Marielle Legair

Marielle Legair is a personal branding speaker, leadership strategist, and author whose work focuses on executive communications, behavioral science, and professional development. Based in New York and originally from the United Kingdom, Legair is the founder of Align Labs, a company dedicated to transforming how leaders communicate and lead. Before founding Align Labs, Legair spent more than a decade leading executive visibility campaigns for CEOs and senior leaders at major companies, including Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Experian, and Golin, in both London and New York. Her corporate experience, combined with her entrepreneurial background, informs her approach to leadership development and executive coaching.

With a 15-year career in senior corporate communications, Legair has delivered workshops across the United States, Africa, the United Kingdom, and Japan, bringing a global perspective to her work. As a LinkedIn Learning instructor with more than 100,000 learners worldwide, she integrates behavioral science, neuro-linguistic programming, and hypnotherapy to help leaders overcome limiting beliefs and develop visible, confident leadership. Global brands such as bp, Diageo, EY, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Red Bull, and Yale University have engaged Legair for talks and training workshops. Her proprietary frameworks, including the 5 Ps of Personal Branding and the Aligned Magnetism Framework, provide audiences with actionable strategies for professional impact.

Legair is the author of "The Personal Brand Bible for Ambitious Women," which offers guidance for women seeking to build influential and authentic personal brands. She is also the founder of Women Who Influence, a personal branding and publicity firm for female entrepreneurs. Black Enterprise has featured Legair for her expertise, and she has served as a panelist at the We Women: 7th Annual Yale Women in Leadership Conference.

Her work has appeared in media outlets including BBC, CNBC, Forbes, Financial Times, and Glamour. Legair is committed to fostering inclusivity and empowerment in professional spaces, advocating for underrepresented voices. Her ability to translate complex branding strategies into practical steps makes her insights accessible to audiences in industries ranging from finance to the creative sector.