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ALEX STANIFORTHA record-breaking adventurer, inspirational keynote speaker, author and founder of mental health charity, Mind Over Mountains.
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ALEX STANIFORTH - SPEAKER PROFILE
Alex Staniforth is a record-breaking adventurer, ultra-runner, author, and charity founder from Chester. No stranger to adversity, Alex has overcome more than most will in a lifetime—including surviving the two biggest disasters in Mount Everest history as a teenager. His greatest challenges have been even closer to home: living with epilepsy, stammering, bullying, and mental ill health since childhood.
Being defeated, however, was not an option. After single-handedly raising over £35,000 in corporate sponsorship whilst still at school, Alex’s first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 2014 was abandoned following a tragic avalanche that took sixteen lives. In 2015 he was trapped at Camp 1 for two days following the Nepal earthquake and an avalanche which took the lives of three team-mates at Base Camp.
Alex has never stopped pushing limits to inspire others. He is the first and fastest person ever to run and cycle all 446 mountains in England & Wales in just 45 days, has written two books (Icefall and Another Peak), and founded Mind Over Mountains, a charity restoring mental well-being through outdoor experiences. His other endurance feats include running the National Three Peaks Challenge – covering 452 miles (17 marathons) in just 9 days and 12 hours, and climbing all 100 UK county tops in 72 days, the fastest time ever.
Alex is an inspirational keynote speaker helping business teams, leaders and students to achieve through adversity, embrace change and protect their mental health under pressure.
Sharing lessons from adventure and ultra-endurance, he brings a relatable perspective on success and resilience with tools that anyone can apply to their challenges at work and home.
With 10+ years speaking internationally for global companies like FedEx, Samsung, Bank of America and Heineken, his talks are not just inspirational; they’re transformational. Alex Staniforth is an expert on overcoming challenges, resilience and mental well-being.
As an inspirational and international keynote speaker, he has helped leading companies including Rolls-Royce, Samsung, Accenture and Bank of America build the resilience to thrive through adversity and change.
Combining hard-earned lessons with practical resilience and mindset tools, Alex empowers teams and leaders to embrace setbacks, uncertainty and pressure so they can achieve the extraordinary.
Being defeated, however, was not an option. After single-handedly raising over £35,000 in corporate sponsorship whilst still at school, Alex’s first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 2014 was abandoned following a tragic avalanche that took sixteen lives. In 2015 he was trapped at Camp 1 for two days following the Nepal earthquake and an avalanche which took the lives of three team-mates at Base Camp.
Alex has never stopped pushing limits to inspire others. He is the first and fastest person ever to run and cycle all 446 mountains in England & Wales in just 45 days, has written two books (Icefall and Another Peak), and founded Mind Over Mountains, a charity restoring mental well-being through outdoor experiences. His other endurance feats include running the National Three Peaks Challenge – covering 452 miles (17 marathons) in just 9 days and 12 hours, and climbing all 100 UK county tops in 72 days, the fastest time ever.
Alex is an inspirational keynote speaker helping business teams, leaders and students to achieve through adversity, embrace change and protect their mental health under pressure.
Sharing lessons from adventure and ultra-endurance, he brings a relatable perspective on success and resilience with tools that anyone can apply to their challenges at work and home.
With 10+ years speaking internationally for global companies like FedEx, Samsung, Bank of America and Heineken, his talks are not just inspirational; they’re transformational. Alex Staniforth is an expert on overcoming challenges, resilience and mental well-being.
As an inspirational and international keynote speaker, he has helped leading companies including Rolls-Royce, Samsung, Accenture and Bank of America build the resilience to thrive through adversity and change.
Combining hard-earned lessons with practical resilience and mindset tools, Alex empowers teams and leaders to embrace setbacks, uncertainty and pressure so they can achieve the extraordinary.
Alex's most popular keynotes:
Resilience through Adversity- How to embrace the unexpected
Challenges and change are inevitable; being defeated is optional. In our rapidly changing world, resilience isn’t simply about bouncing back or enduring to breaking point: it’s how we recharge, prepare and move forward – even when we can’t see the top of the mountain.
Drawing lessons and insight from his extreme adventures and ultra-endurance challenges, Alex will share the tools in his ‘Resilience Rucksack’ for anyone to adapt and maintain performance during setbacks, failure, uncertainty and pressure – when the whole team depends on it.
Achieving our Everest - Why staying at Base Camp kills our potential
We all have our own ‘Everest’ to climb. However, fear of failure and uncertainty often prevents us from taking the first step and achieving our full potential – when staying at Base Camp might be the biggest risk of all.
Recalling two near-death experiences on Everest and challenges closer to home, Alex’s story offers a different perspective on success and failure to help us discover opportunities during adversity and change.
Alex will share a relatable insight into growth mindset, goal-setting, teamwork and motivation so that we can overcome setbacks and achieve our own ‘Everest’. Can you afford to stay at Base Camp?
Mountains in the Mind - how to build our mental fitness
High performance isn’t sustainable without prioritizing our well-being too. With a refreshing vulnerability, Alex openly shares his own mental health journey as a young man to encourage open conversations about mental health, whilst challenging the myths and stigma that costs thousands of lives each year. For leaders, supporting the team often starts by putting our hand up first.
Drawing from his ultra-endurance challenges and lived experience, Alex shares how to build our mental fitness so we can manage stress, spot the warning signs of poor mental health and avoid burnout – one small step at a time.
Alex will work tirelessly with your brief to identify what success looks like, and how your audience will think, feel and act as a result.
His key topics include:
Mental Resilience – build the tools to thrive during setbacks, change & pressure
Overcoming Adversity – turn adversity into opportunity with a growth mindset
Motivation & Goalsetting – overcome fear of failure to achieve the extraordinary
Mental Well-being – prevent burnout and open conversations about mental health
Managing Change – maintain focus and performance when the goalposts are shifting
What goals and challenges are your team facing?
Let Alex help them take the first step.
Challenges and change are inevitable; being defeated is optional. In our rapidly changing world, resilience isn’t simply about bouncing back or enduring to breaking point: it’s how we recharge, prepare and move forward – even when we can’t see the top of the mountain.
Drawing lessons and insight from his extreme adventures and ultra-endurance challenges, Alex will share the tools in his ‘Resilience Rucksack’ for anyone to adapt and maintain performance during setbacks, failure, uncertainty and pressure – when the whole team depends on it.
Achieving our Everest - Why staying at Base Camp kills our potential
We all have our own ‘Everest’ to climb. However, fear of failure and uncertainty often prevents us from taking the first step and achieving our full potential – when staying at Base Camp might be the biggest risk of all.
Recalling two near-death experiences on Everest and challenges closer to home, Alex’s story offers a different perspective on success and failure to help us discover opportunities during adversity and change.
Alex will share a relatable insight into growth mindset, goal-setting, teamwork and motivation so that we can overcome setbacks and achieve our own ‘Everest’. Can you afford to stay at Base Camp?
Mountains in the Mind - how to build our mental fitness
High performance isn’t sustainable without prioritizing our well-being too. With a refreshing vulnerability, Alex openly shares his own mental health journey as a young man to encourage open conversations about mental health, whilst challenging the myths and stigma that costs thousands of lives each year. For leaders, supporting the team often starts by putting our hand up first.
Drawing from his ultra-endurance challenges and lived experience, Alex shares how to build our mental fitness so we can manage stress, spot the warning signs of poor mental health and avoid burnout – one small step at a time.
Alex will work tirelessly with your brief to identify what success looks like, and how your audience will think, feel and act as a result.
His key topics include:
Mental Resilience – build the tools to thrive during setbacks, change & pressure
Overcoming Adversity – turn adversity into opportunity with a growth mindset
Motivation & Goalsetting – overcome fear of failure to achieve the extraordinary
Mental Well-being – prevent burnout and open conversations about mental health
Managing Change – maintain focus and performance when the goalposts are shifting
What goals and challenges are your team facing?
Let Alex help them take the first step.
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