Personal branding speakers: ten picks from India and abroad
Five of these speakers are based in India and five work from the US or the UK. I'm Bhavik Sarkhedi, a serial entrepreneur with three bootstrapped exits, and I am one of the ten. The list is my own pick, in alphabetical order, with the source for every name.
- Five from India
- Five from the US and UK
- A source on every name
- Checked 13 November 2026
What a personal branding talk should do for your audience
A personal branding talk earns an hour of your event when people leave able to do one thing they could not do before. For students, that is describing themselves in two sentences. For managers, it is being known for something specific inside the company. For founders, it is being found and understood when a client searches their name.
Before you read the names, write down who is in the room and the one thing you want them to do the next morning. Then choose the speaker whose topics match it. The table further down sorts the ten by audience.
Three videos of mine on personal branding
I put myself on this list, so judge me the way you would judge anyone on it: watch me speak.
Ten personal branding speakers
Each person below has a public speaker profile that names personal branding as a topic. I checked every profile on 13 November 2026 and wrote the descriptions in my own words from what the profile says. The order is alphabetical by surname. Nobody paid to be listed.
- New York, USA
William Arruda
Keynotes on personal branding for professionals and executives, including how a brand shows on social media.
Source: BigSpeak profile
- Mumbai, India
Tanvi Bhatt
Speaks on personal branding, leadership and public speaking. Author of Think Like a Thought Leader.
Source: Engage4more listing
- California, USA
Goldie Chan
Speaks on personal branding, storytelling and networking for professionals.
Source: BigSpeak profile
- North Carolina, USA
Dorie Clark
Keynotes on building a brand as a leader, long-term thinking and reinventing yourself in the age of AI.
Source: Chartwell Speakers profile
- Mumbai, India
Sonia Dubey Dewan
An image consultant who keynotes on personal branding, executive presence and women in leadership.
Source: Sessionize profile
- Indian Speaker Bureau
Neeraja Ganesh
A TEDx speaker listed for networking, storytelling, personal branding and women in leadership.
Source: Indian Speaker Bureau profile
- London, UK
Joseph Liu
His keynote is about raising your personal brand through a career change, with networking and professional presence.
Source: Scarlett Entertainment profile
- New York, USA
Kaplan Mobray
Speaks on personal branding, including personal branding with AI, plus leadership and performance.
Source: BigSpeak profile
- Ahmedabad, India
Bhavik Sarkhedi
This is me. Serial entrepreneur with three bootstrapped exits. My keynote covers the search side of personal branding: what Google and AI tools return for your name.
Source: my speaker page
- Indian Speaker Bureau
Ketan Sethi
Listed as a personal branding strategist who speaks on brand positioning and digital marketing.
Source: Indian Speaker Bureau profile
Which speaker suits which room
| If your event is | Look at | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| A college or early-career audience in India | Neeraja Ganesh, Tanvi Bhatt | Their listed topics include networking, storytelling and public speaking. |
| A leadership or women-in-leadership programme | Sonia Dubey Dewan, Neeraja Ganesh, Dorie Clark | Executive presence, women in leadership and building a brand as a leader are named topics. |
| A career-change or alumni event | Joseph Liu | His keynote is about personal brand through a career transition. |
| A marketing or brand team | Ketan Sethi, Goldie Chan | Brand positioning, digital marketing and storytelling are named topics. |
| A large corporate conference | William Arruda, Kaplan Mobray, Dorie Clark | All three are represented by international speaker bureaus. |
| Founders, consultants and one-person businesses | Me | My talk is about what Google and AI show for your name, and I run a one-person business myself. |
A speaker flying in adds travel time and cost. Ask each one whether they run the session online.
What I speak about
I speak about the part of personal branding that most talks leave for the last slide: search. When someone hears your name, they look it up on Google, on LinkedIn or in an AI tool. My keynote, Person Engine Optimization, shows the audience how to run that search on their own name in 15 minutes and what to fix first.
My second talk is about running a one-person business with AI without being drained by it. Both talks are on my speaker page, and both run as half-day or full-day workshops for teams. The workshop for leadership teams is on personengineoptimization.com.
Me, in eight pictures
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Who put this list together
I'm Bhavik Sarkhedi, a serial entrepreneur from Ahmedabad. I began as a writer, and each of my three companies grew out of writing. I built them without outside money and I have exited all three. The writing side of that story is in my founder note on this site.
My current work is Solo Not Small, for people who run a business alone. Its line is: learn AI, but also live.
- Dad of AdMy advertising agency. Sold in 2021.
- Write RightA writing company I grew from two people to seventy-five with no outside money. Sold in 2023.
- BlushushMy third exit, in October 2026.
My work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost and Entrepreneur, and I have written 21+ books.
Read next on Personeur
For other kinds of events I keep two more shortlists: LinkedIn keynote speakers on Ra-Aha and AI search visibility speakers on PEOGEO.
“Not with just one platform, because it will kill your personal identity later.”From my video: What is personal branding? The answer in under three minutesWatch the videos
Questions about personal branding speakers
Who are the top personal branding speakers in India?
Five people on this list are based in India or listed by an Indian speaker bureau: Tanvi Bhatt, Sonia Dubey Dewan, Neeraja Ganesh, Ketan Sethi and me. The list is alphabetical, and each name links to the profile I checked.
What does a personal branding keynote cover?
It depends on the speaker. Common topics are how to describe yourself, how to be visible inside a company, storytelling and LinkedIn. Mine covers what Google and AI tools show when someone searches your name.
How long is a personal branding session?
My keynote runs 45 to 60 minutes with questions. The workshop version is a half-day or a full day.
Can a college or university book you?
Yes. For campus events I give the Person Engine Optimization talk, because recruiters search a student's name before an interview. My author talks for colleges and festivals are on unproposed.com.
What do personal branding speakers charge?
It varies by speaker, city and format, and bureaus quote per event, so this page lists no fees. My fee is on request.
Is the order a ranking?
No. It is alphabetical by surname.
Do you travel, and do you work online?
Yes to both. I'm based in Ahmedabad and travel across India and abroad. Online sessions run with live questions.
Send me the date and the audience
I reply with the fee and my available dates. If another speaker on this page fits your audience better, I tell you which one.
bksarkhedi78@gmail.com
