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Introduction
Deshun Deysel was a member of the first South African expedition to Mt.Everest in 1996.  She has subsequently been on fifteen high-altitude climbing expeditions spanning five continents.  She returned to Everest in 2003, and came within 500 vertical metres of the summit. As one of South Africa’s most articulate conference speakers, she has captivated diverse audiences at home and abroad with insightful presentations which weave (through word and image) the lessons of high
altitude climbing into the lessons of business and life.

Experience
In 2010 Deshun enters her fourteenth year in the speaking, training and consultancy industry.  This, following on the initial five-year experience gained as a school teacher in the early 1990’s.  Her key skills are those of motivational speaking; facilitating and training. Using the three skills above, her firm D Deysel & Associates focuses on issues crucial to both corporations and individuals:

  • Leadership
  • Goal-setting
  • Team-building
  • Dealing with success and failure
  • Persevering to the end

Her goal in each case is invariably the same – to assist individuals and teams in their own development. Her method, however, is customized to the need of her clients.  Most recently she anchored an annual Leadership seminar for women in Malawi (on behalf of WMC).  She not only participates in conferences and seminars, but also combines theoretical training with the experiential – having lead corporate groups on treks to Kilimanjaro and Everest Base Camp.

Education
Deshun holds a higher diploma in Education from the Rand College of Education and The University of Johannesburg.

Awards and Recognitions
In 1997 Deshun became a recipient of the prestigious Four Outstanding Young South Africans Award.

Personal goals
In 2007 Deshun embarked on a dream to become the second South African/African woman to successfully tackle “The Seven Summits” – the highest peak on each continent. To date she has been on five of the seven and summitted two.
She is recently married and lives in Johannesburg with her husband and three cats.