When he was sixteen, Nigel joined a Commerical Finance Company whilst simultaneously coaching within tennis. He returned from Israel to focus entirely on finance and launched his own independent brokerage at the age of 21. By the time he was 26, Risner was one of the youngest CEOs in London of a successful finance company.
Since his company became the largest independent brokerage in the UK, Nigel has opened up multiple successful businesses and has begun spreading his technical know-how through the method of motivational speeches. He has also written a series of best-selling books including You Had Me At Hello, Ten Heads Are Better Than One, The IMPACT Code and It’s A Zoo Around Here which include theories that Risner relates to within his speeches.
Combining his years of experience in finance with his intriguing insights into behaviour, Nigel is able to engage even the largest of audiences. He adopts a dynamic and honest approach to assign delegates into four communication styles: lion, elephant, monkey and dolphin and then explain how each member makes their mark on the business.
A natural within the business world and the only motivational speaker in Europe to receive the Speaker of the Year from The Academy of Chief Executives, Nigel is an authoritative speaker within the circuit. A keen promoter of learning from negative experiences and not being afraid to fail, Nigel is an advocate for maintaining a can-do attitude in order to help a business thrive.
