Angus Collins Keynote Speaker

Leading voice on mens mental health, resilience, and masculinity
Rowed Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, breaking records
Sought-after speaker for LinkedIn, Ascent and Personify Health

Angus Collins's Biography

Angus Collins is one of the world’s most accomplished ocean rowers and a powerful voice in men’s mental health. He has rowed across the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans, breaking multiple records and establishing himself as one of the most successful endurance athletes of his generation.

But Angus‘s story isn’t just about what he’s achieved on the water. It’s about what he’s faced beneath the surface, severe mental health struggles, suicidal lows, and the fight to rebuild himself when everything fell apart.

Today, Angus uses his experiences to spark honest conversations about resilience, masculinity, and vulnerability. He’s challenged the silence that keeps men from asking for help and proven that true strength isn’t about never breaking, it’s about what you do when you do.

As a speaker, Angus has worked with Fortune 500 companies including LinkedIn, Ascent, and Personify Health, delivering messages that cut through the noise. His talks aren’t polished corporate speak, they’re raw, authentic, and deeply human. He helps leaders understand what it really takes to perform under pressure, build mental strength, and create cultures where people can be honest about their struggles.

In 2025, Angus attempted a solo row around Great Britain. When weather and technical failures forced him to abandon the journey, it became one of his most defining moments, a lesson in resilience, acceptance, and the power of trying.

Angus works with organisations that want more than motivation. They want truth. They want someone who’s been to the edge and found a way back. Someone who can help their people do the same.

Resilience under pressure: Lessons from the ocean

Breaking the Silence: Men’s mental health and vulnerability

The power of vulnerability in Leadership

When plans fail: Adapting, Accepting and Moving Forward

Breaking the Silence: Men’s mental health and vulnerability.

He is one of the world’s most accomplished ocean rowers, drawing on record-setting crossings of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to show leaders what sustained performance under pressure really demands.
He brings hard-earned authority on men’s mental health, using his own experience of severe struggles to help organisations build cultures where people speak up early and support is normalised.
He translates extreme endurance lessons into practical resilience, helping teams manage uncertainty, setbacks and stress without sacrificing standards or wellbeing.
His talks cut through corporate noise with raw authenticity, giving leaders language and tools to address vulnerability, masculinity and psychological safety in a credible way.
He turns a high-profile 2025 attempt to row solo around Great Britain, and the decision to abandon it due to weather and technical failures, into a compelling lesson on acceptance, learning and leadership through disappointment.