MEGGIE PALMER - SHORT BIO
Meggie Palmer is a globally renowned speaker, facilitator, and executive coach known for her impactful work in supporting the diversification of leadership talent and empowering professionals to navigate their pathways to success. With a client list that includes Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, DocuSign, and JP Morgan, Meggie’s expertise has been recognized by prestigious publications like Vogue Magazine and Forbes, cementing her status as a confidence creator. In her former life, she was a foreign correspondent for the BBC, CNBC & others. She’s a proud Aussie who now calls NYC home.
Meggie Palmer Bio
Meggie Palmer is a confidence creator and globally renowned speaker, facilitator, and Executive Coach. Her work’s been recognized by Vogue Magazine, Forbes, and on NBC.
She works with Fortune 100 companies supporting the diversification of their leadership talent pipeline and retention of high-potential staff. Her clients include Microsoft, DocuSign, and JP Morgan.
She built the PepTalkHer App with the mission of closing the gender pay gap. It’s a Fitbit for your career, helping professionals track success and navigate their pathway to promotion. She runs a community of 60,000 professional women focused on elevating performance and supercharging their career success.
In her former life, she was an award-winning journalist. Her films won New York Festival TV & Film Awards, UN Media Awards & a Logie nomination.
She spent 15 years as a Foreign Correspondent, traveling from Syria to Italy and telling stories for networks including BBC World, CNBC, and Dateline. She has interviewed Brad Pitt on the red carpet, Bashar Al Assad in his Palace in Damascus & once had the fun task of speaking on stage after Obama.
She’s a highly sought-after speaker and has keynoted for Vogue, at Dreamforce for Salesforce, and in Germany for Nico Rosberg’s Greentech Summit.
Before founding her company, she was VP for the Financial Times. Meggie lectures at Columbia University & Barnard College.
She sits on the board of several high-growth companies and not-for-profit Boards including the Australian Press Council. Meggie is a Tory Burch Fellow & was recognized with a grant from Sara Blakley's Spanx Foundation.
She’s a passionate angel investor, cook, and ocean swimmer. She is a proud Aussie who now calls NYC home. You can find her on Linkedin and on social media @MeggiePalmer & @PepTalkHer
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MEGGIE PALMER - LONG BIO
Meggie Palmer is a highly sought-after speaker and facilitator for Fortune 500 companies focusing on supporting teams to elevate their performance.
Meggie is a confidence creator & serial entrepreneur. She helps companies retain diverse & high potential talent.
Meggie founded PepTalkHer with the mission to close the gender pay & leadership gap. What started as a side hustle has grown to a thriving global business with a strong community of 60,000 aspirational, professional womxn. They’ve been featured in Vogue, Forbes & NBC to name a few.
The PepTalkHer team partners with Employers of choice, helping them recruit, retain and promote top talent. Among their clients, Fortune 500 companies including JP Morgan, Salesforce & HSBC. They help companies move to 50/50 women in Leadership.
They provide content & programming on topics like negotiation & overcoming imposter syndrome. Their curriculum works - increasing skill confidence by 35% after the first session as well as NPS. She founded PepTalkHer after her own experience of inequality during her time as a journalist.
They built the free PepTalkHer App & launched it as a Vogue event in 2019. It helps make the performance review time easy. The prompts help you track success, build confidence & negotiate. (Think of it as a FitBit - but for your career)
The results have been extraordinary - from a $4 an-hour raise to a whopping $84,000 raise. (Ready to level up your career? Head to www.peptalkher.com/challenge)
Meggie is a Tory Burch Fellow & was the recipient of a grant from Sara Blakley's Spanx Foundation. Meggie serves on several boards and is a passionate angel investor. She focuses on tech businesses and teams with a female and/or under-represented founder. Meggie loves doing good things with good people.
In her former life, she was a foreign correspondent. Meggie spent more than a decade working as a journalist for BBC World, CNBC & Dateline. Her films won New York Festival TV & Film Awards, UN Media Awards, a Walkley Award & a Logie nomination.
She has interviewed Brad Pitt on the red carpet, Bashar Al Assad in his Palace in Damascus & once had the fun task of speaking on stage after Obama.
Meggie lectures at Columbia University & Barnard College on negotiation & confidence. She also speaks globally at events like Dreamforce, Vogue Codes & Nico Rosberg’s Greentech In Berlin.
She writes features & opinion pieces for Vogue, Marie Claire, NewsCorp, Women's Agenda on equality & negotiation www.meggiepalmer.com
Before founding PepTalkHer, she was VP Business Development & Content Partnerships for the Financial Times, working with brands like Barclays & IBM to create high-impact content for C Suite Executives.
She is a proud Aussie who now calls NYC home. Parlo Italiano e mangio troppo pasta! You can find her on social media @MeggiePalmer & @PepTalkHer
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