Stef Reid

"Stef delivered an absolutely magnificent opening speech at our annual Leadership conference in London this year. Through a series of powerful personal stories, she engaged with the audience on how to build an Adaptive Mindset and turn setbacks and personal differences to your advantage. With Equality & Inclusion at the core of our company values, Stef’s story around exploring the biases and assumptions that might hold us back was a perfect match. She had a natural ability to grip the audience from start to finish and was the talk of the event during the evening dinner. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an external speaker to light up the room."

"I had the honour of watching Stef in the Olympic stadium in 2012 not knowing that a year later I'd be asking her to speak at the PSA MEGA Convention in Manchester. Her story had everyone on the edge of their seats, laughing out loud and in the next moment reaching for their tissues. Stef is a true champion who is not only an inspiration on the track but also on the stage. She brought the house down and I'd pay to watch time after time. A joy to work with and an honour to know her."

"Stef has worked with BP on numerous occasions, bringing a magic and passion to our internal and external audiences alike. Most recently she delivered a powerful keynote speech at the Future Leaders event, which brought together many of BP's highest potential individuals from around the world. Stef possesses an extraordinary ability to engage every person in the room, sharing her perspectives in a way that is at once engaging, energizing and thought-provoking. Stef has a natural speaking talent and an ability to make us all think again about what is possible in life."

"Listening to paralympian and model Stef Reid describing how she had successfully adapted to becoming disabled was inspirational. Stef eloquently articulated the problems of striving to conform to the narrow stereotype of 'normal' and encouraged the audience to challenge the current paradigm. She emphasised the need to celebrate difference rather than view it as a reason for exclusion."

"We were honoured and delighted to have Stef as a guest speaker at our company event! Her life-story is truly inspirational and as she shared it so openly and insightfully, it touched a lot of minds and hearts in the audience. She talked about "growth mindset" and her resilience in life, her capacity to stay open to new experiences and learnings despite her condition is absolutely astonishing and humbling. We couldn't have chosen a better speaker for this topic."

"We were delighted to have Stef as our keynote speaker at the ScreenSkills Training Forum. She completely understood the, brief and was happy to liaise and tailor her speech so that everything linked back and was relevant to our themes of embracing change positively, adapting skillsets and enjoying training for something new. After also having the opportunity to ask Stef their own questions, our audience were left feeling very inspired by her story and responses on how to move forward when life changes."

"Stef Reid is phenomenal!!! Such powerful stories, so much energy and so engaging. People are hanging off her every word! Thank you for making the time for today’s panel and to help shape Barclays’ journey towards inclusivity and accessibility – [you were] amazing and made my job as a moderator so easy! Really hope we can keep the conversation going offline and any opportunity I can have to partner [with you] on this mission, please count me in."