Award winning Keynotes That Move People and Organizations
Rex Pemberton is trusted by senior executives and high-performance teams around the world.
As 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’s Keynotes
Rex’s keynotes blend cinematic storytelling with actionable leadership frameworks. Drawing on personal experiences from Everest and the Seven Summits to wingsuit BASE jumps and jet-powered flight — plus over 20 years keynote speaking experience — he gives audiences a clear, practical playbook for leading through transformation, sparking innovation, and shifting mindsets.
Rex Pemberton’s Keynote - Evolve at the EDge
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 tools, Rex teaches leaders how to build trust quickly, create clarity amid ambiguity, turn failure into accelerated learning, and sustain momentum when the landscape shifts.
The keynote is designed for organizations navigating transformation, fast-tracking AI, 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.
Rex has an OBSESSION WITH THE SCIENCE OF TEAM PERFORMANCE
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.
WHAT AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
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 fully clear.
Innovation: Discover how to turn mistakes into useful learning through disciplined experimentation, especially when navigating transformation, AI adoption, and new ways of working.
Momentum: Gain practical tools for converting small, repeated behaviors into visible progress, helping teams move from change fatigue to focused action.
Execution: Learn how to translate strategy into the daily actions, decisions, and behaviors that make transformation real.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION, EARNED CREDIBILITY
Rex has delivered keynote experiences across many industries and cultures on all seven continents—from C level leadership teams to large global audiences.
His work and expeditions have been featured by ABC new, National Geographic, Australian Geographic, CBS, 60 Minutes, Sunday Morning and Outside Magazine.
Rex is a Brandon Hall Award winner for Excellence in Corporate training
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Rex is a two-time Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year, an honor reserved for individuals whose achievements redefine what is possible.
“Rex brought a powerful combination of energy, insight, and action to our team at Microsoft. We kicked off our collaboration with an inspiring keynote from Rex, that focused on building trust, making quick and aligned decisions, and developing resilience in the face of change, an especially timely message for our evolving organization.
That keynote set the tone for a deeper, year-long engagement where Rex helped us shift from reactive busyness to intentional living and working. His approach encouraged our team to examine how we invest our time balancing our personal passions with our professional goals. With Rex’s facilitation, we implemented simple but powerful strategies to reduce stress, optimize focus, and increase engagement.
What truly set this initiative apart was its measurable impact. From increased productivity to a noticeable lift in team morale and retention, Rex helped us create change that stuck. He is more than a speaker - he’s a catalyst for transformation.”
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