Penny Mallory Speaker

Penny Mallory Keynote Speaker

  • One of the most successful women Rally Drivers and the first woman in the world to compete in a World Rally Car
  • Presenter of many high profile TV shows including the hugely successful Channel 4 show ‘Driven’,
  • Author of critically acclaimed self-development book ‘Take Control of Your Life’

Penny Mallory's Biography

As a leading authority on Mental Toughness, Penny Mallory helps people to manage the stress, pressure, heavy workloads and relentless deadlines they face.

Drawing from her extraordinary experiences, Penny now shares her Mental Toughness formula to help organisations and individuals to cultivate confidence, resilience, commitment, determination, and focus.

Mental Toughness is a personality trait, that can everyone can develop. With Mental Toughness you have increased resilience, confidence, focus, determination and commitment. This enables you to manage stress and pressure, take challenges in your stride, and quickly bounce back from setbacks.

In today’s ever more competitive environment where only the best will do, Penny Mallory has perfected the art of Psychologically Powered Performance to bring out the very best in people. No secret sauce or overused buzzwords, for championship teams (including F1) to top organisations, from individuals and workshops to International audiences, her engagingly authentic but wildly entertaining vision of optimised performance and positive change sets her apart.

Penny defied the odds by achieving her childhood ambition of becoming a Champion Rally Driver. She surpassed that dream by becoming the first woman to compete in a World Rally Car for Ford in the prestigious World Rally Championship. Remarkably, she remains the only woman to accomplish this. Her journey is even more remarkable given her tumultuous past as a teenage runaway, enduring 3 years of homelessness in London. Penny attributes her success to her Mental Toughness.

As a child she saw alcoholism and mental illness destroy her family. Fleeing home at 14, homeless and fending for herself on the London streets, her life couldn’t have been more dangerous or bleak, yet an inner strength and self-belief enabled her to take control of her future. She made the ‘impossible’ possible, and has since dedicated her life to helping others do the same.

It is these experiences that have made her keynotes acclaimed international favourites for many of the world’s most powerful and storied brands, including Microsoft, Google Cloud, Santander, Coca-Cola, Nat West, Waitrose, Tesco, Telefonica, RoadChef, Sony, CitiBank, HPI, Jaguar, Proctor & Gamble, Airbus and many more.

Her life is a continuing series of doing what conventional thinking says she simply can’t – from Rally
Driving at the highest level, competing in multiple marathons, enter the boxing ring twice, conquering two of the world’s highest mountains…and now she is preparing to row the Atlantic Ocean. Little wonder that her interactive keynotes inspire taking action, and to believe you can – because you can.

Penny is a TEDX speaker, author of ‘365 Ways to Develop Mental Toughness’, ’World Class Thinking, World Class Behaviour’ and ‘Take Control of Your Life’.

If you’re looking for an entertaining speaker that will ignite enthusiasm, inspire change, deepencommitment and determination, you may have just found the right speaker for your event.

Read More

Penny Mallory's Speaking Topics

  • Mental Toughness: Building Confidence, Resilience and Focus

  • Performing Under Pressure in High-Stakes Environments

  • Overcoming Adversity and Achieving the Impossible

  • Psychologically Powered Performance for Individuals and Teams

  • Leading Through Change, Uncertainty and Challenge

Read More

Why Book Penny Mallory as a speaker?

  • She is one of the world’s leading experts on Mental Toughness, helping individuals and organisations build the confidence, resilience and focus needed to perform under pressure.

  • She translates powerful lessons from elite motorsport, extreme endurance challenges and personal adversity into practical strategies that enable people to overcome setbacks and achieve ambitious goals.

  • She became the first and only woman to compete in a World Rally Car for Ford in the World Rally Championship, demonstrating the mindset and determination required to succeed in highly competitive environments.

  • She combines evidence-based performance principles with extraordinary lived experience, showing audiences how mental toughness can be developed to improve resilience, decision-making and sustained performance.

  • Her presentations help leaders and teams manage pressure, embrace challenge and unlock their potential, equipping them with the tools to perform at their best when it matters most.

Videos of Penny Mallory

Penny Mallory Showreel 2026
Penny Mallory Keynote Speaker on Mental Toughness & Resilience

Comments & Testimonials

Penny attended our Sales and Marketing conference and wowed the audience. She provided inspiration as well as practical advice . She cleverly weaved together personal anecdotes with live feedback from the audience and made a real difference to our event. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Penny for any corporate event.
CocaCola

Check Penny Mallory's speaking fees and availability

Discover other speakers

Terry Virts Speaker
Exclusive
Terry Virts
Former Commander of the International Space Station
Rolfe Oostra Speaker
Rolfe Oostra Speaker
Exclusive
Rolfe Oostra
World Record Everest Rescuer
Philip Delves Broughton Speaker
Exclusive
Philip Delves Broughton
Management Expert, Author, & Journalist
Shona Beats Speaker
Exclusive
Shona Beats
Founding COO of Headspace
Ian Clawson Speaker
Exclusive
Ian Clawson
Leadership & Culture Shaping Expert and Co-Founder of BraveCore
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Speaker
Exclusive
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Research fellow at the Hoover Institution & Founder of the AHA Foundation
Shoukei Matsumoto Speaker
Exclusive
Shoukei Matsumoto
Buddhist monk & author of "A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind"
Paul Draper Speaker
Exclusive
Paul Draper
Cognitive anthropologist and Las Vegas headliner
Greg Bonann Speaker
Exclusive
Greg Bonann
BAYWATCH Co-Creator & Lifeguard
Craig Foster Speaker
Exclusive
Craig Foster
Academy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, My Octopus Teacher