Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE

Motivational and Entertaining Presentations by Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE (with or without PowerPoint slides). Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been titled by the Guinness Book of Records as “The Worlds Greatest Living Explorer”.

‘You provided a fascinating insight into your amazing exploits. You are an inspirational figure and an admirable example of what can be attained by extending the limits of personal motivation and challenge’ (Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce)

‘I have never in my experience been approached by so many customers and BT colleagues who have complimented us on our selection of an after dinner speaker’ (BT)

‘Your speech was both enjoyable and motivating. We were all struck by the similarities between your challenges and ours’ (Cable and Wireless)

‘A humorous, informative story that was mixed with a serious message we could all learn from’ (Pfizer 2004)

‘Your presentation and subsequent discussion was the high point of our conference. It was both enjoyable and motivational’ (AXA 2004)

‘Sir Ranulph was absolutely fantastic. His talk was extremely witty and entertaining’

 (CUTP 2004)

‘An amazing evening’ (NCF 2006)

‘The best after dinner speaker we have ever had’ (UCISA 2006)

‘You captured the audience with your lifetime tales of motivation, determination, achievements and of course the hardships you encountered. We were lucky to have made the perfect choice’ (UBS Warburg 2006)

• Born UK1944, just after his father was killed in the war.
• Brought up in South Africa
• Back UK, EtonCollege
• Failed A Levels
• Joined Royal Scots Greys (Tanks). Cold War
• Joined SAS 1965/1966. Youngest Captain in the British Army
• Fought Marxist Terrorists1968-1970 and received the Sultans Bravery Medal from  HM the Queen
• 1984-1990 Vice President of PR and Adviser for Western Europeto Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp.
• Married childhood sweetheart in 1970 and together they launched a series of record breaking expeditions that kept them ahead of their international rivals for three decades. Some of these huge challenges include:

First to reach both Poles (with Charles Burton).

First to cross Antarctic andArticOcean(with Charles Burton).

First to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis (with Charles Burton).

‘This 3 year, 52 000 mile odyssey took intricate planning, 1900 sponsors, a 52 person team to handle, complex communications, meticulous planning and iron determination mixed with flexibility. The circumnavigation has never been successfully repeated.

Led the first hovercraft expedition up the longest river in the world (theNile) in 1968/1969.

Achieved world record for unsupported northerly polar travel in 1990.

Led the team that discovered the lost city ofUbaron the Yemeni border in 1992 (after seven previous search expeditions over a 26 year period).

Achieved world first in 1992/1993 by completing the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic Continent (with Mike Stroud). This was the longest unsupported polar journey in history.

In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart attack, 3 day coma and double bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Mike Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7 (Seven marathons in only seven days on all seven continents).

March 2005, climbed Everest to within 300m of summit raising £2 million for the British Heart Foundations new research MRI scanner.

March 2007, Sir Ranulph climbed the North Face of the Eiger and raised £1.8 million for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s delivering Choice Programme

Winner of the Greatest Britons 2007 Sport

Awards

French Parachute Wings 1968, Dhofar Campaign Medal 1968, Sultan of Oman’s Bravery Medal 1970, Man of the Year 1982, Livingstone Gold Medal Royal Scottish Geographical Soc 1983, Gold Medal NY Explorers Club 1984, Fndr’s Medal RGS 1984, The Polar Medal 1984 with Bar 1995 by HM the Queen (first wife was first female recipient), ITV Award for event of the decade 1990, Explorers Club (Br Chapter) Millennium Award for Navigation 2000, Oldie of the year 2004; Hon DSc Loughborough Univ; Hon Dr: UCE 1995, Univ of Portsmouth 2000, Univ of Glasgow 2002, Univ of Sheffield 2005.

Books

Sixteen books including theUK bestseller (Times and Telegraph) in 1991 (The Feather Men) and in 2003, the top selling biography (Times).

Charity Work

To date Ranulph Fiennes has raised over £10 million for different UK charities.

Daily Telegraph 2000 listed Ranulph Fiennes as ‘One of the world’s top ten speakers’.