Julie Lewis is a British award-winning explorer, author, speaker and leadership facilitator who helps people and organisations navigate change with greater courage, clarity and resilience. She has lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates for 29 years.

In 2003, Julie founded Mountain High, the Middle East’s first female-led expedition company, pioneering nature-based journeys that expand the mind, energise the body and awaken the spirit of adventure. Since then, she has led more than 70 expeditions and retreats across 20 countries, including ten expeditions to the Arctic, three to Antarctica and several high-altitude climbs. In 2012, she led the first all-female team of breast cancer survivors on an expedition to Antarctica, celebrating the extraordinary courage of women who had already faced a life-changing challenge.

Julie is the author of Moving Mountains: Discover the Mountain in You and the Amazon #1 bestseller Uncharted Waters: Discover Your Hidden Depths. Her work draws on more than two decades of leading multinational teams in demanding natural environments, combined with her experiences of entrepreneurship, personal loss and reinvention. She has delivered keynotes and leadership programmes for global organisations, business schools and international conferences and is a TEDx and Million Dollar Round Table speaker.

Today, Julie is the creator of Transformation through Nature’s Intelligence, a practical framework that translates the wisdom of the natural world into capabilities people can use at work and in life: Stand Like a Mountain to develop clarity, courage and perspective. Flow Like Water to strengthen adaptability and resilience. Think Like a Forest to deepen connection, communication and collaboration.

Her mantras, “Less screen, more blue and green” and “Back to nature, back to you”, are powerful calls to action. Few speakers can say their credentials were earned at altitude; fewer still can transform those experiences into practical lessons for how we live, lead and connect.