Ben Ryan Keynote Speaker
- Olympic gold-winning coach: Fiji Rugby Sevens (Rio 2016)
- Director of Elite Performance, Brentford FC (appointed 2022)
- Author of 'Sevens Heaven' (William Hill shortlist, 2018)
Ben Ryan's Biography
Ben Ryan is an Olympic gold medal-winning coach, bestselling author, and high-performance strategist trusted by top-level teams in sport, business, and government.
Best known for his groundbreaking leadership of the Fiji Rugby 7s team, Ben took a group of under-resourced athletes and transformed them into world champions–all through a philosophy centred on trust, identity, and cultural alignment. Their historic gold at Rio 2016 wasn’t just a sporting triumph, it was a masterclass in leadership, unity, and belief.
Today, Ben applies those same principles to help businesses drive sustainable high performance. As Performance Director at Brentford Football Club, and advisor to organisations across finance, tech, and the public sector, he translates elite sporting insight into practical strategies for leadership, culture, and transformation.
Ben’s storytelling is powerful, honest, and practical. He helps audiences cut through complexity and return to what really drives results: trust, clarity, purpose, and a shared mission.
Ben Ryan's Speaking Topics
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Creating and maintaining the right environment and culture for peak performance
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Embedding the elements of ‘psychological safety’ that allow team members to flourish and thrive
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Leadership, coaching, upmanaging and playing your individual role within a team
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Collaboratively establishing 'guardrails' to enable better decision-making, and creating and upholding consistent behaviours within those
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"The standard you walk past is the standard you become"
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Understanding individuals' motivation, and using their "why" and purpose to drive performance
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He tells some of his incredible stories particularly from his time in Fiji that culminated with the rugby 7s team winning the country's first ever Olympic medal, and uses those to share some of the techniques and tools he has used throughout his career that have helped him to:
- Create a culture framework and nurture those values
- Get the best out of himself and others
- Establish a growth mindset
- Navigate change
- Find the mental strength and resilience to cope with tough situations
- Create opportunities that lead to brilliant results
- Design collaborative environments
Why Book Ben Ryan as a speaker?
- He brings Olympic gold credentials as one of the most successful coaches of his generation, giving leaders a proven perspective on building winning teams under pressure.
- He demonstrates leadership through simplicity by cutting through noise to focus on what matters, helping organisations align priorities and execute with clarity.
- He is a culture architect who builds trust, cohesion and shared purpose in teams, strengthening the behaviours that drive performance and resilience.
- He is in-demand across sectors and equally trusted by boardrooms, sports teams and governments, delivering insights that translate across contexts and motivate audiences to act.
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