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Chris Moon MBE is a renowned international keynote speaker and workshop leader who truly walks the talk, pushing beyond limits, embracing change and leading through adversity.
His extraordinary life story is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. He survived being taken prisoner by the Khmer Rouge, one of South East Asia’s most brutal regimes, and later, while clearing landmines for a charity in remote East Africa, was blown up, losing an arm and a leg. Taking immediate and decisive action to save his own life, he went on to teach himself to run again, becoming the world’s first amputee ultra distance runner and completing the legendary Marathon des Sables in 1997.
A former army officer, Chris has taken on some of the world’s toughest endurance challenges, including the Badwater Death Valley 135 mile ultra, the Devon Coast to Coast 117 mile race, and walking the 500 mile Camino Way in record time. He has also led teams through demanding challenges, from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to cycling the length of Cambodia. He shares these experiences in a humorous and uplifting way, bringing to life practical principles that people can apply in their everyday lives. With a master’s degree in human behaviour and experience working alongside psychologists and business schools, there is real academic rigour underpinning his insights.
Chris’s keynotes and workshops go far beyond storytelling. They offer practical lessons in pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Through engaging, interactive and often humorous sessions, he inspires individuals and teams to move beyond perceived limits, strengthening leadership, resilience and performance.
Audiences leave with tangible tools and a clear sense of ownership, creating a ripple effect of positive change both personally and professionally. Every session is tailored to meet the client’s specific outcomes and objectives.
Through his uplifting, humorous, and interactive sessions, Chris empowers individuals and teams to step beyond their perceived limits, and increases engagement, enthusiasm resilience, and performance. He survived against all odds as a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge and being blown up by a landmine in remote East Africa losing his right arm & leg. He became the world’s first amputee ultra-distance runner. His keynotes and workshops are more than stories; they are lessons in challenging the concept of limitation.
Principles of resilience and tenacity which can be used to rise above adversity, challenge & uncertainty.
In this uplifting and humorous presentation for our time, Chris will share learnings from unique experiences surviving as a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and being blown up whilst clearing landmines for a charity in Mozambique.
Chris shares experiences on the balance of life and death and limit of human endurance to illustrate principles everyone can use in their daily lives to help them step beyond limits and do what they do better. This presentation generates energy, enthusiasm and commitment to step beyond limits.
Chris’s background is leading large teams in high-risk operations in hazardous areas. He creates awareness of the human cost of an accident and explains causes and effect from both a psychological and practical perspective. He provides a fresh invigorating insight to health and safety creating engagement. Principles of mental wellness and resilience are shared to assist participants in improving their mental health.
Despite the challenging title of this presentation Chris reassures people about dealing with change, empowers and equips them to adapt and deal with any new reality.
Chris Moon is a driven, positive individual with high emotional intelligence, world class in his field and has the ability to read people and teams and then rob them of all excuses, all ideas of limit, victimhood and imbue a can-do mentality. Highly professional Chris is a pleasure to work with. He delivers results.
Chris conducted himself with high levels of professionalism and delivered his workshop presentation to popular acclaim. Chris offers advice and coping mechanisms learned from lived experiences with openness and good humour and brought the best out of his audience.
