Mark Agnew is a motivational adventure speaker, Arctic explorer and resilience expert who helps organisations build resilient, high-performing teams through powerful storytelling and actionable mindset tools. With his Find Your Polar Bear framework, you can learn to reframe change from an obstacle to an exciting challenge.
He made history with his three teammates by becoming the first team to kayak the entire Northwest Passage — a feat named one of the Top 10 Greatest Kayak Expeditions of the Century and that earned him European Adventurer of the Year. He was featured on the BBC, ITV, Sky News, The Times and over 200 other media outlets.
Before his speaking career, Mark was the founding editor of the Adventure Sports section at the South China Morning Post, in Hong Kong. He worked as a journalist for other brands like The Compliance Insider and The Corporate Treasurer, covering a range of corporate topics aside from adventure.
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