Keynote SpeakersZannah Ryabchuk is a sought-after keynote speaker, CEO of Breakthrough Global, and a 2023 winner of the 35 Women in Leadership Under 35 award.
Zannah is known for energising business audiences with interactive talks on culture, transformation and navigating uncertainty in a VUCA world, blending personal stories with simple, powerful ideas that are practical and actionable.
Zannah’s work focuses on how organisations unlock growth by shifting the cultural habits that shape everyday decisions, priorities and performance. Through a Breakthrough lens on energy, engagement and senior leadership alignment, Zannah helps audiences see what drains momentum, what builds collective ownership, and what creates the conditions for teams to move with clarity, pace and purpose.
Zannah has delivered work with global organisations including Kellanova, Commercial Metals Company, Ricoh, Ferrero, JDE Peet’s and Coty.
She is the host of the 3 Lessons from Breakthrough Leaders podcast and is currently co-authoring a book on Energy-Driven Transformation, due for publication in September 2026.
Over the last 13 years at Breakthrough, Zannah has held multiple roles, including as Managing Director. Before Breakthrough, Zannah worked in online marketing and communications roles at leading fashion and beauty brands, including Estée Lauder and Tom Ford, as well as in operational roles at trade and research institutions. She holds a Master’s in Chinese and African International Relations.
Energy-Driven Transformation: A CEO’s Guide to Momentum, Impact and Growth.
Zannah is also co-author of Energy-Driven Transformation: A CEO’s Guide to Momentum, Impact and Growth, which explores how leaders can harness organisational energy to accelerate change, build momentum and deliver sustainable business growth.
Based in London, Zannah works internationally and brings a passion for history, health and wellbeing, relationships, nature, and feminism to her perspective on leadership, culture, and human performance.
Zannah Ryabchuk Speaking Themes:
- Culture Is Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
- Alignment Is a Superpower
- Leadership, Growth, and Urgency in the VUCA World
- Become Masters of Uncertainty in a Radically Changing World
- Unleash Your Energy to Catalyse Growth
- Engagement Scores are a Red Herring – You Want Fulfilled People
- Mindsets to Achieve Growth
- Complacent or Overloaded? How to Identify and Build a High-Performance Organisational Culture
- Change Management
- Future of Work
- Growth and Scale
- Innovation
- Mental Resilience
- Peak Performance
- Strategy
- Teamwork and Team Building
- Workplace Culture
