Gareth Jones was one of our favourite speakers. He was generous with his time and always full of inspiring insights and stories from his huge pool of wisdom. He was also down to earth, genuinely interested in others and lived the leadership principles he spoke and wrote about so much.

Gareth was the only speaker who has ever asked if it was ok if a friend of his and a diagnosed psychopath could attend one of our events together as his guest. He said it matter of factly and we matter of factly said that was fine. We subsequently met his friend Steve Tully. Full of surprises Gareth was a joy to spend time with.

We regarded him as a friend as well as an Associate. We share the pain of your loss Gemma Jones and send our love and thoughts to you, your family and all Gareth's many friends at this impossibly difficult time. Gareth Jones will always be a London Business Forum legend and we treasure the time we spent together working, laughing and learning.