Dr Alix Willemez is an international motivational speaker, environmental lawyer, and climate finance expert whose work centres on resilience in nature, in systems, and in people. With nearly twenty years of experience spanning environmental law, climate finance, and sustainable development, she supports leaders and organisations in navigating uncertainty and making confident decisions in complex environments. Her speaking blends intellectual rigour with emotional depth, offering audiences clarity, perspective, and a renewed sense of purpose in a changing world.
Her early career was shaped as much by lived experience as by formal training. At the age of nineteen, Alix survived a plane crash, an event that profoundly altered her understanding of risk, vulnerability, and hope. This experience became a defining moment, informing her lifelong interest in how individuals and systems respond to shock and change. She went on to train as an environmental lawyer and built a career at the intersection of policy, finance, and sustainability, working across continents and cultures. Alongside her professional practice, she deepened her leadership capability through advanced study in sustainability leadership, strengthening her ability to connect values with action.
Alix has since advised governments, international organisations, nongovernmental organisations, and financial institutions on climate and environmental issues. Her professional collaborations include the United Nations, WWF, the Global Environment Facility, and the African Development Bank Group, where she works on climate and environmental finance. She is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law and serves on the advisory board of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative. In parallel, she has taught sustainability, law, and management at universities in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. She is also a multi-published author, with works ranging from an academic book on sustainability governance to an accessible book on money and five children’s books about the ocean.
Alix is hired as a motivational speaker because she combines credibility with compassion. Her talks draw on science, law, finance, and personal storytelling to show that resilience is not about control, but about adaptation, cooperation, and courage. She speaks openly about fear, fatigue, and uncertainty, while offering practical ways to move forward without denial or burnout. Audiences consistently describe her keynotes as grounding and energising, leaving with renewed confidence, realistic optimism, and the motivation to act with clarity and purpose.
