Neil Rutherford

Most speakers on alcohol and wellbeing come from a clinical background or a recovery story. I’m different. I spent over 20 years at the highest levels of corporate life — entertaining clients, closing deals, and using alcohol as the social glue that held it all together. I know your world from the inside. The Friday drinks, the client dinners, the conference bars. And I know what it quietly costs in performance, health and leadership. Three years after removing alcohol, I reversed type 2 diabetes, eliminated gout, normalised my liver function, lost 24kg, and built a second career as a speaker and accredited coach. Not through willpower — through understanding the biology, the behaviour science, and the identity shift required to change for good. My talk isn’t a lecture. It isn’t a warning. It’s a story your audience will recognise in themselves — and a framework they can actually use. I was trained by Andy Ramage, Co-Founder of One Year No Beer and widely regarded as the Godfather of Alcohol Free, which means I bring both personal credibility and professional structure to every stage I step onto. I’ve spoken at the Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine Conference to a standing ovation. That talk directly converted my first executive coaching client. And I’m just getting started. If you want a speaker who makes your audience think differently about one of the most overlooked performance saboteurs in business — I’m your man.