Simon Reeve

Arrested by the KGB, chased by cheetahs, hunting with the San Bushmen of the Kalahari…Simon Reeve has lived quite a life. He’s been described as the leading adventure traveller on British Television, travelling and filming in more than 130 countries, including many of the most beautiful, remote and dangerous parts of the planet.

Simon explores and explains the world to tens of millions of TV viewers globally, travelling extensively across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans in a unique way that blends adventure with serious issues.

Simon is also a New York Times bestselling author who has written or contributed to numerous books on international terrorism, modern history and about his adventures, including The New Jackals, the first book in the world on Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, One Day in September and Tropic of Capricorn.

He has received a One World Broadcasting Trust Award for ‘outstanding contribution to greater world understanding’ and the prestigious 2012 Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society.

Simon’s unique brand of documentary-making, combining travel and adventure with current affairs, history, wildlife, culture and conservation, has seen him cover a huge variety of stories, often in developing, poverty-stricken and war-torn countries.

He’s dodged bullets in war zones, hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari, dived with sharks, survived malaria, walked through minefields, tracked lions, been taught to fish by the President of Moldova, adopted by former headhunters, and detained for spying by the KGB.

Simon holds an official Somali diplomatic passport – bought from a man called Mr Big Beard in Mogadishu, the most dangerous city in the world. He’s been surrounded by a pack of hungry cheetahs, adopted by a tribe of former head-hunters in Borneo, blackmailed and abandoned by drivers in an Ebola zone, pursued by a huge amorous camel around a poisoned sea, had his life saved by Vietnamese sweet wormwood, and eaten a feast of weird and wonderful food, from zebu penis soup to grilled squirrel.

Reeve has played tribal polo with the corpse of a headless goat, swum with sea-lions, fished for piranhas, climbed the equivalent of half-way up Everest while surviving on coca leaves, travelled around the planet by van, canoe, car, train, boat, horseback, helicopter, plane, and a 50-metre-long $1m truck, and used a zip-line to get inside one of the most repressive states in the world.

His TV adventures have been broadcast in dozens of countries and his books translated into twenty languages.

Simon Reeve has appeared at scores of corporate events and other functions, either giving inspiring and entertaining talks, chatting with guests, or appearing in a relaxed Q&A format.

Whether he’s delivering an after dinner speech or chatting on stage with a host in an informal ‘Evening with…’ setting, Simon encourages and enthuses clients and guests, inspiring and motivating audiences.

Simon peppers his talks with extraordinary tales from his journeys that will fill your guests with awe. Hear inspiring stories of people who’ve overcome adversity, or understand more about the environmental challenges facing the world.

For something that’s more of a motivational corporate talk, Simon can also talk about finding talent in the most unlikely of settings, changing your life and fulfilling potential, team decision-making in extreme situations, and a host of other subjects.

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