Speakers
Ben Fogle is a TV presenter, writer and adventurer and has hosted numerous programmes including BBC’s Animal Park, Wild in Africa, Country File and Extreme Dreams. In 2000 Ben volunteered to be marooned on Taransay, a remote windswept island in the Outer Hebrides as part of the BBC’s big millennium project Castaway 2000.
Ben went on to row across the Atlantic with Olympic Gold Medallist James Cracknell. This incredible 50 day adventure became a five part BBC series, Through Hell and High Water, and won an RTS award. He teamed up again with James again to race 500 miles on foot across Antarctica to the South Pole as documented on the BBC series On Thin Ice. Ben has also raced 160 miles across the Sahara Desert in the notorious Marathon Des Sables. He is an ambassador for WWF, Medicins Sans Frontier and Tusk, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the President of the Campaign for National Parks. Ben has written nine Sunday Times best selling books and is the United Nations Patron of the Wilderness.
Media
Ben’s passion for adventure culminated in three series of the BBC hit, Ben Fogle’s Extreme Dreams, in which he leads ordinary people on extraordinary journeys around the world from the jungles of Papua New Guinea to the desert of Libya. His five part adventure series for the BBC and Lonely Planet, A Year of Adventures featured on BBC Worldwide in India, New Zealand, Australia and Norway. He has presented numerous programmes for the BBC, ITV, C5 and Discovery including the hit series New Lives in the Wild.
Presentation feedback:
Ben is an accomplished speaker and event host and feedback includes:
“Ben was the consummate professional.” Setpoint Scotland North
“The feedback thus far received indicates the day was a huge success and this was overwhelmingly due to your participation. Thank you once again for delivering not only an inspiring speech, but one that helps our managers recognise the value of perseverance and believing they can achieve difficult things. My sincerest thanks for this stimulating thinking.” Royal College of Nursing
