Lewis Pugh

Lewis goes to extremes. He's been to the world's most inaccessible places. He's put his body through unimaginably difficult conditions. He's learned how to harness the energy that comes from overcoming extraordinary odds. And he knows how to inspire audiences to rise to their own internal challenges. His talks make a difference, to individuals, and to organizations.

His dream is that they will also make a difference to the world.

Lewis's ability to make his story matter has made him one of the world's leading inspirational speakers. On their 125th anniversary, Coca-Cola asked Lewis to address their world-wide leadership team. When Unilever decided to double their business and halve their environmental footprint, they chose Lewis to motivate their management team. And when Lloyd's Insurance turned 200 years old, they asked Lewis to help them visualize their future in an increasingly unpredictable world.

As an ocean advocate, pioneer swimmer and explorer, Lewis puts his hard-learned lessons into the context of a corporate environment. He shares the visualization that enabled him to undertake the first swim across the sub-zero waters of the North Pole. And he shares the "radical tactical shift" that he used to complete the first swim across a glacial lake on Mt Everest.

Lewis is a vivid storyteller. His address on leadership at the Business Innovation Forum in Rhode Island was voted as one of the "7 Most Inspiring Videos on the Web".

Over 2.5 million people have viewed his TED talks, and countless others have followed him on BBC, Good Morning America, CNN, Jon Stewart, National Geographic, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Jay Leno and more. His autobiography "Achieving the Impossible" is a Bestseller and was chosen for Oprah's Exclusive Book List.

Lewis has received a number of awards including France and South Africa's highest honours, as well as the Freedom of the City of London. In 2010, the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader for his "potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through inspiring leadership." And in 2013, the United Nations Environment Programme named him Patron of the Oceans.