Tori James is the first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest.
At just 25 years old, Tori reached the summit of Mount Everest, securing her place among the world’s elite adventurers.
Her other extraordinary achievements include:
- First all-female team to complete a 360-mile race to the magnetic North Pole.
- Cycling the entire length of New Zealand.
- Setting the record for the longest sea kayak journey in UK waters as part of the Beeline Britain team.
Renowned as an inspiring keynote speaker, Tori James has captivated audiences worldwide.
She shares powerful insights on building high-performance teams and thriving under intense pressure. Tori reveals the strategies, resilient mindsets, and core beliefs that drove her team to remarkable success.
Tori James – Motivational Speaker
With a captivating storytelling style, Tori James delivers motivational speeches that inspire, energise, and motivate. She explores the vital themes of risk-taking, building resilience, and empowering individuals and teams to achieve their fullest potential.
Drawing on her extraordinary experiences in some of the planet’s most extreme and challenging environments, Tori’s presentations are both deeply inspiring and impossible to forget.
Keynotes:
Altitude & Attitude – Why Mindset Matters
Survival in extreme environments requires much more than speed, strength, and stamina. A growth mindset counts, both in the wild and in work – our ability to reframe challenging situations, redefine failure, and embrace uncertainty to achieve our goals.
With insights and lessons from Mount Everest and high-altitude mountaineering, you and your team will understand the importance of mindset and what it takes to embrace the biggest challenges.
Teams in the Extremes – Building High Performance
Building high-performing teams in a hyper-connected yet often remote-working world is hard. It requires us to prioritise human connection more than ever before. Team development is about building relationships, developing trust, and propelling others to success.
In this keynote, you’ll discover what it takes to be a high-performing team, the leadership qualities that drive performance under pressure, and the strategies, mindsets, and beliefs that contribute to long-term success.
Risk, Resilience & Realising Your Potential
Fear of failure often prevents us from taking on ambitious goals and ideas. Explore how we can embrace the things that scare us, drive sustained individual and collective performance, and go beyond what we thought was possible.
Tori defies the stereotype of an adventurer and flips the script on what and who has conventionally been seen as brave and strong. She explores the misconceptions of resilience and our risk appetite, enabling you and your team to go further.
“Very authentic, humble, positive and engaging. There are so many great analogies between explorations Tori talks about and endeavours we all face in business. This made her talk so relevant for our work”
EA GAMES
Her incredible journey to the top of Mount Everest was featured in the BBC documentary On Top of the World. She also fronted ITV’s Big Welsh Adventure and has appeared on various television programmes, including the BBC’s The One Show.
Furthermore, Tori’s epic Beeline Britain adventure is captured in the multi-award-winning documentary As The Crow Flies. Her acclaimed book Peak Performance charts her remarkable journey from her childhood in Wales to standing on the summit of Mount Everest.
Tori James received the prestigious Points of Light Award from the UK Prime Minister for her exceptional commitment to volunteering and fundraising.
She proudly serves as President of Girlguiding Cymru (Wales), an ambassador for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and a Fellow of British Exploring.
Furthermore, Tori is passionate about sustainable transport. She champions active travel initiatives and strongly supports “bike buses,” helping children cycle safely to school while enjoying everyday adventures on two wheels.