Fiona English is a keynote speaker, coach, and thought leader. She blends her global investment market experience with her expertise in human potential, purpose, leadership, and self-actualization.
Her passion lies in exploring the deeply human aspects of life. The common thread in all her work is the question of who we are and how we want to show up in the world. As a contemporary thinker and inspiring speaker, she has addressed audiences in over 30 countries. In 2022, she was a semi-finalist in the Nordic Business Forum global speaking contest.
Previously, Fiona spent nearly 20 years working with institutional clients in global investment markets. In 2015, she was selected as one of 50 women worldwide to join the W50 Program at UCLA, which aims to cultivate the next generation of global women leaders.
Fiona holds an MSc in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Her research focuses on how spirituality, meaning, purpose, and authenticity manifest in modern life. She continues to explore these themes in her speaking, thought leadership, and writing.
In addition to speaking, she coaches and advises purpose-driven entrepreneurs and business leaders. Her goal is to help them deepen their self-awareness so they can lead with greater impact and authenticity. Fiona also writes personal essays on living a fully expressed life in her Substack publication, “Expression with Fiona English”.
Some signature keynote topics are:
#1 Purpose is a Choice / Becoming the Purposeful Leader remains my most popular keynote.
As a result, and in response to returning clients in 2025, I created two new keynotes. Together, they address today’s uncertainty and what it demands of us in life and leadership. Notably, exhaustion and overwhelm now appear consistently across my work, both on stage and in my coaching practice.
#2 Leading in Uncertainty: How Inner Mastery Creates Collective Strength
When the outside world feels chaotic and unpredictable, leaders must create clarity within disorder. Therefore, this keynote explores how inner mastery helps leaders steady themselves first. In turn, they build collective strength, trust and direction. Ultimately, this represents the defining leadership challenge of our time.
#3 Timeless Wisdom for the Modern Age
In a world shaped by AI, shifting power and growing complexity, uncertainty has become the only constant. Consequently, success now depends on learning to thrive in the unknown. Throughout history, navigating uncertainty has been the domain of the world’s wisdom traditions. Rather than having all the answers, leadership today requires expanding our capacity to hold uncertainty. By doing so, we learn to sit with nuance and see the whole, not just the parts.
