After Dinner Speakers: Simon Cowell, Patrick Keilty, Gareth Edwards

Making records and breaking them, in the last 10 years, Simon Cowell has achieved sales of over 25 million albums, over 70 top 30 records and 17 number 1 singles. Public notoriety came with Pop Idol, the ITV talent contest that launched the careers of Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius Dinesh. Always the butt of jokes from the show presenters Ant and Dec, mostly about his trousers, Simon has the grace to be able to laugh at himself with them. Simon’s roster of signing reads like whose's who of pop success stories over the last decade. Highlights include; Curiosity Killed the Cat, Sonia, and cornering the boy band market with Five and Westlife. Never predictable, Simon has enjoyed some of his most successful signings from the TV world: The Power Rangers, World Wrestling Federation and the Teletubbies moved from the small box to the airwaves due to Simon.