Transformation & Leadership Speaker in Riyadh
Looking for a top motivational and inspirational keynote speaker for your next event in Riyadh or Jeddah? Nick Jankel is a Cambridge-educated thought leader and internationally renowned speaker on innovation, transformation, and leadership. He’s delivered impactful keynotes and workshops across Saudi Arabia—including for NEOM and the Saudi branch of Sanofi—and brings a deep respect for the Kingdom’s bold vision, cultural depth, and fast-paced progress.
Recently named a Top 10 US Speaker by MSN, Nick is trusted by global organizations like Google, Pfizer, Unilever, HP, the UAE Government, and No.10 Downing Street. Event organizers across the Kingdom choose Nick for his powerful, customized keynotes that ignite minds, move hearts, and inspire real change.
A standing ovation! I am already sharing the insights with my leaders. Thank you!
CEO,
Unilever USA
An inspiring keynote for our senior leadership team. Nick inspired us to continue to work on ourself and lead the way. The value of the leadership tool was spot on! Thank you!
SVP
SAP
I left the keynote like I'd just been called to serve in the army. I left feeling motivated, inspired, provoked and challenged.
People Leader,
Regional Bank
Attending the conference for the first time, I was blown away by Nick’s transformative speech.
COO
Eye Associates of New Mexico
Bring Inspiration, Excitement & GREAT MemorIES to Your Riyadh Event
Elevate your Saudi Arabian event with a keynote by Nick Jankel—an internationally acclaimed speaker who fuses inspiration, insight, and innovation to spark real change.
Bring a world-class presence to your next event in Riyadh by booking Nick Jankel to deliver a bold, thought-provoking, and deeply impactful keynote—perfectly aligned with the Kingdom’s bold vision for transformation, sustainability, and innovation across sectors.
Nick has previously delivered keynotes for NEOM and for Saudi clients such as the Saudi branch of Sanofi, and is always excited to collaborate with Saudi organizations. He has traveled throughout the Kingdom, engaging with its rich culture, deep heritage, and extraordinary natural beauty.
Recognised globally as a Top 50 keynote speaker, Nick is a trusted partner for leading Saudi event organisers who want to inspire senior business leaders, policymakers, creatives, and tech pioneers. His talks are carefully customized to catalyze transformation, accelerate innovation, and empower action—anchored in relevance to your audience and vision.
A global authority on leadership, innovation, and change, Nick draws on cutting-edge neuroscience, systems thinking, and 25+ years of practical experience as a consultant, futurist, and transformation strategist. With a medical degree from Cambridge University, he combines intellectual depth with creative dynamism—ideal for visionary Saudi audiences seeking global insight with local resonance.
Nick understands the unique strengths of the Saudi economy—its strategic diversification, commitment to sustainability, ambitious mega-projects, and growing leadership in sectors like clean energy, technology, health, and tourism. Whether your event is in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran, Dammam, or AlUla, Nick tailors each keynote to your strategic goals and cultural context.
Whether you're planning a major forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, a leadership retreat in Al Khobar, a corporate summit in NEOM, or a creative session in Diriyah, Nick brings clarity, energy, and actionable insights to every stage.
With his rare ability to dazzle minds, move hearts, and ignite meaningful transformation, Nick ensures your delegates leave not only inspired—but equipped to innovate, adapt, and lead with confidence in a fast-changing world.
some of Nick's UNIQUE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
100K+
SENIOR Leaders COACHED & DEVELOPED
150+
takeaway leadership & INNOVATION tools created
100+
FORTUNE 500 Innovation Programs LED
10+
Purpose-Driven Enterprises Founded & GROWN
5
THOUGHT LEADING, neuroscience-driven BOOKS WRITTEN
4
modules of advanced leadership curriculum BUILT
3
presidents & prime ministers advised
2
top degrees in medical science & Philosophy of science (summa cum laude, Cambridge)
1
original science-backed theory of change: bio-TRANSFORMATION®
AN Unprecedented ROI:
4 reasons to book Nick as a KEYNOTE SPEAKER in Riyadh
Electrifying, Energizing & HYPER-ENGAGING "WOW" Keynotes
Nick is a virtuoso speaker who harnesses the science, art, and craft of storytelling to open up portals of possibility for your audience. His emotional courage, passion for his work, and conviction in his science-backed, ground-in-gritty-reality ideas will invite attendees of all persuasions to enter possibility spaces with him and experience their work and the world anew. His style can engage even the most tired and cynical"seen-it-all-before" attendees and spark fires of resolve in their bellies. His keynotes ignite meaningful conversations and memorable connections between attendees that can last well beyond the keynote.
ORIGINAL Science-BACKED IDEAS, ACTIONABLE Ah-HA! INSIGHTS & Real-world EXAMPLES
Each keynote Nick gives blends evidence-based and neuroscience-powered thought leadership, bold yet useful ideas, and hard-won experience drawn from 30 years of work on the frontlines of disruption, supporting 100+ Fortune 500 corporations, major institutions, and start-ups crack innovation, transformation, change management, and exceptional leadership. Nick is particularly good at getting smart people (e.g., execs, engineers, scientists, professionals, technologists, etc.) to engage in a keynote fully and always holds the intention to ignite multiple Ah-Ha! moments for each attendee.
Exquisitely Customized KEYNOTES to fit your brief & ELEVATE YOUR EVENT
Every keynote Nick designs and delivers is crafted to fit your specific event goals and context, speak to your business needs and strategy, and connect with your unique audience type and culture. The resulting tailored keynote content and delivery style is intended to amplify and accelerate your specific event ambitions, drive the biggest impact possible for you and for your attendees, and deliver beyond expectations for the work a keynote can do.
TAKEAWAY TOOLS & PRACTICAL HACKS THAT TURN INSPIRATION INTO ACTION
Nick often includes and shares in his keynotes powerful tools and short yet effective mindset practices (from his world-class leadership and innovation firm) that attendees can put to work in the hours, weeks, and years after your event. His tools and practices can turn inspiration into action out in the world and are designed to ignite meaningful change. Attendees will be given a way to access his materials, which they can use to switch on their teams and colleagues to some of Nick's ideas, cascading the impact across their organizations.
NICK'S POPULAR KEYNOTE TOPICS IN Riyadh
(Always Customized To Your Event)
embracing change & decision-making In COMPLEXITY & UNCERTAINTY
UNLEASHING
Breakthroughs,
CREATIVITY & POSSIBILITIES AT WORK
TAKING AWAY THE PAIN OF change & DIGITAL
Transformation
MINDSET MASTERY: building a change-friendly, empowered & future-fit mindset
GETTING AI RIGHT IN work & WORKPLACES
how to NAVIGATE & SHAPe THE FUTURE OF an INDUSTRY
It was great to hear Nick layout the transformational shift happening across industries. Most importantly, he highlighted nuggets on what leaders should be thinking about in times of uncertainty to overcome challenges.
Senior Director,
National Vision
Nick was the highlight of the 2-day conference. He made it worth going to. Thought-provoking, insightful, and very enjoyable.
SVP
Investment Bank
A WONDERFUL job. People found the talk so inspiring. Nick was motivating, thoughtful, and so well delivered. THANK YOU!
Director,
McCormick & Co
Very inspiring and clear, full of valuable content not just a formula. Thank you.
VP,
AbbVie
ABOUT
NICK JANKEL
virtuoso motivational & inspirational keynote speaker
Expert futurist (future of work, business, healthcare etc)
world authority on MINDSET Mastery & Leading Change, Innovation & Transformation
Nick Jankel is a highly experienced, sought-after, and global top 50 mainstage, motivational, and inspirational keynote speaker and futurist at the very top of his game. He is booked by corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations—think Kellogg's, LEGO, Pfizer, Google, HP, McCormicks, Roche, Smucker's—who seek an unprecedented ROI from surprisingly different—electrifying, empowering, and exquisitely customized—keynotes that captivate hearts, ignite minds, and inspire concrete change.
A Cambridge-educated scientist (Triple 1st/summa cum laude), Nick has spent 30 years cracking the code of change. His science-backed yet hyper-practical ideas help people navigate uncertainty and complexity, lead in change and lead the change, unlock breakthrough innovation, and take the pain out of transformation. A seasoned expert futurist, he explores what is probable, possible, problematic, and preferable in the Future of Work, Leadership, Health, Education, and Business.
Nick is out to share the mindsets, habits, and daily practices needed to lead brilliantly through change/uncertainty/ complexity, unlock creative breakthroughs in business models and teamwork, and blast through the barriers that predictably block innovation and transformation. His thought-leading ideas are routinely called "game-changing," "powerful," and "profoundly practical."
Whether headlining at a conference or a top 50-500 leadership event, Nick seeks to touch the hearts and minds of all attendees and inspire them to rethink, reimagine, and rejuvenate so they rise to their challenges with more creativity, clarity, and courage than ever. He reliably delivers WOW-inspiring talks at the intersection of technology, futurology, transformation, change, and innovation.
