Matt Garman

Matt Garman, known widely as The Corporate Adventurer, has established a reputation as an exciting and unconventional voice in contemporary leadership. His speaking style blends compelling stories drawn from extreme environments with clear, practical guidance that resonates with organisations seeking fresh thinking. Audiences value his ability to translate the lessons of endurance, risk, and teamwork into meaningful insights that inspire lasting behavioural change.

His early career began far from the boardroom. Leaving home at sixteen to work as the lowest crew member on a fishing trawler in the English Channel, he absorbed the realities of hard labour, responsibility, and resilience. These formative experiences shaped the determined outlook that would underpin his corporate ascent. He progressed into senior leadership roles, including Managing Director of ApexIS and Group Commercial Director at dhc, later creating and leading GrowthEnabla, a consultancy built around a growth enablement platform. Alongside his professional advancement, he continually sought challenges that tested physical limits, completing a relay swim across the English Channel and later rowing the Atlantic in a crew of three in support of Wolo HQ. These endeavours reinforced the principles of grit, collaborative performance, and disciplined preparation that define his approach.

Matt’s profile has grown through notable achievements across business, sport, and media. He is the author of three books, including ‘An Unconventional Journey into Leadership’, that explore sales performance and leadership, and his perspectives have been featured on the BBC and ITV. He has advised and worked with a broad client base, including NatWest, Lloyds Bank, Carbonology and Juniper, demonstrating his ability to engage diverse sectors with clarity and credibility.

As a high-performance speaker, Matt brings a rare combination of authenticity, humour, and strategic relevance. He champions the view that leadership is forged through lived experience rather than theory alone, drawing on moments of adversity and personal misjudgment as openly as on his successes. His talks offer organisations a powerful lens through which to examine adaptability, resilience, and purposeful growth. Whether addressing senior executives or emerging leaders, he presents actionable guidance grounded in real-world challenge, leaving audiences energised and equipped to elevate their own performance.