How it works
Nothing is booked instantly. That is deliberate.
A calendar you can click is the wrong instrument for this. Both of us should know what the occasion is, who will be there, and whether this is a good idea, before anyone is committed to anything.
The whole process is five steps, and you can stop at any of them. Payment only ever comes after mutual acceptance.
- 01
Request a private introduction
Leave your name and email. You will receive a link that opens the full profile — photographs, credentials, background and approach. There is no payment and no obligation at this stage, and your address is not added to any mailing list.
- 02
Tell us about the occasion
A short form: the date, the city, the kind of event, and a few sentences on what would make the evening go well. Nothing more is asked until an engagement is actually accepted.
- 03
Speak first, if you would like to
A short video call, entirely up to you. Some people want to hear a voice before going further; others would rather not add a step. If you do take it, it is one call and it covers everything — the occasion, the people, anything you would rather ask than type. It is a conversation, not an interview, and either of us may decide it is not the right fit without needing to explain why.
- 04
Reserve the date, and prepare properly
You pay half to hold the date — there is nothing to sign, and the other half is charged on the morning of the event so nothing is left hanging afterwards. Then the preparation: names, relationships, pronunciations, the schedule, the attire, the arrival, the departure. All of it agreed with you before the evening rather than during it.
- 05
Attend with clarity and ease
Punctual arrival at an agreed point, courteous introductions, real conversation, and a departure at the time you set. Everything understood in advance.
Knowing who you are meeting
He goes first.
What you are shown, before anything
- His full name and current photographs
- His law practice and professional background
- The Foundation he has chaired since 2006, with its leadership page
- Its published financials, so you can check the whole story yourself
- How he prepares, in his own words
He is a named, findable person with two decades of public record behind him. You can look all of it up before you so much as reply.
What is asked of you
- That you are 21 or older
- An email address you actually read
- Enough about the occasion to prepare for it properly
- A short conversation first, if you would like one — never required
That is the whole list. No documents to upload, no forms to work through, and nothing asked of you that does not make the evening go better.
Payment
When money enters the conversation.
Never before mutual acceptance. Once an engagement is accepted you receive a written quote with every line itemised, and you pay half to reserve the date.
The other half is charged to the same card on the morning of the event. That is the whole arrangement — one payment step, nothing to remember afterwards, and no invoice to settle once the evening is over.
There is nothing to sign. The terms are accepted in the payment step itself, where they are linked so you can read them first.
After your first payment you have forty-eight hours to cancel for a full refund, provided the event is at least eight days away. Beyond that window the reservation is not returned in cash — holding a date means declining others for it — though more than three weeks out its full value carries forward as a reschedule credit. Cancelling always stops the event-day charge, so the reservation is the most you can lose.