Mike Stroud is best known for his record-breaking expeditions with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. He is a world authority in human endurance and nutrition as well as being a renowned expedition scientist.

'I only listen to the first five minutes of every lecture, but with Mike Stroud I never left the hall because he was so interesting, fascinating and such a good speaker. ANDY MOTTRAM - JONES LANG LASALLE

TOPICS

• Ice to dust – extreme medicine

• Leadership and motivation: Survival of the fittest

• Teamwork: Shadows on the wasteland

• The impact of your environment on your well being

• Footsteps of Scott

ABOUT MIKE STROUD

Mike Stroud is a Doctor and Explorer. He held various NHS posts from 1979 to 1989 and then spent 6 years researching into human performance and endurance, becoming The Chief Scientist in physiology for the Centre for Human Sciences at the Defence Research Agency.  He then returned to NHS Medicine in the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust becoming Consultant gastroenterologist and Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Nutrition in 1998.

Mike joined the "Footsteps of Scott Antarctic" expedition in 1985, spending a whole year living in Antartica before completing 5 North Pole expeditions between 1986 and 1990.  In 1992/93 he crossed the Antarctic with Sir Ranulph Fiennes on foot, the first unsupported crossing in history. Mike then led the UK team in the Marathon des Sables, Sahara Desert in 1994 and followed this up with Eco-Challenge adventure races in both 1995 and 1996. His next challenge was to take on the first unsupported, non-stop desert crossing of Qatar in 2002, followed by seven full marathons on seven continents in seven days with Sir Ranulph Fiennes in 2003. Most recently he has climbed in the Himalayas and led research on nutrition when climbing Everest.

WHAT MIKE CAN DO FOR YOU:

Mike is an accomplished and entertaining speaker on leadership and teamwork and his years of experience in science and exploration leave his audience re-energised with personal advice on how they can achieve maximum performance as individuals or within a group.

As a leading international authority of survival, nutrition and endurance Mike is asked frequently to appear on television and radio and at events to share his expertise. He presented his own BBC1 series, 'The Challenge' and was the endurance and medical expert on all three series of BBC TV's, 'Are You Tough Enough for the SAS'.

Of particular note, Mike can make a unique contribution to phamaceutical companies or other medical events which may have difficulty booking doctors since he can be booked as an explorer yet also bring his expertise as an NHS consultant 

PUBLICATIONS:

'Survival of The Fittest' - 2004

'Shadows on The Wasteland' - 1993