Tima Deryan

Tima Deryan

Tima Deryan: High-Altitude Achiever, First Lebanese Woman to Summit Everest & Resilience Strategist

Core Intelligence Domain: Resilience
Location: Dubai, UAE | Languages: English, Arabic
Representation: Represented globally by PSpeakers Global Intelligence

Tima Deryan is a record-breaking mountaineer, serial entrepreneur, and executive mindset coach whose extraordinary achievements in extreme environments translate directly into powerful frameworks on strategic foresight, resilience, and agile leadership. As the first Lebanese woman and youngest Arab woman to summit Mount Everest, and a conqueror of the Seven Summits, Deryan has mastered the art of navigating high-stakes, unpredictable terrain. She leverages these profound experiences to equip global organisations and C-suite executives with actionable strategies for overcoming adversity, fostering sustainable growth, and cultivating peak performance in volatile markets.

Forging Resilience in High-Stakes Environments

Beyond her monumental success in the Himalayas and across the globe’s highest peaks, Deryan’s journey is rooted in a robust professional background in finance and corporate enterprise. Based in Dubai, she applies the rigorous discipline, critical risk assessment, and precise execution required for high-altitude climbing directly to the corporate landscape. Her proprietary methodologies focus on transforming seemingly insurmountable challenges into scalable, manageable milestones. She instructs global leaders on how to build psychological safety, extreme adaptability, and high-functioning teams even when external conditions are deeply hostile.

Deryan is an active advocate for female empowerment, diversity, and youth development. Through her children’s book, Curly Adventures, and her ongoing philanthropic initiatives, she actively champions the development of future leaders and environmental sustainability. Her work transcends the physical mountains she climbs; she is deeply committed to helping executives and teams conquer their internal and professional peaks, making her a highly sought-after voice at global summits and corporate strategic retreats.

Strategic Foresight & Core Speaking Themes

Deryan’s keynotes are meticulously tailored to bridge the gap between extreme athletic endeavour and elite corporate execution. Her core themes include:

• Scaling Your Own Everest: Strategic resilience and the architecture of overcoming insurmountable business obstacles.
• Agile Leadership in the Death Zone: Decision-making, rapid risk mitigation, and preserving team cohesion in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments.
• The High-Altitude Mindset: Cultivating peak psychological performance and sustaining motivation during long-term strategic rollouts.
• Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Actionable insights on diversity, equity, and inclusion from the youngest Arab woman to stand at the top of the world.
• Sustainable Growth & Purpose-Driven Execution: Aligning corporate objectives with ethical leadership, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

Key Takeaways

• Adaptive Problem Solving: Learn to pivot seamlessly and maintain operational continuity when faced with sudden market volatility and unforeseen challenges.
• Peak Psychological Resilience: Adopt proprietary mindset frameworks to sustain focus, energy, and unyielding determination during extensive corporate transformations.
• Empowered Team Dynamics: Foster a culture of profound trust and absolute accountability, mirroring the life-saving reliance of an elite mountaineering expedition.
• Visionary Execution: Master the ability to break down colossal strategic goals into actionable, data-driven milestones that ensure consistent progress toward the summit.