Ken Hames is one of the country's leading motivational speakers. He focusses mainly on teamwork, leadership, attitude and competence training.

Ken is a real life action man who leads from the front. He has 25 years military experience under his belt, and is almost unique in having served in The Parachute Brigade, the Royal Marines and the Special Air Service. Ken's operational experience is vast, ranging from guarding Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hesse, in Spandau Prison to the liberation of Port Stanley in the Falklands.

Ken uses his vast and diverse experience to inspire vision in others through motivational speaking, coaching and leadership training. He is driven by the desire to help people to unlock their innate potential and is an expert in cultivating the positive behavioural practices which enable people to reach their goals.

Ken Hames is one of the country's leading motivational speakers. He focusses mainly on teamwork, leadership, attitude and competence training.

Ken provides a fascinating insight into pressure, survival, teamwork and motivation. His presentations bring strong evidence of best practice in difficult and demanding circumstances. His main effort is to promote development, provide motivation and give inspiration to leaders and managers. With his business development work he can combine the integration of success factors.

Following an impressive military career, Ken has brought a unique slant on the many documentaries that he has written and presented for TV. The latest was a 15 part series for primetime BBC1 called Mission Africa. Ken has just returned from filming the third series of Beyond Boundaries in Ecuador where he took a group of severely disabled people on an expedition across the Andes at high altitude for BBC 2.

Ken created and is the expedition leader on the ground breaking Beyond Boundaries series for BBC TV. Desert Darlings was broadcast on Channel 4 in spring 2003. Ken took couples across the Namib Desert, placing their often-fragile relationships under the extreme pressures of an expedition. His first series for Channel 4, was the award winning, Jungle Janes, where Ken's challenge was to turn a group of British women, none of whom had any expedition experience, into a cohesive team fit enough to take on the gruelling jungles of Borneo.

These documentaries have proved Ken's extraordinary ability to inspire and motivate even the most unlikely candidates. His unique skills enable him to take any rabble of individuals and finish with a winning, cohesive team, using sound leadership and thorough training are just some of the tools he uses. Ken is passionate about empowering people to transform their lives for the better.

Ken presented the highly praised series, Greatest SAS Missions for Five in 2004, CBBC's, Bring it On, Hero Factor for the Discovery Channel in 2002, Battle Stripes for Sky in 2000, Future Fighting Machines for the US in 2003, Channel 4's Shattered and ITV's Celebrity Fit Club. Ken was also involved from the earliest of stages in the design and development of ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

Ken is a real life action man who leads from the front. He has 25 years military experience under his belt, and is almost unique in having served in The Parachute Brigade, the Royal Marines and the Special Air Service. Ken's operational experience is vast, ranging from guarding Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hesse, in Spandau Prison to the liberation of Port Stanley in the Falklands.

He is an accomplished Mountain Guide and skier and represented Great Britain in cross-country skiing. He played rugby for the Combined Services, is an expert in the great outdoors in all survival disciplines and is a keen amateur opera singer!