Pen Hadow

Pen Hadow - Global Explorer & Environmental Adviser

'You have a gift - and should use it. Few can communicate with a level of engagement and intensity like that.' Dame Anita Roddick

Pen Hadow brings to life his personal mission to become the first person to trek solo without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the North Geographic Pole: undisputedly the toughest route.

Pen inspires audiences as he shares the challenges, setbacks, risks and key lessons learned with humour, passion and impact.

'He was amusing, stimulating, informing and uplifting and is clearly a man for whom the word 'impossible' does not exist! I would thoroughly recommend him to any audience that wished to be inspired.' Savills International

Pen is in demand for:

• Corporate motivational talks
• Conference keynote speeches
• Award ceremony presentations
• Themed master-classes
• Board-room briefings
• After dinner talks

Pen's love of exploration is infectious and he actively encourages others to push back their limits. He has enabled many to achieve their Polar ambitions. Pen devised and organised the first all-women's expedition to the North Pole, for example. Twenty women with no previous polar experience, led by professional women guides, walked into the Guinness Book of Records.

Pen founded Geo Mission, a pioneering environmental sponsorship organisation that delivered the multi-award winning series of Catline Arctic Surveys (2009-11). He advises companies on upgrading and communicating their environmental credentials and the importance of environmental responsibility.

Pen tailors each talk for client events. Popular themes include:

• Motivation - finding it & keeping it
• Pioneering mindset & breakthroughs
• Resilience
• Goal setting & dealing with setbacks
• Risks v rewards
• Personal performance in the toughest environments
• Global environmental change & corporate sustainability

'The thinking, strategy and process behind successful polar exploration can be used to highlight valuable insights for business performance.' Pen Hadow

Reviews
'Pen Hadow's experience was genuinely inspirational and motivating. Having launched Marks and Spencer's Plan A initiative on the need to tackle the enormous challenge of climate change, it was fantastic to hear from someone who has experienced global warming with their own eyes.' Sir Stuart Rose

'Outstanding in every respect... amusing, terrifying, engaging, inspiring. Terrific.' Verson Sankey

Recent Awards

Hero of the Environment Award Time Magazine, 2009
European Sponsorship Award Finalist 2010
World Technology Environment Award Winner 2010