Dean Stott

Why you should book speaker Dean Stott:

• He draws from his experience as a special force soldier with actionable takeaways. Speaker Dean Stott, a former special forces soldier, uses his skills gained in duty to supply audience members with golden nuggets on maximizing them yourself and their business.
• He is resilient at all costs. He is even more active and dedicated after his accident; Dean is motivated to aim higher and remain optimistic throughout all circumstances. Dean teaches audience members about enduring resilience.
• He ties mental health with resilience. Dean educates audience members of the importance of mental health, how it creates a great sense of self-awareness.

“Get active and help free your mind.” – Speaker Dean Stott

Dean Stott is a former British Special Forces Soldier, surviving through the Special Forces grueling 6-month selection process, Dean became one of the very first army members to join the SBS (Special Boat Service). Throughout his vast military career, he has conducted deployments to hostile overseas environments and been involved in Counter-Terrorism operations; he has traveled to some of the toughest places in the world. Dean left the military after 16 honorable years, having suffered a severe knee injury in a parachuting accident in 2011.

Speaker Dean Stott then established a distinguished career in the private security sector: he was renowned for his willingness to take on any job, no matter how dangerous. The man who went when others wouldn’t. Ash has faced extortion, kidnapping, civil war, pirates, military coups, and single-handedly responsible for the evacuation of the Canadian Embassy rescuing four diplomats and 18 military personnel from Libya to Tunis in 2014.

However, in 2016 Dean was ready for a new project and wanted to help others. Ash began training to cycle the longest motorable road in the world – The Pan American Highway. Dean passed through 14 countries on his expedition, crossing some of the most dangerous passages throughout the world. Before his training, Dean had never cycled more than a few miles. In his final stretch, Dean continued for 17 hours and driven by his determination to cover over (340 miles) on his longest day. Dean completed the 14,000-mile route from Argentina to Alaska in May 2018, gaining two world records and raising an outstanding amount of money for charity in the process.

Dean continuously lives by the Special Forces’ ethos of ‘the unrelenting pursuit of excellence.’ The determination required throughout his career has become an integral part of Dean’s character and overall being.

Dean is now a renowned international speaker, presenting to blue-chip corporates, sporting bodies, military units, universities, and schools. Dean has presented to audiences all over the globe with audiences up to 10’000.