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Penny Mallory

Former Rally Champion, TV Presenter, Author and leading Authority on Mental Toughness

  • Former Rally Driving Champion, Boxer, Mountaineer and Marathon runner
  • Penny helps people to manage the stress, pressure, heavy workloads and relentless deadlines they face.

  • Penny will challenge the audience to complete tasks that will immediately develop their confidence, focus, determination and resilience.

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Languages: English

*Fee ranges are an estimation for a live keynote speech in an European venue, they can vary significantly depending on the specific requests of the clients, the type of performance, the preparation time and the travel time which is requested. Travel and accommodation costs are not included.

biography

Penny Mallory is widely recognised as a top expert in the field of Mental Toughness, helping individuals and teams thrive under pressure, manage stress, tackle heavy workloads, and meet tight deadlines with confidence.

Drawing on her incredible life story, Penny shares a proven Mental Toughness framework designed to boost confidence, resilience, determination, commitment, and focus in both individuals and organisations.

Mental Toughness is not a fixed trait—it’s a skill that anyone can build. With it, people become more resilient, confident, and focused, better equipped to face challenges head-on, handle stress, and bounce back quickly from setbacks.

In today’s fast-paced, high-performance world, where excellence is the benchmark, Penny delivers what she calls “Psychologically Powered Performance”—a practical, powerful approach that brings out the best in people. Her presentations skip the clichés and empty buzzwords, offering real insights that have made a difference for elite teams (including in Formula 1), leading global companies, and audiences worldwide.

Penny’s own journey is a powerful testament to her message. She turned her childhood dream of becoming a Rally Champion into reality, becoming the first woman to drive a World Rally Car for Ford in the World Rally Championship—a title no other woman has yet achieved.

Her success is even more astonishing considering her past: she ran away from a broken home at 14, spending three years homeless on the streets of London. Despite facing danger and hardship, she found an inner strength and belief that would ultimately change her life. Penny credits her achievements to the Mental Toughness that carried her through those darkest times.

These life experiences fuel her powerful keynote speeches, which have resonated with some of the world’s most respected brands—Microsoft, Google Cloud, Coca-Cola, Santander, Tesco, Sony, Jaguar, Procter & Gamble, and many more.

Penny continues to defy limits: beyond rallying at the highest level, she has completed multiple marathons, stepped into the boxing ring, climbed two of the world’s highest peaks, and is now training to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Her story is living proof that what seems impossible is often just the beginning.

Her keynote talks are energetic, interactive, and deeply motivating—encouraging audiences to act, to believe in themselves, and to realise that they can do far more than they think.

Penny is a TEDx speaker and author of 365 Ways to Develop Mental Toughness, World Class Thinking, World Class Behaviour, and Take Control of Your Life.

If you’re looking for a speaker who can spark energy, drive meaningful change, and empower people to push past their limits—Penny may be the perfect choice for your event.


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Mental Toughness The one thing that changes everything

20-90 minute keynote Mental Toughness is the single most important ingredient for success.

The world has never seen so much rapid change, advancement in technology and pressure for organisations to deliver. Now is the time to ensure your people have the Mental Toughness they need to perform.

If you can manage these things well, you’ll be more relaxed and likely to be more successful. Developing resilience, focus, confidence and determination will transform performance, and means people are better able to manage the stresses and strains, heavy loads, crazy deadlines and sudden setbacks we all inevitably face.

Penny Mallory delivers an entertaining, interactive, challenging and transformational insight into how and why you can’t afford to ignore the Mental Toughness of your people and your organisation. She will tell her own story of how she built her Mental Toughness, she’ll show how we can all build our Mental Toughness every day. Penny will challenge the audience to complete tasks that will immediately develop their confidence, focus, determination and resilience.

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