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About Antoinette Oglethorpe

25 years of real-world insight shared with heart, humour, and humanity

Gold Award – Best Enterprising Business at the SME MK & Buckinghamshire Business Awards
Gold Award – Stevie Awards ‘Mentor or Coach of the Year – Business’
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Silver 2021 Stevie Winner for Women in Business award logo, featuring laurel branches on both sides and bold text highlighting the award and its category.
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SME MK and Buckinghamshire Business Awards. Gold Winner of Business Woman of the Year
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A keynote speaker who brings career conversations to life

Antoinette Oglethorpe is an award-winning speaker, author, and coach with a mission: to help people take ownership of their careers and navigate change with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

With her signature COMPASS framework, she delivers powerful, story-rich keynotes that go beyond inspiration to spark action. Whether you’re leading transformation, supporting employee development, or future-proofing your organisation, Antoinette will energise your audience and equip them with the mindset and tools they need to grow.

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A world-renowned speaker with real-world impact

Antoinette is a best-selling author, award-winning coach, and trusted voice on career development and leadership.

From Cairo to Geneva to London, Antoinette has inspired audiences at the UN, World Bank Group, NHS, and WHO with her keynote, COMPASS: Navigating Success in a Changing World of Work.

With 25+ years’ experience at Accenture, Avanade, and P&G, she blends strategic insight with human connection, showing audiences how to thrive through change.

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What makes working with Antoinette different?

  • Easy to work with: Organisers describe her as flexible, responsive, and a joy to partner with — someone who makes the process as smooth as the presentation.
  • Heart as well as head: Antoinette’s warmth, humour, and honesty make her talks as engaging as they are insightful.
  • Practical takeaways: Audiences leave with tools and clarity they can use the next day — not just inspiration that fades.

Contact Antoinette when you want more than a motivational speaker. Book her when you want someone who will help your people think, feel, and do something different.

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Trusted by Leading Organisations Worldwide


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“Antoinette’s keynote was the perfect way to launch our Career Month… personal storytelling really resonated, encouraging self-reflection and inspiring individuals to think differently about success and fulfilment.”

Dipti Lakhani, Collinson Group

“The speaker was fantastic. A key highlight was the different ways you can equip yourself to be resilient through change.”

Attendee, Essex County Council LearnFest

“You could have heard a penny drop. 264 colleagues were hanging on her every word—the biggest attendance of all sessions all week.”

Dannette Haley, ICRC

“Antoinette delivered an inspiring session that enabled a fresh perspective. Heartfelt, engaging and a great way to end the day.”

Paul Scrivens, LoveLocalJobs

“She brings expert knowledge in a human and engaging way. A vibrant and compelling speaker.”

Valerie Rowles, Consultant in Career Development

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