Oli France

Expedition Leader, Adventurer, Keynote Speaker

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Oli France's Biography

Whether speaking to small teams, hundreds of delegates, or virtually to remote audiences, Oli’s mission is quite simple: To guide the audience on a journey, bringing empowering new perspectives on resilience, self-confidence, leadership and how we can fulfil our boldest life goals. Oli’s passion for adventure began after spending his teens and early twenties on countless misadventures, be it dodging bombings in Beirut or searching for lions with Army Generals in Uganda. Since then, his adventures have taken him through deserts, jungles, mountains, and war-torn regions across over 75 countries. It’s seen him lead teams through countless high-risk situations, from the highest mountain in Iraq, to the militia-filled jungles of the Congo, to the backstreets of Aleppo, Syria. The pressures and perils of expedition life mean that quickly developing high-functioning teams is vital. Over the last decade, these lessons have been taught to hundreds of clients from across the globe, including industry-leading business figures, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, former CIA officers, terminal cancer patients and young people embarking on their very first adventure. It was in 2016, Oli completed his boldest adventure yet, an 8000-mile solo winter journey across the mountainous spine of Asia. This became the basis for his first book, the Trail of the Mountain Folk. More recently, he has guided one of the first tourist groups through Syria since the start of the civil war, and completed a solo 405-mile crossing of the world’s biggest frozen lake in Siberia. Along Oli’s journey’s, he’s faced spies, interrogators, minefields and arrest, as well as avalanches, earthquakes, meningitis and severe dehydration, either alone or while leading a team – notably, and perhaps remarkably considering these feats, he still maintains a 100% record regarding the safety of those entrusted to him. Oli shares his leadership lessons from these demanding environments, where calm decision-making, intensive planning, open communication and understanding the human factor within our teams is critical. A poignant message Oli has learnt throughout his time, as an adventurer is that, in the midst of darkness, there is beauty and strength waiting to be discovered. Oli's experience has shown that even in the bleakest situations, we can find untold beauty and unshakable strength if we allow ourselves to see it. Oli shares insights on unlocking true self-confidence, developing resilience, and shifting perspectives towards what we think is possible.

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Summit Vision

What does it take to achieve the boldest world-class goals? Oli France draws on his extraordinary experiences leading elite teams through the most challenging environments on Earth. In Summit Vision, Oli shares the crucial elements that drive success: precise planning, unwavering commitment, exceptional trust and teamwork, zero complacency and relentless focus on a shared vision. Through captivating stories and practical lessons, Oli illustrates the importance of leading with clarity and purpose, fostering an elite team culture, and maintaining absolute focus to achieve ambitious objectives.

Teamwork

Oli can delve into the many expeditions he's been part of and extract countless stories of how teamwork was invaluable to its success.

Confidence

Confidence is something Oli isn't shy with and he dare not be with the profession he's in. Bringing lived encounters of how confidence has served as his greatest ally, Oli always leaves clients with a greater idea of how to master this tool.

Performance under pressure

Is there more of a need for being able to perform under pressure when your life is at stake? Oli can give countless stories of finding peak performance when needing it the most

Leadership

Over the last decade, Oli has lead clients from across the globe, including industry-leading business figures, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, former CIA officers, terminal cancer patients and young people embarking on their very first adventure.

Decision making

From interrogations to arrests, mine fields to avalanches, making the right decision can be lifesaving. Understand what it takes to make a decision and back it.

Communication

Communication is key on expeditions. Being clear and precise maintains the safety of everyone and creates a high functional team.

The human factor

Oli looks to understand 'the human factor' within teams believing it's critical to maximising positive outcomes.

Resilience

8000 mile, solo winter journey across the mountainous spine of Asia gives Oli endless anecdotes on how resilience got him to complete such a feat.

Inspiration

From reading Oli's bio you'd be forgiven to believe he's some kind of superhuman, however, Oli is a humbling gentleman who encourages and inspires anyone to take on their own personal challenges.

Oli France's Biography

Oli’s passion for adventure began after spending his teens and early twenties on countless misadventures, be it dodging bombings in Beirut or searching for lions with Army Generals in Uganda. Since then, his adventures have taken him through deserts, jungles, mountains, and war-torn regions across over 75 countries. It’s seen him lead teams through countless high-risk situations, from the highest mountain in Iraq, to the militia-filled jungles of the Congo, to the backstreets of Aleppo, Syria.

The pressures and perils of expedition life mean that quickly developing high-functioning teams is vital. Over the last decade, these lessons have been taught to hundreds of clients from across the globe, including industry-leading business figures, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, former CIA officers, terminal cancer patients and young people embarking on their very first adventure.

It was in 2016, Oli completed his boldest adventure yet, an 8000-mile solo winter journey across the mountainous spine of Asia. This became the basis for his first book, the Trail of the Mountain Folk. More recently, he has guided one of the first tourist groups through Syria since the start of the civil war, and completed a solo 405-mile crossing of the world’s biggest frozen lake in Siberia.

Along Oli’s journey’s, he’s faced spies, interrogators, minefields and arrest, as well as avalanches, earthquakes, meningitis and severe dehydration, either alone or while leading a team – notably, and perhaps remarkably considering these feats, he still maintains a 100% record regarding the safety of those entrusted to him.

Oli shares his leadership lessons from these demanding environments, where calm decision-making, intensive planning, open communication and understanding the human factor within our teams is critical.

A poignant message Oli has learnt throughout his time, as an adventurer is that, in the midst of darkness, there is beauty and strength waiting to be discovered. Oli's experience has shown that even in the bleakest situations, we can find untold beauty and unshakable strength if we allow ourselves to see it. Oli shares insights on unlocking true self-confidence, developing resilience, and shifting perspectives towards what we think is possible.