Conference Keynotes, Business Talks and After Dinner
A hugely engaging speaker, Mark has over fifteen years of experience on stage, at conferences, within businesses and to after-dinner audiences. Pulling on his career as an athlete, as well as his experience as a BBC broadcaster, Mark is valued for his ability to translate record breaking performance and strategy planning to a wide range of business audiences. Mark’s background in economics and as an investor in start-up businesses brings a depth of experience to his talks, over and above the sporting metaphors.
Mark’s talks are incredibly inspirational and very memorable with injections of humour and amazing imagery. The content and key messages are always tailored to the clients’ brief. His range of topics include high-performance teams, leadership, dealing with adversity, creating leaps in performance, effective communication, wellbeing and purpose.
Over 100 countries, tens of documentaries and 6 books, Mark has a huge range of expedition experience, however is best known for cycling around the World and still holds the Guinness World record. Cycling 18,000 miles in 78 days, 10 years after his first world circumnavigation, averaging 240 miles per day, Mark pushed himself to the limit of human endurance whilst leading a team of 40. This project redefined the limits of human endurance, breaking the previous record by 37%, but crucially beating their target by 1.44%. Such purpose, planning and execution is at the heart of Mark’s talks.
Virtual Keynotes
Since 2020, Mark has been embracing the changing times and offering online keynote and conference speeches. Professional studio lighting and audio is important for creating impact for virtual audiences. In the past year Mark has spoken at events around the world, including Japan, Australia, Brazil and North America, with audiences scattered around the planet, all of which wouldn’t have been possible before. Mark’s virtual speeches are interactive, tailored specifically to the clients’ brief and offer fantastic imagery and video. Fees are adjusted to reflect the time efficiency, as well as the reduced impact on the climate.
Mark was fantastic. Our highest rated speaker and his presentation was inspiring and genuine with real practical takeaways for everyone. I’d highly recommend Mark as a speaker; he was a pleasure to work with.
Opticians Training Conference
One of the key reasons for inviting Mark to speak to our customers, was his unique mixture of record-breaking achievements, alongside his business acumen and experience. During the speech Mark delivered a well-balanced mix of inspirational anecdotes, whilst seamlessly relating his challenges and achievements to the world of business
Global Engineering Business - Staff Conference
That was AMAZING! Talk about great content for a mid-week event. INCREDIBLE imagery, inspiring messages.
Canadian Grocery Conference
Mark was incredibly professional, working with us in the days before the event to make sure he fully understood the brief as well as the audience - and the tone we were looking for. On the day itself, Mark gave a fascinating account of some of his exploits.
Global Beverage Brand - Staff Conference
Mark was great to work with. Mark is very open and honest about his experience and views, which made for an interesting and inspiring conversation that was bespoke to our objectives. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Mark as a speaker.
Leading Wealth Management Firm - Staff Conference
An inspirational talk supported by the brilliant adventures he has been on, Mark made the effort to understand the strains the audience have been under during COVID. We were brilliantly pleased and it was great to see people smiling and taking newfound resilience in the face of adversity.
NHS Conference