Speaking

Are you looking for an engaging speaker who shares authentic stories and inspires your audience? I speak about sustainable travel, conscious leadership, building a start-up, cycling from Cairo to Cape Town, climbing Kilimanjaro, childhood trauma, life re-engineering, and more.

If you’re organizing any of the following events, I’m confident that your audience will love to hear me:

Conferences and events about sustainable travel (or travel or sustainability)
Events and seminars about career transformation > finding your purpose & living your legend
Early stage start-up networks, mentoring and coaching groups
Seminars about overcoming childhood trauma
Conscious leadership

Speech examples

Conscious Travelling (Swiss German Club, March 2019)

In March 2019, I spoke about conscious travelling at the Swiss German Club spring meeting in Zurich. Using the example of porter exploitation and my own experience while climbing Kilimanjaro, I made the case for the need of independent sustainable travel audits in tourism. We also discussed the needs to make booking a responsible trip […]

Conscious Travelling – Fair Voyage (Rotary eClub 2000, December 2018)

In December 2018, I shared my story from investment banker to social impact entrepreneur at the Rotary eClub 2000 meeting. From climbing Kilimanjaro to cycling from Cairo to Cape Town, all the way the through Africa, my personal adventures have had a profound impact on me. I experienced the exploitation of human life in tourism […]

From Cairo to Cape Town by Bicycle (BPW Rheintal, January 2018)

Africa / Cycling / Liechtenstein

In January 2018, I shared my challenging and rewarding journey cycling 11,000km+ from Cairo to Cape Town at the BPW (Business & Professional Women) Club Rheintal in Liechtenstein. I had been an unlikely candidate for such a challenge: No particular cycling experience, no camping experience, and with a healthy dose of respect and fear–would it […]

Alex Pastollnigg presenting KiliGATE in Uganda

Sustainable Travel Certifications (ITC UN/WTO, September 2017)

Rwanda / Sustainable Travel Audits / Uganda

In September 2017, I presented my ideas for a sustainable travel solution at the ITC (WTO/UN) She Trades Conference for female tourism entrepreneurs in Kampala (Uganda) and Kigali (Rwanda). At the time, we had just launched KiliGATE, our pilot project focused on ethical Kilimanjaro climbs, and were about to launch Fair Voyage as a platform […]