The Entrepreneurs’ Forum is delighted to welcome back the immense talent which is, Caspar Berry!

This day of inspirational achievements at Cloud9 will be introduced and facilitated by Caspar Berry, founder of 21st Century Media, actor, author and former professional poker player.

Caspar is the perfect choice to host Cloud 9, having worked with the Forum on our previous two incredibly successful Graduate Conferences (Start Local/ Think Global & Be1) he brings with him, a wealth of experience and understanding of the challenges facing those thinking about emerging into the world of enterprise; especially building a business as a graduate.

Indeed, it was following his attendance at the launch of The Entrepreneurs’ Forum, back in 2003 that Caspar cites as his defining moment to set up his own business venture. Speaking with keynote speaker Richard Branson at the launch, motivated and steered Caspar in a direction he hadn’t thought possible.

During the summit, Caspar will inspire and entertain delegates as he guides us through the full day, drawing out the crucial questions you want to hear from our incredible line-up of speakers, exploring radical themes and new ideas about business and life success, as well as investigating the art and science of making good decisions and taking calculated risks. Caspar takes an interesting look at risk takers from poker, business and life, giving examples of why embracing risk, in a calculated way is good; why it ensures genetic survival and why, the most enduring and successful people and organisations take calculated risks every day.

Career background:Caspar started life as an actor in Byker Grove, went via Cambridge University to write screenplays for Film Four and Columbia TriStar, before embarking on his own personal risk strategy, becoming a professional poker player living and working in Las Vegas. Caspar returned to England in 2002, co-founding Twenty First Century Media- building it into the fastest growing audio visual media company in the North of England. It was whilst still at the helm of Twenty First Century Media that he began his career as a consultant, working with organisations such as BP, Nestle, Nationwide, AXA, Barclays, Cisco, Citigroup, The Metropolitan Police and The Shaw Trust; relating the themes or risk in poker to the decisions we take every day in our business and personal lives. He is a poker expert for Poker Night Live and Sky Vegas, writes a regular column for Flush Magazine and was the poker advisor on the James bond film, Casino Royale.