Aurélie Salvaire

Aurélie Salvaire inspires leaders to navigate complexity, build trust, and lead inclusively in a rapidly changing world.

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I've worked with Aurélie several times on different topics. No matter the context, she is a highly professional, inspirational and determined leader for social entrepreneurship and women empowerment. She's a great speaker and her talks and trainings about storytelling are lively and fun, be sure not to miss it! I learned a lot with her, and always enjoy her sense for people and her authenticity. Keep on rocking Aurélie

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Why you should book Aurélie Salvaire for your next event

Brings 15+ years of experience designing leadership programs across 50+ countries in complex, multicultural, and high-stakes environments.
Trusted by UN agencies, global NGOs, and major corporations to drive transformation, strengthen trust, and unlock team potential.
Combines sharp strategy with deep empathy to help leaders lead through uncertainty and build truly inclusive organizations.

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Inclusive leadership expert shaping the future of work

Aurélie Salvaire is an internationally recognized expert in inclusive leadership, organizational transformation, and the future of work. As founder and CEO of Shiftbalance, she has partnered with UN agencies, global NGOs, and leading corporations to support leaders navigating complexity and change. With a unique ability to combine strategic clarity and human understanding, Aurélie helps organizations rebuild trust, strengthen collaboration, and create environments where people and performance thrive. Her work spans continents and cultures, making her a compelling voice for modern leadership.

Aurélie Salvaire – Inclusive Leadership in Action

Aurélie Salvaire is one of the most prominent voices in inclusive leadership and organizational transformation. As the founder and CEO of Shiftbalance, she leads a global consultancy that operates in more than 50 countries with a network of over 150 facilitators. Her work connects strategy with human behavior, supporting organizations in building cultures that are resilient, inclusive, and future-ready.

Through Shiftbalance, Aurélie has collaborated with major international institutions, including UN agencies such as WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, FAO, and UNODC. Her expertise is also trusted by global NGOs like CARE, Oxfam, IRC, and NRC, as well as corporations including Airbus, Chanel, Orange, LinkedIn, and the BMW Foundation. Across sectors, she is known for helping leaders translate values into action.

Leading Through Complexity and Change

Over the past 15 years, Aurélie has designed and facilitated hundreds of leadership retreats, DEI strategies, and transformation programs. Her work often takes place in high-stakes and multicultural environments, including post-conflict and fragile contexts such as Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and across East Africa.

These experiences have shaped her distinctive approach. Aurélie brings a balance of strategic rigor and deep empathy, enabling leaders to navigate uncertainty with clarity and confidence. She works closely with leadership teams to rebuild trust, strengthen alignment, and create the conditions for meaningful collaboration.

Her sessions are known for being both practical and reflective. Leaders leave with concrete tools, but also with a renewed perspective on how to lead people through change.

Building Inclusive and Future-Ready Organizations

Aurélie’s work focuses on helping organizations unlock the full potential of their teams. She believes that inclusive leadership is not a concept, but a practice that requires awareness, courage, and consistency.

Her key focus areas include:

Inclusive leadership development
Diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies
Organizational transformation and change management
Leadership in multicultural and global environments
The future of work and evolving leadership models

By addressing both systems and behaviors, Aurélie supports organizations in creating lasting change. Her approach ensures that inclusion is embedded into everyday leadership, not treated as a standalone initiative.

A Global Perspective with Strong Foundations

Aurélie holds a degree from HEC Paris and completed an MBA semester at Thunderbird in the United States. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation and a certified workplace mediator through Acas in the UK. She is also a member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network.

Her academic background is matched by a strong field experience, giving her a rare ability to bridge theory and practice. She understands both the structural challenges organizations face and the human dynamics that drive transformation.

Author, Speaker, and Storyteller

Beyond her consulting work, Aurélie is also an accomplished author and speaker. She has written several books, including Balance the World, Fearless, and Chroniques Nomades, where she explores themes of identity, courage, and global citizenship.

She has delivered TEDx talks in Tunis and Porto, sharing insights on leadership and social change. Her storytelling extends to film as well, as the producer of the documentary Maard Ban, which explores masculinity in Pakistan. Through her work, she brings attention to complex social dynamics and encourages open, meaningful dialogue.

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Aurélie Salvaire is a powerful and engaging speaker for organizations looking to inspire leadership transformation. She brings global insight, real-world experience, and a strong human connection to every stage.

Whether addressing senior leaders, global teams, or cross-sector audiences, Aurélie creates space for reflection while delivering practical frameworks for action. Her talks resonate with organizations navigating change, seeking stronger collaboration, or aiming to build inclusive cultures that last.

Based in Barcelona, Aurélie works fluently in French, English, and Spanish, making her an ideal speaker for international audiences.

Customer Reviews

Sarah Neumann Sparringspartner for conscious transformation

Aurelie is an amazing, engaging speaker! Deep subject knowledge on all things inclusion and diversity. An agile, fast paced, powerhouse of a trainer I always enjoy working on projects with.

Claire Goodridge Helping coaches & course creators build a simple offer ladder & fix their messaging so that their content turns into booked calls + more sales.

Aurelie provided an insightful and compelling D&I training to our LVMH colleagues. It was engaging and in tune with delivering sound strategies for success through the lens of inclusion. Aurelie has ben a great business partner for us in terms of driving the messaging of D&I being a business imperative.

Aurelie has a unique way to immediately create a safe space that enables to go beyond the surface and quickly get to the crux of the matter. In particular, she helped me tackle the complex topic of diversity and inclusion facilitation by sharing her vast experience in that space. Her direct no-nonsense style makes Aurelie an effective and enjoyable Coach to work with. Go for it ;)

Thierry Regnier Chief Revenue Officer | Building & Scaling SaaS Revenue Teams in EMEA & APAC | Executive Coach & Podcast Host | Board member | Championing Diversity & Transformation

Aurélie coached me for a period of 3 months. Her energy, intellect, and good humour made her an incredibly interesting and insightful person to learn from. Her tutelage was invaluable to me and her insight helped shape how we were approaching a number of challenging topics within our team. You can trust Aurélie to help you see any challenge through a different lens. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

David Egan Sr. Manager, Strategy & Operations @ LinkedIn

Aurelie has taken time to gain expertise in the topic of diversity and inclusion. It is amazing how she is able to connect with individuals from different backgrounds and cultures, getting them to reflect and open up during the training sessions. Keep the conversations going on Aurelie and we will see a difference with time.

ROSELINE GATIGI CHRP(K) | Assoc CIPD

Aurelie is a professional with deep experience on the diversity and inclusion topic. She has developed an educational programme at the World Food Programme to ensure we can create a more inclusive culture, where people understand diversity is a value and can feel free to speak up. Aurelie is a reliable person, open to any type of discussion who usually facilitates a constructive dialogue thanks to her emotional intelligence. It’s a pleasure work with her since she really cares about her colleagues and she does her best to support the other team members.

Ilaria Di Tommaso Global HR Professional | Talent Management & Organizational Development Expert | Change Agent | Specialized in Creating High-Performing Teams & Cultures

Aurelie is a true professional in diversity and inclusion. Her trainings and contributions really helped promote gender equality within the organization with a diverse and inclusive lens, something that is critical in such a large organization. She comes from years of extensive hands-on experience in this topic, something that is incredible valuable for every organization to incorporate.

Mar Echevarria Gender Equality, Protection & Accountability to Affected Populations

I worked with Aurelie on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) matters during her consultancy at WFP. In particular, Aurelie helped me and the DEI working group in our unit to organize and execute foundational trainings on a variety of topics. Aurelie was responsive to our needs and feedback and incorporated learnings from each session she delivered to make the following one even better. I really admired how Aurelie was able to address difficult topics and create a safe space for meaningful conversations.

Aurelie sparks change in the workplace. Her deep knowledge of Diversity and Inclusion topics as well as Mental Health, combined with her joyful and sincere personality and impressive organization skills make her a highly efficient professional. She tackles difficult topics openly, raising awareness broadly accross the organization. It's an immense pleasure working with her.

Isabelle Rampa Global Family Liaison Officer presso World Food Programme

It is with great pleasure that I provide a recommendation for Aurelie. She has been absolutely inspiring in bringing forward sensitive issues surrounding Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Her ability to engage and interact with large and diverse audiences is a remarkable accomplishment. I worked with Aurelie to develop a series of training related to D, I, & B; she was able to quickly understand the needs and adapt accordingly, providing relevant options to build upon the previous learnings. Aurelie has a sincere commitment to the topic and her extensive professional knowledge enables agility in providing training and expert guidance.

Bree Lenz Human Resources Business Partner

Aurélie is an enthusiastic inclusion champion with her heart and mind focused on driving the agenda of an equal opportunity world for all. She brings in tremendous intellectual rigor and professional commitment. In a brief period, I was able to gauge Aurélie's compassionate approach towards helping people tell their stories. She is also amazingly effective in creating strategic conversations with right blend of tug to the heart and mind. She is very skilled at what she does and is a pure joy to collaborate with. Particularly excited about her recent work titled 'Beyond Labels', a podcast series on disability inclusion she does with WFP. It is a privilege to recommend her work.

Parvinder Singh Head of Communications and Media @ World Food Programme | Developing Communication Strategies

I had an amazing opportunity to collaborate with Aurélie on organising the Diversity and Inclusion series for our division. She is such a great inspirer, who not only shared with us the extended knowledge in D&I, but also created an open space for our colleagues to speak up, to share out loud about the challenges and difficulties they have been facing regarding D&I concerns. The way she professionally delivered the message combining with the cozy environment she has brought to the webinars has certainly embraced our awareness and empathy to be and to become more diverse and inclusive at WFP. There's no doubt about this great inspirer! I'm sure she will shine much more in her future career development. I highly recommend anyone to experience working with her and enjoy this inspiration.

Luna Nguyen Talent and Development Specialist | People Development

Aurélie is insightful, communicative and passionate beyond knowledgeable and skillful, when it comes to her expertise in diversity and inclusion. She is sharing and caring in her collaboration with colleagues and partners. Aurélie walks the talk on diversity and inclusion.

Min-Whee KANG Former Senior Advisor, Office of the Director-General, WHO

I had the pleasure of working with Aurélie at UNFPA for one year. She designed and delivered over 10 workshops on a vast variety of DEI topics while taking into account the global nature of our organization as well as the different cultural backgrounds of our colleagues. Thanks to her trilingualism (English, French and Spanish), she could reach out to a broader audience and address local needs in our regional and country offices. In addition, Aurélie provided her strategic thinking in the co-creation process of our 2030 People Strategy, our guiding document, and gave her inputs in the design of the DEI component of the strategy. Aurélie has also a pleasant personality and is a fabulous team player.

We at UNODC Afghanistan office just concluded the team retreat and country programme planning. And what a treat it was ! thank you so much Aurelie , combining fun with work so beautifully. There is nothing more that I can think of could have been better. I really wanted to look in from outside and you did help me with that. Looking forward to more opportunities on working more and working together with you. Will keep you posted on $$$ and strategy :)

Anubha Sood Chief, Regional Section ,South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Aurelie facilitated an amazing team retreat and planning workshop for UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan which not only enhanced team spirit and solidarity but also helped with developing a common vision and road map with solid steps to realize that vision. It was greatly beneficial to have discussions and recommendations from an outside eye who has a different perspective and a wealth of experience working with numerous public, private and intergovernmental organizations on similar exercises. There has been a notable bonding and enhanced team spirit following the retreat and rejuvenated excitement to implement our organization goals based on actions points developed in an inclusive and participatory way which put us en route to the point where we would like to be in the next few years. We appreciate Aurelie’s efforts and happy that she will continue to liaise with us for next few weeks to follow up and discuss the progress in implementation of the action points. It has been a fantastic experience both professionally and personally, a one that ought to be repeated from time to time. Looking for the next time already!

Facts inform. Stories move. In a world saturated with data and noise, the leaders who cut through are the ones who know how to tell a story that lands. Drawing on her work coaching hundreds of female leaders, TEDx speakers, and C-suite executives across 30+ countries, Aurélie shares the art and craft of leadership storytelling: how to find the story only you can tell, how to shape it for the room you're in, and how to use narrative to drive change, alignment, and action. Interactive, energizing, and immediately useful — every participant leaves with a sharper story to tell.

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