A speaker who leaves something real behind.
Sir John does not fill a schedule, he fills a room with something that lasts. Every talk is built around your specific audience, drawn from 30 years of lived and professional experience, and designed to produce one thing: change that holds.
Keynote addresses (30-75 min), plenary sessions, panel moderation, half-day workshops, and multi-session conference programmes. Every format is available in-person and virtually.
Every talk is built for your audience from the ground up, not repurposed from a standard deck. Sir John requests a short discovery call with each organiser before any engagement.
Engagements are taken selectively. Sir John limits his speaking calendar to ensure every client receives his full preparation and attention. Early enquiry is advised for peak seasons.
8 topics. One foundation.
Every topic is drawn from Sir John's lived and professional experience. No borrowed frameworks. No generic content. Each talk is grounded in real conversations with real people, and built around what your specific audience actually needs to walk away with.
Parenting
The honest, structured conversation most parents have been waiting for. Built on 16 years of co-facilitating with Stacy and walking over 1,600 Kenyan families through the hardest and most important work they will ever do.
Audience: Schools, churches, corporates, community organisations
Marriage
A frank, warm exploration of the work that goes into a relationship that actually lasts, covering communication, conflict, intimacy, and why most couples are fighting about the wrong things.
Audience: Faith communities, couples retreats, HR & employee wellness
Purpose and Dreams
The gap between where you are and where you know you should be is not a talent problem. This talk names what is actually in the way, and gives every person in the room a specific, honest next step.
Audience: Corporate teams, conferences, graduation events, youth
Organising Personal Finances
Money is not the goal. Freedom is. A grounded, practical talk on financial discipline without losing your humanity, covering budgeting, priorities, debt, and the emotional relationship most people have with money.
Audience: Corporates, SACCOs, faith communities, schools
Managing and Motivating Teams
People perform when they feel seen, not just managed. This talk gives leaders a new framework for understanding their people and drawing out performance that policies and incentives alone never reach.
Audience: Leadership teams, HR & people managers, corporates
Sales and Marketing
Built from years as a top-performing sales professional and team leader. Equips sales teams with the mindset, the skills, and the confidence to perform at the highest level, and keep performing when conditions are hard.
Audience: Sales teams, insurance, retail, financial services
Giving and Generosity
One talk at Nairobi Chapel Waiyaki Way produced a measurable and sustained increase in congregational giving. Reframes generosity not as obligation but as identity, and why the most generous organisations always outperform.
Audience: Faith communities, fundraising events, leadership teams
Leadership
What it actually takes to lead, not manage, people through hard seasons. Draws on decades in formal employment, team leadership, and governance to give leaders the vocabulary and the courage to lead well when it costs something.
Audience: Executive teams, NGOs, faith leaders, school leadership
Who invites Sir John?
Sir John speaks across sectors and contexts. If you are looking to bring a keynote speaker, facilitator, or programme leader to your event or organisation, here is where he has made the most impact.
Corporates & Organisations
Team motivation, sales, leadership, personal finance, employee wellness, and culture-building.
Schools & Universities
Parenting seminars for school communities, student purpose talks, staff motivation sessions.
Faith Communities
Marriage, parenting, giving, and personal growth, delivered with warmth and theological grounding.
Conferences & Events
Keynote and plenary sessions for professional associations, development forums, and large gatherings.
Diaspora Communities
A voice that understands the specific pressures and questions of Kenyan families in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia.
NGOs & Social Sector
Facilitation for organisations working in family strengthening, community development, and human services.
What happens when you book Sir John.
Enquiry
Send your request via the contact form, include your event date, audience size, topic preference (if any), and location. Responses within 48 hours.
Discovery Call
A short conversation with Sir John or his team to understand your audience, your goals, and what you want people to walk away with. This call shapes the entire talk.
Custom Preparation
Sir John prepares your talk from the ground up, no recycled slides. Where relevant, he will request additional context about your industry, culture, or current challenges.
The Talk
Delivered with warmth, authority, and the kind of honesty that stays with people long after they leave the room. Follow-up materials available on request.
What organisers say.
The measure of a keynote is not what happens in the room, it is what happens in the weeks after.
"Following the talk on giving, we saw a measurable and sustained increase in congregational giving in our church. It has not looked back since."
Senior Pastor Nairobi Chapel Waiyaki Way
"Sir John did not just train me, he walked with me. From where I started to where I am now, I would not be here without him."
Peter Insurance Sales Professional
Peter came to Sir John with fewer than two t-shirts to his name. He is today a top insurance sales professional.
"A weight has been lifted off my shoulders."
James Coaching Client
Trusted by
Organisations Sir John has spoken for.
Unilever
Twiga Chemicals
Riara Group of Schools
CITAM
Nairobi Chapel
Horizon Contact Centre
Parklands Baptist Church
Scripture Union Kenya
Pan Africa Life
Pins to Planes Group
DT Dobie Kenya
Nairobi Primary School
Urithi Housing Cooperative
Visa Oshwal Primary School
Charles New Methodist Church Kenya
Jerry Savelle Ministries
Ready to make an enquiry?
Engagements are taken selectively. Use the contact form to share your event details and Sir John's team will respond within 48 hours to discuss whether it is the right fit.