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Fiona English
Unlock effective leadership through purpose with Fiona English, keynote speaker and executive coach. Fiona works with global organisations to align authentic leadership with strategic action, helping leaders navigate uncertainty with psychological safety. Award-nominated speaker across 30+ countries with 20 years of institutional investment expertise.
Fiona English is a recognised authority on purpose and purposeful leadership, bridging global business experience with deep insight into human potential, identity, and self-actualisation.
With nearly 20 years in global investment markets, Fiona brings first-hand experience of working across multiple asset classes with institutional investors and major global distribution channels. This commercial grounding underpins her credibility with senior leaders navigating complexity, uncertainty, and change.
Recognised for her work on purpose, leadership, and human transformation, Fiona has spoken in over 30 countries and was a semi-finalist in the Nordic Business Forum Global Speaking Contest in 2022. She was also shortlisted at the 2025 Speaker Awards in London for Best Thought Leader.
Alongside her speaking, Fiona coaches and advises purpose-led entrepreneurs, executives, and leadership teams to support alignment, clarity, and sustainable growth. Her academic background includes an MSc in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, with research into meaning, purpose, authenticity, and spirituality in modern life.
Audiences learn to make purpose real through concrete choices rather than intentions. They develop practices for building inner stability that translates to clear thinking under pressure. Fiona provides frameworks for leading through uncertainty by cultivating presence and emotional regulation that strengthens collective performance.
Book Fiona to help your leaders align identity with impact and navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.
Topics, sessions and talks
Fiona English reframes purpose as a lived choice rather than a corporate statement. Drawing on leadership psychology and real-world business experience, she explores why purpose cannot be delegated to strategy documents alone. The session invites reflection on values, decision-making, and responsibility, showing how leaders and teams bring purpose to life through everyday actions. Audiences are guided to connect what matters personally with how they lead, work, and influence others.
Fiona English addresses the reality of leading amid volatility, ambiguity, and constant change. She focuses on the inner foundations leaders need when external certainty is unavailable, including self-awareness, emotional regulation, and presence. By strengthening internal stability, leaders create the conditions for trust, psychological safety, and shared purpose. The session connects inner mastery with collective resilience, offering a grounded perspective on leadership that steadies teams when the path ahead is unclear.
Fiona English draws on wisdom traditions, indigenous knowledge, and contemporary research to explore how humans have always navigated the unknown. Against a backdrop of AI, shifting power, and global complexity, she examines the capacity to hold uncertainty, see nuance, and think systemically. Blending reflective insight with practical guidance, the session reconnects modern leadership with enduring principles that support clarity, confidence, and wise action in unfamiliar terrain.
Fiona English helps leaders get clarity on who they are and how they want to show up in the world so they can make purpose real and drive meaningful impact. Drawing on 20 years experience in global investment markets and expertise across psychology, economics and real business insight, her keynote speeches and leadership sessions are designed to spark reflection, challenge norms, and equip leaders with practical strategies to make purpose real, navigate uncertainty, and have an impact in today’s complex business world.
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To book Fiona English, email fiona.english@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Fiona's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
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