One of the most talented Army officers of his generation until shrapnel severely damaged his brain whilst serving in Afghanistan. Stewart has turned disaster into discovery and continues to go from strength to strength with a traumatic brain injury.
Stewart speaks on two topics: resilience and leadership. His resilience speech deals with protecting mental health and building mental wealth. He shares successful tools that he has developed to be used in everyday life; all driven by his experience of having to find ways to cope with the world after his life changing injury. His leadership speech focuses on three key areas of aligning values with actions, setting goals and inspiring followers. He draws from his experiences of leadership in peacetime and on the battlefield to help the business community. Stewart is eternally fascinated by the power of the brain and its ability to grow, irrespective of age, gender or position.
Stewart is a powerful, engaging and authentic speaker who simultaneously humbles and inspires audiences ranging from senior leadership to middle and junior management. He has helped clients such as abrdn, JP Morgan and Chase, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, M&S Bank, Amazon Europe, Chartered Banker Institute and the Edinburgh Business School.
Defying his neurological prognosis, Stewart completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology. This study embodies all the most valuable life lessons Stewart has learned from his leadership experiences and mastering life with a brain disability. In recent years, his unwavering spirit has helped raise over £200,000 for military charities, create and perform in an award- winning West End play and publish evocative poetry. Additionally, as an award-winning artist, Stewart’s oil portraits have graced numerous exhibitions, with luminaries like the film actor Ray Winston, the broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan and the TV presenter Nick Knowles sitting for him, all in noble pursuit of charity. Stewart’s awe inspiring story has been featured in esteemed publications like The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and the Daily Mail, and his story resonates with British TV and radio broadcasts.