Tori James
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Tori James, Motivational and Keynote Speaker - Showreel
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Goal Setting
Aiming High
Resilience
Growth Mindset
High Performing Teams
Leadership
Risk
Realising your potential
Bio
Tori James is the first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest and a record-breaking adventurer who has taken on some of the most extreme challenges on our planet. Tori is an accomplished Speaker with over 15 years of experience, having delivered over 400 talks around the globe. Tori provides a unique perspective on everyday business challenges, teamwork and personal ambition. She challenges conventional thinking and empowers others to achieve remarkable things.
Tori was born in Pembrokeshire and grew up on a farm where she claims to have gathered much of her toughness for venturing outside in all weather. After gaining a degree in Geography from Royal Holloway University of London, Tori secured her dream first job working for British Exploring, a charity founded by a member of Scott’s Antarctic expedition and based at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
In 2005 she was a member of the Pink Lady PoleCats, the first all-female team to complete The Polar Challenge, a grueling 360 mile race to the Magnetic North Pole. In 2010 Tori cycled the length of New Zealand, a total of 2400km, unsupported from north to south. In June 2014 Tori was part of the Beeline Britain team who became the first to travel in a straight line from Land’s End to John O’Groats in aid of BLESMA (the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association).
Their 1,100km journey involved sea kayaking, road cycling, mountain biking and hiking and is documented in the award-winning film “As The Crow Flies”. The team set a record for the longest open sea kayak crossing in UK waters kayaking non-stop for 200km from Land’s End to Pembrokeshire.
Tori lives in Cardiff and works across Wales and internationally. She is a motivational speaker and consultant delivering leadership training, team and youth development projects. Tori has led teams in both corporate and charitable organisations in sectors including aviation, entrepreneurship and sport.
Tori is the President of Girlguiding Cymru, a Fellow of British Exploring and an ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Wales. In November 2014 Tori was awarded a ‘Points of Light’ Award by the Prime Minister in recognition of outstanding volunteering over the last 10 years.
Senior Training & Development Officer,
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
“Tori speaks of her own courage, joie de vivre and sheer grit and determination in a way that is inspiring and utterly compelling to listen to. She presents with a sincerity that can only come from a huge sense of personal achievement, and her passionate delivery taps into something in all of us.”
Group Learning Consultant, Standard Life
“You brought your exceptional experiences to life in a really humble way. You had a great story to tell and it had a logical flow. You were completely genuine and authentic, personal and came across as really wanting to be there and spend time with our guys. You made the connections between what you had experienced and how it could be related to them, where they are on their career path and development journey. The informal feedback from the conference is that you were one of the highlights.”
GB Rowing Team
“Brilliant talk - who says small can’t be powerful?!”
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