Biography of Araceli Segarra

She is probably best known as the first Spanish woman to stand on the summit of Everest, and for the numerous climbing expeditions she has organised.

Araceli's interactive presentations are entertaining and inspirational, and serve as an excellent team-building aid to decision makers from the world of business. Her profound insight into teamwork combined with her excellent communication skills make Araceli an excellent motivator.

She began her prestigious career as one of the world's leading female climbers at the tender age of twenty years, when she successfully climbed Mount Kenya, the highest peak on the African continent. Just one year later she organised and played a leading role in her first major expedition to the Himalaya. But her real breakthrough came in 1996 when as part of the Catalan Everest North Face Expedition Team Araceli stood on top of the world. The expedition was accompanied by the IMAX film crew, and resulted in a spectacular film shown around the world at IMAX theatres and called simply "Everest", which included some of the most beautiful and dramatic footage ever filmed.

Since the expedition Araceli has had a meteoric rise to fame and is now a well known-face on Spanish television presenting a number of programmes as well as presenting extensively on Catalan Radio and Radio 1 in Barcelona.

The multi-faceted, charming and charismatic Araceli is now in great demand as a speaker at leading conferences around the globe. She is undeniably attractive with a wealth of appeal to all organisations, in addition the talented climber is able to present in Spanish, Catalan, English and French.

Programs:

Motivation - What moves us to do things, the desire to do them.

Attitude - The outcome of any enterprise depends more than anything else in the attitude we adopt before difficulties.

Paradigms - Preconceived ideas that sometimes limit our performance and need to be challenged

Teamwork - The best way to achieve a high performance group and reach our goals.

Trust - The single most important element in teamwork.

Goals - Setting them, achieving them.

Leadership - How to recognize a leader, what being a leader means.

Change Management - Constant changes and uncertainty are the norm in the mountains. Dealing with them is essential for success and survival.

Decision Making - During an ascent, we constantly have decisions to make facing various situations. In these decisions there is a lot at stake.