Meet the Team

Holly Kerley
Director

Mum of two, Holly grew up in North West Leicestershire.  After passing her A-Levels Holly joined former Dragon’s Den star Hilary Devey’s company Pall-Ex and undertook a CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing. Heading up the marketing team and also responsible for organising all the company’s many events, Holly was responsible for organising their annual gala dinner dance where she gained valuable experiencing in booking speakers and entertainers.

Holly also organised many internal sales conferences and was responsible for sourcing the best industry speakers. Holly also worked with speaker agents who wanted to book Hilary and she also accompanied Hilary to many events.  All of this experience has proved hugely valuable and something which has helped her understand the needs of our clients and speakers alike.

Outside work Holly is a very keen gym bunny and despite being only 4ft 11ins she can lift a dead weight of over 60kgs. Holly adores her cockapoo Arlo, too.

Jennie Storr
Senior Booking Agent

The incredibly talented Jennie Storr has perfected the art of painting pictures with words. She is naturally observant and turns her amazing life experiences into sensitive, funny and highly informative speeches. Schooled around the world Jennie trained as a speaker at Samford University, in Birmingham Alabama. She believes twenty-six moves between the ages of two and twenty-one shaped her life and she explains just how much this way of living influenced her.  “It gave me my accent, my education, my husband, my children and my speaking career. ”

Jennie is regularly asked to coach business men and women who find public speaking a daunting task. She conducts one-to-one and group sessions as well as speech making and writing seminars and workshops around the UK.

Christine Ager
Book Keeper

Christine was born and grew up on a dairy farm in North Wales. After gaining a maths degree from Manchester University she moved to Hull for a few years before settling down in Leicestershire . She worked at Chambers Packaging, part of BPB plc , as their Works Accountant for 10 years during which time she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. After taking a career break to look after her three young children she returned to work in 2004 as a part time bookkeeper .

Harriet Wilton
Speaker and Host Coordinator

Born and raised in Leicestershire, Harriet is the latest addition to the team at The Speakers Agency. Having completed her A-Levels, she went on to study a degree in English, Drama, Education and the Arts, graduating in 2021.

She previously served as Outreach Officer for the renowned comedy troupe The Cambridge Footlights, organising events, workshops and performances for prospective comedians and members of the community alike. The transferrable skills she acquired from this role mean that she wholly understands the importance of providing impeccable customer service and finding the right person to fit a specific brief.

In her spare time, Harriet enjoys taking part in theatre productions and is part of multiple amateur dramatics societies.