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Tom has spoken to organisations such as Hewlett Packard, Exxon Mobil and Slaughter and May. He speaks with passion and enthusiasm about taking risks, saying ‘yes’ to opportunity, self- belief, Focus, patience, taking small steps towards a big goal, failure, kindness, accountability and integrity, resilience, teamwork and decision making under pressure whilst telling his story and relating it to the business world. He is a clear and excellent speaker illustrating his talks with slides and video footage. His talks can be tailored to your event.

Here are some testimonials:

Tom has a wonderful story to tell and does so in a brilliantly straightforward entertaining style which kept our audience rapt for the duration. He makes the extraordinary seem within reach for the most ordinary of us and left this listener wondering why I had not attempted similar feats. Tom is inspiring and I would thoroughly recommend him.
Dominic Evans Freke - de Gournay - Director

Quite the most inspiring story I have heard in a long time displaying motivation, decision making and teamwork at altitude. It hit just the right note for us at our annual conference in Las Vegas. Thank you.
Hewlett Packard - (USA) - David Roberson (Senior Vice President)

We have such positive feedback and many great comments about how good you were, so huge well done and thank you from us all.
Tenzing Private Equity - Ian Coghlan

Tom delivered an inspiring talk to a group of our senior managers. He talked with passion about his 2006 ascent on Everest accompanied by some amazing slides and film. Skills required to survive on unforgiving mountains such as decision making, risk taking, teamwork, positivity, optimism and respect translate well into the corporate world. We were looking for a motivational speaker to fill a one hour slot in the middle of an intense day and this worked perfectly.
JB Corrie and Co Ltd - John Corrie - Chairman

It is always hard to appeal across the demographics of the club, but you nailed it and have a new fan club of ladies of a certain age! You could hear a pin drop whilst you were speaking, an audience captivated by your quest – a heroic journey to conquer Everest. Such a gripping, motivational account of challenging life in the mountains - expertly relayed with raw emotion and modesty – a story not easily forgotten. A real treat, thank you!
The Hampshire Farmers' Club (AGM) - Sarah Cowlrick

A superb presentation well prepared, well delivered with an excellent storyline which interwove earlier experiences with a casual humour. The audience and I were particularly impressed by your very honest and forthright manner and were overawed and inspired by incredible photographs and video footage. An excellent presentation summarising an amazing achievement a highly self-motivated individual. Thank you.
ExxonMobil International Ltd

Both Dênia and I on behalf of the team would like to say Thank You for an amazing, inspirational and highly motivational session, enjoyed by all and one which raised many questions in our minds of application of the lessons learned in our own personal and work lives. One member of the team expressly said he appreciated the way you told your story allowing us to reach our own realisations.
British Telecom

Thanks so much for speaking at our April kick off this year. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt such a lot. What you said appealed to people on so many levels and people referred back to your talk in their presentations later on in the conference - so you definitely made an impact. Thank you so much!!
Talaris (formerly 'De La Rue') - Pamela Welch (Marketing)

Many people left the talk wanting to achieve more in their lives. Your story is an inspirational one and has many messages relating to taking risks, overcoming challenges, hurdling obstacles, decision making tactics and ultimately how to work as part of a team. We thoroughly enjoyed the talk and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in hearing a remarkable story of determination and success
Slaughter & May

Having Tom Clowes describe his experience on Everest was the ideal way to round off our corporate event. The themes of the day were enhanced by his presentation, an enjoyable and well-paced blend of humour, drama and inspiration. Not everyone can aspire to climbing Everest, but hearing an enormously self-motivated person describe his approach to problem-solving puts fresh perspective on the issues that we all face in our professional and personal lives
Hewlett Packard (UK) - Andrew Dodd - European Market Development Manager

Thank you so much for taking the time to come and talk to 'Team Riverhill' on Thursday. We thought your talk was really brilliant and I have had excellent feedback. Everyone was struck by your laid-back approach to the climb and also by your modesty. Several of the volunteers have described it as their 'perfect evening' and so we couldn't really hope for better than that!
Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

Having been through it all myself, I found the talk a frank account of both triumph and despair on Everest. It was pitched at a level that hit nerves of both hardened climbers and Sunday walkers. Compelling, sad, funny and frightening.
KENTON COOL (IFMGA Mountain Guide)

The passion oozes out of you when you speak about climbing which makes listening to you an absolute pleasure.
DAVID GOODMAN (RGS audience)

I loved your talk this evening at Cowdray - I am always inspired by films of Everest and yours was up there with the best; I felt like I was sharing each step with you. Great to see that you are inspiring the next generation to be the best that they can be by finishing the talk with the quote from Mark Twain - great stuff a very polished performance and it has left me very humbled.
Member of the audience at Cowdray Hall

The ideal way to round off our event.
HEWLETT PACKARD (Bristol)

Tom Clowes gave a keynote presentation at our recent company day where the theme was team work. The knowledge of his subject and the theme of attempting Everest was very powerful. He gave an excellent insight into the difficulties encountered when climbing at altitude and the importance of teamwork to succeed. His slides and video gave us all a wonderful insight into his subject whilst at the same time he ensured that the relevance to us who work in an office was not lost. All of us found it fascinating and a very good 'off the wall' subject to focus on as part of our team building day. The interest and enthusiasm from every level of staff member was a reflection of how thought provoking and impressive the subject and speaker were. We all left the room with a will to succeed what ever the adversity but to also evaluate where you are on that path to success to maintain focus
FOCUS Information Limited - Matthew Hopkinson - Director

Thank you for coming to speak at the show - you went down a storm!
The Destinations Travel Show - London