Conrad Humphreys
Video
Conrad Humphreys, Showreel
Speaking Topics
Leadership & leading in challenging and disruptive environments
Building Organisational and Personal Resilience
Authentic Leadership and Personal Development
Mindset
Risk vs Reward
Bio
Conrad is a trusted corporate speaker, leadership coach, author and after dinner speaker who draws on his remarkable career as a professional yachtsman and business owner to inspire teams around the world. Conrad is celebrated for his ability to understand business challenges and tailors his presentations to meet every client’s needs. He has engaged some of the world’s top organisations including Airbus, Cunard, Pfizer, GSK, Microsoft, Motorola and UBS.
Drawing on his personal experiences for resonance, he leaves audiences with a simple “tool kit” and a strong sense of belief to go forward and win in difficult circumstances. His presentations are brought to life with fantastic imagery and content drawn from over 25 years of leading teams in a number of high profile adventures.
A triple round the world yachtsman, Conrad competed as the youngest entrant in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race (now Volvo Ocean Race). As skipper, he led his team to victory in the BT Global Challenge by dominating the race and winning 4 out of 7 legs. Conrad became the fifth British yachtsman in history to complete the legendary Vendée Globe, single-handed, non-stop around the world without assistance.
Most recently Conrad was the professional skipper onboard the tiny 23ft open boat, Bounty’s End in the recreation of Captain Bligh’s epic story of survival for Channel 4’s Mutiny on the Bounty. Using traditional navigation equipment and surviving off the same meagre rations as Bligh, nine men were cast adrift 35 miles to the south of Tofua near the Kingdom of Tonga in a replica boat. Their mission, to survive and safely navigate across 4000 miles of open ocean in order to recreate one of the world’s greatest open boat voyages of British history.
His leadership story, ’Inspiring Leadership, Staying afloat in turbulent times’ has been published by Thomson Learning and is a ground-breaking book looking at the effective leadership lessons from the World’s Toughest Yacht Race. Conrad is the author of ‘Against the Odds’ an official Story of the 2004-5 Vendée Globe.
Euroclear Group
“Conrad’s presentation was inspiring! His approach to leadership sets an example we should all aspire to. A highly motivated individual, Conrad’s passion and enthusiasm are infectious.”
Canada Life
“Truly engaging, inspiring and uplifting. Conrad was able to weave Canada Life’s business themes throughout and wonderfully complemented my messages on the day"
Ericsson
"Conrad Humphreys delivered a very powerful and highly relevant talk on ‘leadership’ to a group of Ericsson’s Next Generation Executives"
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