PSA South West September 2025: Speaker Spotlight

Antoinette is co-President of the Fellowship community and has been a member of the PSA since 2016.

Frustrated that leaders often get told they “need more gravitas” to progress but are not shown how, Antoinette was inspired to research this elusive quality. The result was her trademarked six-step model that helps anyone develop their own authentic gravitas.

Antoinette published her insights in her first book, Leading with Gravitas: Unlock the six keys to impact and influence. Her Leading with Gravitas® programme has inspired thousands of leaders, worldwide, to reach their potential.

Antoinette also focuses on helping organisations to support their female talent. This inspired her second book, Power Up: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Unleashing Her Potential.

She has delivered bespoke keynotes, leadership development programmes and masterclasses for major companies across the public and private sectors, worldwide. Her clients include Merck, Siemens, Roche, Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, Sky, and Allianz. She’s also an accredited speaker for VISTAGE. Her TEDx talk was selected to be part of the TEDTalk library.

Before starting her business, Antoinette spent 16 years in senior positions at some of the world’s top PR agencies.

Nick Gold, is a dynamic entrepreneur and business leader, from founding, scaling, and growing multiple successful ventures across the speaking industry, he has established a strong track record and thrives on challenging the status quo, embracing bold ideas, and driving innovation to create impactful businesses that inspire and deliver lasting value.

Together with his business partner and brother Tim, and his other business partner, Michael, they are building businesses which go beyond the transactional nature of booking a speaker. They believe in forming partnerships with their clients, whether they be companies or speakers to drive meaningful event experiences and deliver tangible value, learning and return on investment.

Caroline Cavanagh helps people to understand anxiety and to use this knowledge to increase mental resilience and performance.

People work with Caroline individually and she also helps organisations to create a culture where reduced staff stress and anxiety can increase productivity and profitability.

She has a passion for working with teenagers to help reverse the trend in teenage anxiety, working both with individuals and in schools and colleges, helping students move from anxiety to confidence.

She is a Professional Speaker, Published Author, National Award Winning Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Master NLP Practitioner. Above all, she’s a lady who loves to help people feel mentally stronger.

Anxiety is not a bad thing when you know how to give it leadership. Caroline will show you how.