Wells UK & Norway
Issac-David Arinez
Founder, The REbuild Community | Author
Jamie Livingston
Chairman & CEO, Livingston James Group
Joy Hadden
Ken Janke
Co-Founder, City Table (USA)
Laura Young
Climate Activist & Environmental Scientist
Linda Bailey
Managing Director, River Ness Rooms & Bothy Ltd | Founder, Curves Inverness Ladies Only Gym & Bailey’s Gym CIC
Lolu Olufemi
Change Management Speaker, Consultant, and Coach
Lucy Ferguson
Global Discipline Head Mechanical Engineering, Shell
Mark Greene
Mission Champion, London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Patrick Brown
Director of Operations (UK North & Ireland), Trinity Forum Europe | Ministry Resident for Youth & Pioneering Work, Hope City Church Edinburgh
Roy Tinklenberg
Founder & CEO, Faith and Work Movement Global (F&WM)
Ros Loaker
CEO, Transform Work
Sam Freeman
Environmental Consultant, Royal HaskoningDHV
Sam Webster
Solicitor Advocate, In-house Solicitor, The Christian Institute
Shirley Berry
Associate Pastor, Findlay Church | Foundation Manager, Peter Vardy Foundation
Sundeep Salins
Director, Deep Architecture Ltd | Director, Blend Coffee Lounge
Tharaka Gunarathne (Dr)
Consultant Psychiatrist | Speaker | TV Mind Expert
Tony Hodges
Founder, City Vision
Trish McCulloch (Dr)
Deputy Dean, University of Dundee
Programme Hosts
Martyn Link
Managing Director, Link Advisory | Co-Founder, The Business Connection
Gabrielle Connell
Speaker | Presenter | Workshop Facilitator