Speaking & Advisory
Words that move people. Counsel that moves organisations.
Rooted in lived experience. Delivered with the honesty that professionals navigating real challenges deserve.
Speaking Topics
Four talks. One through-line: truth.
Laid Off, Not Written Off
Professional Resilience & Identity After Job Loss
A candid, deeply human exploration of what job loss really costs — and what it takes to rebuild with clarity and purpose. Drawn from lived experience, not theory. For professionals, executives, and organisations navigating transition.
Best For
Professionals in transition · HR & People teams · Leadership conferences
Lead With Purpose
Commercial Leadership in Complex Markets
Two decades of frontline commercial leadership across West Africa's most demanding markets. What it takes to build revenue engines, lead high-performance teams, and deliver results when the environment refuses to cooperate.
Best For
Senior leaders · Executive teams · Business schools
Rebuild With Intention
Strategy, Identity & the Architecture of Recovery
How leaders and organisations rebuild after disruption — not by returning to what was, but by designing what comes next. A framework for intentional reinvention rooted in commercial reality and human truth.
Best For
C-suite · Transformation teams · Corporate offsites
Thrive On Your Terms
Human Potential & Performance at the Intersection
The intersection of professional resilience, commercial performance, and human potential. What it means to perform at the highest level without losing yourself in the process — and how to build a career that outlasts any single role.
Best For
High-potential talent · Leadership development programmes · Alumni events
Formats & Engagements
Available in every format that serves your audience.
Keynote
45–60 minutes
Panel
Moderated or participant
Workshop
Half or full day
Corporate Retreat
Bespoke programme
Podcast / Media
Interview or feature
Advisory Retainer
Ongoing engagement
Advisory Work
Counsel built on decades of frontline experience.
Marcus advises senior leaders and organisations on commercial strategy, revenue growth, and performance transformation. Advisory engagements are selective, bespoke, and built around the specific challenge at hand — not a packaged methodology.
If you are navigating a significant commercial challenge, a leadership transition, or a performance gap that standard approaches have failed to close — this is the conversation to have.
"Advisory engagements are selective. The work is serious. The results are real."
Commercial Strategy
Revenue architecture, market entry, and go-to-market strategy for organisations operating in complex or emerging markets.
Revenue Growth
Building and optimising revenue engines — from sales force effectiveness to channel strategy and commercial capability.
Performance Transformation
Diagnosing performance gaps and designing the interventions — structural, cultural, and commercial — that close them.
Executive Advisory
Trusted counsel for senior leaders navigating high-stakes decisions, transitions, and the human dimensions of leadership.
"The work is rooted in lived experience — and delivered with the honesty that professionals navigating real challenges deserve."
— Marcus Elan
Book Marcus
Ready to start a conversation?
All speaking and advisory enquiries are reviewed personally. Share the details of your event or challenge and Marcus will respond within 3–5 business days.
What to Include
Your event or context
The nature of the engagement — conference, corporate event, advisory brief.
Your audience
Who will be in the room and what they need to hear.
Date and location
Confirmed or indicative — global engagements considered.
Topic preference
One of the four topics above, or a bespoke brief.