Annabelle Bond

Annabelle Bond is a renowned explorer and motivational speaker, living in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Switzerland, UK and the USA, Annabelle would return to Hong Kong due to her career where she worked in Real Estate for ten years, working her way up the ranks and becoming a director of a company. A fantastic motivational speaker, Annabelle can address a wide range of audiences thanks to her diverse experiences of both business and competition from around the world. Annabelle had always been athletic, but took the level of competition and challenge to new heights by participating in the gruelling MacLehose trail, comprising of 63 miles of mountain marathon in Hong Kong. Competing for four consecutive years, she became the second fasted woman in one race, with a completion time of 16 hours 50 minutes.

The drive and determination needed to compete and succeed in these events proves testament to Annabelle's reputation as a pre-eminent motivational speaker on the after dinner speaker circuit. Always looking for a new challenge, Annabelle applied her mental discipline to mountain climbing. Her first ascent was of Aconcagua in December 2001. Once accomplished, she went on to scale numerous peaks above 6,000 meters in Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia with her Chilean team.

Reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 15th 2004, making Annabelle the fourth British woman ever to stand on the summit. Since then, Annabelle has gone on to complete The Seven Summits challenge, reaching the highest peaks on every continent in just 360 days. Annabelle’s feat includes her into an elite group of just 115 people to have ever achieve this physical feat. Annabelle's amazing achievements are delivered in the form of anecdotal tales during presentations as a motivational speaker, both intriguing and engaging with audiences. Annabelle climbed the seven summits to raise money for the Eve Appeal which specialises in the prevention of Ovarian Cancer. To date, Annabelle has raised 1.6 million USD for this cause and thanks everyone whom has so generously donated. As well as being an international adventurer, Annabelle speaks to corporate clients as a keynote speaker such as Cancer Research, Barclay’s Capital, Tate Modern, Adidas and Morgan Stanley in the UK and Asia. Her life experience and vast achievements to date make her an extremely motivational speaker.