Lucy Shepherd is a professional explorer who has led incredible expeditions across environments such as the Arctic tundra and the Amazon rainforest. She is globally renowned for her 2024 two-part documentary ‘Secret Amazon: Into the Wild’ but is also a passionate storyteller and advocate for the environment. An inspirational keynote speaker with powerful insights to share, Lucy is highly sought-after for a variety of speaking engagements.
With her passion for adventure starting at just 18, Lucy embarked on her first major expedition to Svalbard with the British Exploring Society. This trip solidified her love for adventure, and she committed herself to becoming a professional explorer, breaking and overcoming any barriers that might stand in her way. At only 23 years old, Lucy became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and followed the path of historic figures such as Charles Darwin, Edmund Hillary, and Scott of the Antartic. She also notably became the youngest member of the Council of the Scientific Exploration Society, one of the world’s oldest exploration charities.
More recently in her career, Lucy’s Channel 4 documentary ‘Secret Amazon: Into the Wild’ has gained worldwide recognition. It follows herself and her team as they journey through harsh and unexplored parts of the Amazon rainforest. Throughout this experience, Lucy aims to not only inspire, but to raise awareness about the effects of climate change and to educate people about the state of our world. Lucy has also led a record-setting expedition across Guyana’s Kanuku Mountains, featured in National Geographic and The Times. Over the course of her career as an adventurer, she has completed over 30 incredible expeditions and has gained a wealth of experience in teachable topics such as mental resilience. As an active ambassador for Ford UK, Rhino Ark, and the World Land Trust, Lucy evidently cares deeply about doing her part for the environment.
As a speaker, Lucy goes into depth about how we can harness the ‘explorer’s mindset’ and is the perfect speaker for topics surrounding performance, leadership, and the environment. She uses her platform to bridge the gap between adventure and advocacy and can tailor her talks on these topics to any audience. If you are looking for a true inspiration or are ready to adopt an ‘explorer’s mindset’, look no further than hiring Lucy Shepherd today!
Lucy Shepherd's official speaking topics are listed below:
The Explorer’s Mindset
Lucy breakdowns what she calls ‘The Explorer’s Mindset’. She shares the ingredients needed to embody this, how it can help us tackle any challenge and why we are all explorers in our own right.
Resilience & Failure
How can we build resilience everyday in a world that is unpredictable and uncertain, it is important to embrace the unknown, push on, and how can we learn from failure instead of letting it define us?
Leadership & Teamwork
Lucy leads small teams of good people in high stakes environments. She shares the value of diversity and empowerment. Lucy knows that the best way to lead is authentically and inspires us all to be our own leader.
Imposter Syndrome
As a female in a male dominated industry, Lucy is asked regularly if she feels imposter syndrome but she pushes back on why this might be the wrong approach to take, and the importance of trusting your instincts.
Sustainability & Biodiversity
Ever since her first expedition in 2011, Lucy has felt a deep duty of care to the environment. She inspires audiences to take urgent collective action and to remember to be in awe of this beautiful planet.
Why we need Risk
Do we live in a ‘comfort crisis’? Lucy shares why calculated risk taking leads to growth and why it is beneficial for us both individually, and on a larger scale.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"How do you keep #resilient under really stressful times? A fascinating and insightful talk from Lucy Shepherd (FRGS) on the lessons l she learnt from her expeditions in uncharted areas all around the world is to practice optimism. My favourite insight was to practice optimism - not being unrealistically optimistic all the time but understanding what you need to do to get things done and understanding that there is usually always a way. Thank you Lucy for sharing your insights with us at PwC UK." - PwC
"Your presentation landed well and I think everyone who attended took away some inspiring insights which everyone can relate to. Your message about embracing ambiguity, resilience and optimism are really appropriate in today's world of business." - IG Group
"Several people have stopped me in the hallways today to tell me how inspiring Lucy’s talk was. It really made exploration so accessible and tangible for folks, which is a testament to her ability to draw parallels between our work and hers." - Google DeepMind
- 2024 – Star of 'Secret Amazon: Into the Wild' on Channel 4
- 2024 – Completed 50-day Amazon expedition through uncharted rainforest
- 2023 – Featured in The Times and National Geographic for Kanuku Mountains expedition
- 2023 – Named Ambassador for Ford UK, Rhino Ark & World Land Trust
- 2021 – Led landmark expedition across Guyana’s Kanuku Mountains
- 2020 – Became Youngest Council Member of the Scientific Exploration Society
- 2017 – Became Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society at age 23
- 2011 – First Arctic expedition with British Exploring Society in Svalbard at age 18
How to hire Lucy Shepherd
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Lucy Shepherd for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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