Rex Pemberton

Youngest Australian to Climb Mt Everest & the Seven Summits, Leadership and Team Building Specialist

Rex Pemberton is the founder of Evolve, a global leadership development company trusted by senior executives and high-performance teams around the world. A former Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Rex became the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest, completed the Seven Summits, and went on to set world records across multiple extreme disciplines including wingsuit BASE jumping and jet-powered human flight. Today, Rex translates lessons from extreme environments into practical leadership frameworks that help organizations transform, build trust, make better decisions, adapt through change, and create momentum under pressure. His story and expertise have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, Sunrise, Outside Television, Australian Geographic, and other major media platforms.

Rex Pemberton Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

Rex Pemberton Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

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Leading at the Edge: Building Momentum at the Speed of Change

In an era of relentless transformation, AI adoption, and constant uncertainty, organizations need more than strategy. People need the conditions to change how they think, decide, communicate, and act. In this cinematic and high-impact keynote, Rex Pemberton draws ...

In an era of relentless transformation, AI adoption, and constant uncertainty, organizations need more than
strategy. People need the conditions to change how they think, decide, communicate, and act.

In this cinematic and high-impact keynote, Rex Pemberton draws on extraordinary experiences from Mt. Everest, wingsuit flying, jet-powered human flight, and extreme innovation to reveal what it takes to perform, adapt, and make decisions when the environment changes fast.

Blending emotional storytelling with practical leadership insight, Rex shows audiences how to build trust quickly, create clarity amid ambiguity, turn failure into accelerated learning, and sustain momentum when the landscape shifts.

This keynote is designed for organizations navigating transformation, accelerating AI adoption, reshaping mindsets, and driving alignment and innovation at the edge. It inspires teams to stop simply reacting to change and start creating the conditions where people have the courage to evolve and thrive within it.

Keynote Themes
Drawing on behavioral science, human performance research, and lived business experience, Rex explores:

Alignment: Creating emotional and rational buy-in around a clear vision of the future.
Trust: Building psychological safety, honest communication, and shared accountability.
Courage: Making faster, better decisions when the environment is uncertain.
Innovation: Turning failure into useful learning through disciplined experimentation.
Momentum: Converting small repeated behaviors into visible progress.
Execution: Translating strategy into the daily actions, decisions, and behaviors that make transformation real.

Audience Takeaways

Alignment: Understand how to create emotional and rational buy-in around a clear vision of the future,
so people are not just informed about change, but committed to moving with it.
Trust: Learn how to build psychological safety, honest communication, and shared accountability so
teams can move faster and perform under pressure.
Courage: Explore how to make faster, better decisions when the environment is uncertain, the stakes
are high, and the path forward is not totally clear.
Innovation: Discover how to turn failure into useful learning through disciplined experimentation,
especially when navigating transformation, AI adoption, and new ways of working.
Momentum: Gain a practical framework for converting small, repeated behaviors into visible progress,
helping teams move from change fatigue to focused action.
Execution: Learn how to translate

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About Keynote Speaker Rex Pemberton

Rex Pemberton is a leadership strategist, keynote speaker, extreme adventurer, and founder of Evolve, a global leadership development company trusted by senior executives, high-performance teams, and leading organizations around the world.

With more than 20 years of keynote speaking and facilitation experience across diverse cultures and all seven continents, Rex helps organizations build trust, create clarity, lead through transformation, and perform under pressure. His work connects boardroom strategy with real-world decision-making in environments where uncertainty is high, pressure is real, and execution matters.

A former Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Rex has set world records across multiple extreme disciplines – from becoming the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest and completing the Seven Summits, to wingsuit BASE jumping and pioneering jet-powered human flight. His story is not simply about adventure; it is about preparation, resilience, calculated risk, innovation, and the human ability to adapt when the environment changes.

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What makes Rex’s keynotes powerful is his ability to translate extreme performance into practical leadership insight. His presentations are cinematic, story-driven, and commercially relevant – giving audiences a memorable framework for building trust, making better decisions, navigating change, and creating momentum when the stakes are high.

Rex’s story and expertise have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, Sunrise, Outside Television, Australian Geographic, and other major media platforms. His keynotes leave audiences inspired, challenged, and equipped to move with greater confidence, clarity, and momentum.

Testimonials

“Thank you for presenting the most relevant and practical workshop I have ever attended, which was both inspirational and motivational. I remember all the messages from the session and have applied them immediately upon my return to work.”

Flight Centre Product Nation Global Conference, Cape Town South Africa

“This visually impressive keynote is one of the best we’ve ever seen. Thousands of people could talk to us about values and teamwork, but you actually show us and let us experience it for ourselves. The response has been very positive, the participants immediately applying the learning on an individual and team level.”

CEO, Segate Technologies

“Thank you for your facilitation help creating the vision. Without your ideas and process we would not have built as compelling a vision, nor the grass roots support for it. It is truly what is keeping the function focused and on track during tough times”.

VP, Hewlett Packard

“Rex is a remarkable man and his achievement in climbing Mt Everest speaks for itself. His stories of preparation, determination and overcoming the significant challenges en-route to ultimate victory are captivating and extremely motivational.”

Richard Walker

CEO, Zero Motorcycles