Preet Chandi

Preet Chandi MBE is a world record breaking explorer who has pushed the boundaries of human endurance in some of the harshest environments on the planet.

Preet helps organisations and their people rethink what they believe is possible. Through her experiences of operating in extreme environments, she explores how we respond to failure, build resilience through discomfort, adapt when things don’t go to plan and develop the mindset to pursue ambitious goals when success is far from guaranteed.

Her message is grounded in an unlikely journey. Preet didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a polar explorer and knew very little about Antarctica when she first decided she wanted to go there. She spent 16 years serving in the British Army and began her expeditions without the background or experience you might expect of a polar explorer.

She started anyway.

That belief, everyone starts somewhere, has taken Preet from her first steps into the unknown to becoming the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition on the Antarctic continent, breaking the overall Guinness World Record for the longest solo unsupported one-way ski expedition in Antarctica, and setting the female speed record to the South Pole.

Through her key themes: The Power of Failure, Beyond the Comfort Zone and The Growth Mindset, Preet challenges audiences to reconsider their relationship with failure, become more comfortable with uncertainty and recognise how stepping beyond what feels familiar can expand both resilience and potential.

Her stories aren’t about being fearless or having all the answers. They are about taking the first step before you feel ready, learning when things go wrong, breaking seemingly impossible goals into manageable steps and continuing to move forward when the destination feels impossibly far away.

In every speech, Preet’s aim is to turn inspiration into action. She wants audiences to leave not simply impressed by what she has achieved, but questioning the limits they have accepted for themselves and thinking differently about what might be possible, for themselves, their teams and their organisations.

An engaging and relatable storyteller, Preet brings these ideas to life through extraordinary experiences from Antarctica, the Arctic and her 16 year career in the British Army.

Preet was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and has been recognised as Explorer of the Year and awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s prestigious

Geographical Award. She is also the founder of Adventure is Ours CIC, promoting education, inspiration and diversity in exploration.

Everyone starts somewhere.

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