Pathways to Triumph

Martyn worked as a journalist and producer for the New Zealand broadcasting corporation and the BBC World Service. He tells stories of his interviews with the NZ Prime Minister and Margaret Thatcher. He became Director of Communications for Medecins sans Frontieres.

Performance mindset coach, keynote speaker and author, Shelley Bridgman, tells her story. From difficult beginnings she grappled with gender identity and became a trailblazer.

Philippa Charles was brought up in Dublin. She read law at Oxford before becoming a solicitor. She is now a leading international arbiter.

Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE suffered a terrible loss when her teenage son, Dan, died from a drug overdose. The tragedy prompted her to found a drug education charity. Here she tells her story.http://www.dsmfoundation.org.uk/

Hilary Briggs read Engineering at Cambridge. She had a varied and successful career as a production manager and managing director. She discovered an appetite for triathlons and became a European and World Champion at her age level. She speaks professionally on resilience.

John Fullwood was born with severe sight deficiency and is now completely blind. He gained two degrees and worked as a Systems Engineer in Mathematical Modelling. He tells us how he plays chess, rows, sings in a choir and rides a tandem with his wife.