Deshun Deysel - Motivational Speaker, Keynote
Speaker and MC - Johannesburg
Born into a working-class family in a township
outside Uitenhage, South Africa, Deshun came to
prominence in 1996 when selected to participate in
her nation’s first Everest Expedition. She has
subsequently been on 13 high altitude expeditions on
5 continents.
Deshun Deysel
Down to earth person - going to great heights!
Deshun Deysel is best known to the South Africa
public as the only black female high altitude
mountaineer in the world. She was a member of two
South African expeditions to Mount Everest – the
first South African expedition in 1996 and the
Discovery Everest expedition in 2003.
She holds a Higher Diploma in Education from Rand
College and Rand Afrikaans University and spent five
years as a schoolteacher during which time her dream
to climb Mt Everest was realised. After returning
from her first Everest expedition, Deshun joined the
I Can Foundation - running youth development
workshops and women specific programmes for two
years. Deshun spent six years with The Pacific
Institute SA as a process facilitator and accreditor,
as well as a conference speaker at The Pacific
Institute USA.
Deshun Deysel
With her diverse experience in self–image
psychology, business performance management,
corporate social responsibility and conference
facilitation, she co-founded SINIRGI
International with her UK Partner – Vandana
Cowley, previously director of the European Union
Development Programme.
She has addressed audiences in and from the USA,
Canada, UK, Australia, Russia, Kenya, Mozambique,
Ghana, etc. with accounts of her inspirational rise
from obscurity to mountaineer and businesswoman.
Deshun Deysel
For her contributions as a role model and her
achievements in general, Deshun has received some
highly prestigious awards, including the Four
Outstanding Young South Africans Award (FOYSA)
in 1997, the Diva Africa Award and was
inducted as one of the friends and ambassadors for
the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation in
2004.
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Deshun Deysel - Motivational Speaker, Keynote
Speaker and MC - Johannesburg
