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Claire Brumby

Entrepreneur and leadership expert unlocking confident, high-performing teams.

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Thank you, Claire, for speaking at our recent event ‘KTP Yorkshire: Collaborate to Innovate’, you really inspired the crowd and got people thinking! Claire has been a pleasure to work with, really listened and understood the brief and made sure we were happy with everything, well in advance of the event. This scoping exercise really helped deliver a fantastic session which has had 100% positive feedback. If you are looking for a professional speaker, who can hold an audience’s attention and deliver with a little humour and sense of realism – Claire is your lady. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you again.

Michelle

Leeds Beckett University

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Why you should book Claire Brumby for your next event

  • Award-winning founder who built and exited a multi-award FMCG brand from scratch, sharing real commercial insight from the frontline.
  • Creator of the MAGIC Framework™, helping leaders build confidence, courage and high performance without burnout.
  • International keynote speaker blending powerful storytelling with practical tools audiences can use immediately.

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Resilient entrepreneur and creator of the MAGIC Framework™

Claire Brumby is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and internationally respected keynote speaker who equips organisations and ambitious leaders with the confidence, clarity and courage to perform at their best. After surviving a life-threatening illness, she founded Scrubbys Crisps and grew it from a kitchen-table idea into a multi-award-winning, internationally recognised FMCG brand. Today, Claire translates her hard-earned commercial experience into transformative keynotes that challenge outdated leadership thinking and inspire sustainable high performance.

 

Claire Brumby – Entrepreneur, Author and Keynote Speaker

Claire Brumby is known for helping organisations and leaders break free from outdated ways of working and step into a more confident, courageous and human style of leadership. As an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and internationally respected keynote speaker, she brings both commercial credibility and personal depth to every stage she steps onto.

Her journey began with adversity. After surviving a life-threatening illness, Claire chose to rethink what was possible. She went on to found Scrubbys Crisps, building the healthy snacking brand from a kitchen-table concept into a multi-award-winning and internationally recognised FMCG product range. Operating in the highly competitive fast-moving consumer goods sector, she gained first-hand experience across brand-building, sales, marketing and commercial strategy.

Her appearance pitching the business on Dragons’ Den further cemented her reputation as a resilient and credible entrepreneur. The experience sharpened her ability to perform under pressure, make bold decisions and stand by her vision in high-stakes environments.

Today, audiences benefit from those lived lessons. Claire speaks with warmth, honesty and infectious energy, combining commercial acumen with relatable storytelling. She draws on her experience not only as a founder and business leader, but also as a woman, wife and mother of three, offering perspectives that resonate across industries and levels of seniority.

 

The MAGIC Framework™

Claire is the creator of the MAGIC Framework™ – Mindset, Awakening, Gumption, Intuition and Charisma. This modern leadership model challenges control-led, outdated structures and replaces them with a more balanced and effective approach to performance.

Her work reflects a growing shift in leadership thinking:

  • Valuing intuition alongside data

  • Prioritising human connection alongside results

  • Choosing courage over compliance

  • Building resilience without sacrificing wellbeing

The MAGIC Framework™ provides practical tools that help leaders and teams unlock confidence, increase self-leadership and create sustainable momentum during periods of change. It is both aspirational and grounded in real-world business experience.

 

Keynote Topics

Claire Brumby’s keynotes are engaging, tailored and action-focused. Each talk is designed around the specific challenges of the organisation, ensuring relevance and immediate application. Common themes include:

  • Breaking through limiting beliefs and outdated thinking

  • Building confidence, courage and personal power

  • Strengthening self-leadership at every level

  • Using intuition alongside data for sharper decision-making

  • Creating resilience and momentum in times of uncertainty

  • Empowering teams to perform at a high level without burnout

Her sessions leave audiences energised and equipped with practical strategies they can implement straight away.

 

From Founder to Leadership Expert

Following her exit from the brand she built, Claire expanded her impact beyond entrepreneurship. She is now an ICF-trained and accredited leadership coach, NLP Practitioner, trainer and business mentor.

While she has deep roots in the food industry, her work today spans global organisations across multiple sectors. She supports leadership teams, sales organisations and entrepreneurs through bespoke coaching programmes, leadership development initiatives, group mentorship and consultancy. Her focus is clear: helping clients build sustainable success while living fulfilled and aligned lives.

Claire is also the author of the best-selling The Winning Mix: Launch & Grow Your Food Business Without Selling Your Soul, shortlisted for the Business Book Awards. Her forthcoming book, Forget Normal – I Want Magic (publishing April 2026), explores the next paradigm of leadership and underpins much of her current keynote work.

 

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Beyond business, Claire lives what she teaches. She is a committed open-water marathon swimmer, having taken part in an English Channel relay and regularly swimming in near-freezing conditions. It is a powerful personal reflection of her belief in stretching limits and redefining what is possible.

When you book Claire Brumby for your event, you secure more than a keynote speaker. You bring in a leader who has navigated adversity, built and exited a brand in a competitive market, stood firm under scrutiny and reinvented herself with purpose.

Her audiences leave with renewed belief, sharper clarity and practical tools to lead with confidence and courage in a rapidly changing world.

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Customer Reviews

5 of 5

Thank you, Claire, for speaking at our recent event ‘KTP Yorkshire: Collaborate to Innovate’, you really inspired the crowd and got people thinking! Claire has been a pleasure to work with, really listened and understood the brief and made sure we were happy with everything, well in advance of the event. This scoping exercise really helped deliver a fantastic session which has had 100% positive feedback. If you are looking for a professional speaker, who can hold an audience’s attention and deliver with a little humour and sense of realism – Claire is your lady. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you again.

Leeds Beckett University

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Claire is such an inspirational speaker and coach. She brings so much energy to every talk she does, sharing her experience as a business owner herself but also from her years of coaching other entrepreneurs. She inspires, motivates and uplifts our audience after each talk and it’s such a joy to work with her. I would 100% recommend her!

Events Manager, Enterprise Nation

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

We invited Claire to come and speak at one of our seller events to our food producers and we're thrilled we did. Claire manages that rare feat of delivering a talk that is both inspirational and practical, which was ideal for our audience of small food businesses. Like any great talk it left us all with a fresh perspective, new ideas and renewed energy for our businesses.<br>

Founder, Yumbles

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Doncaster Chamber invited Claire Brumby to speak about ‘The Terrifying Lows and Ecstatic Highs of Creating a Hugely Successful Food Brand’ at a well-attended Women in Business lunch. She was entertaining and gave an honest yet humorous account of how she grew her healthy snack food brand by being “disruptive” to get recognised. Guests described Claire as “inspiring” and “amazing” and appreciated her encouragement with their own business ventures.

Doncaster Chamber

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Would definitely recommend Claire to any business wanting a motivational speaker. Claire’s story is based around her own personal journey so was very credible and came from the heart. Claire is an inspiring speaker who left us with a lot of food for thought.

Arla Foods

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Claire delivered an inspiring speech for Amazon's UK 3P internal event, Women's Away Day. The speech consisted of Claire's life story and survival through difficult times, and how she overcame those, resulting in interesting audience engagement Q&A. Out of the 6 sessions we had on the same day, 1 in 5 of our attendees said that Claire's speech was their favourite session on our event. Thank you, Claire!

Amazon

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Claire attended our event and was exactly the breath of fresh air we needed; it was a brilliant way to celebrate our programme. She was engaging, emotive and inspirational, leaving all our guests feeling empowered by the end of the session. I am so pleased that we chose to go with Claire, everything she said resonated with someone, and she really brought the key topics to life. An hour with her is not enough, Claire has so much to offer, and we would definitely want to see her again. a huge thank you from all of us.<br> <br>

ASDA

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Claire delivered a fantastic keynote speech at our annual training day. It was really inspiring to learn about her journey, and she openly shared the lessons that she has learnt along the way. She provided practical tips for us on building our business as a whole and our careers as individuals. I can thoroughly recommend Claire as a professional motivational speaker.

Managing Partner, Richard Nelson LLP

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

What a great talk from Claire this week to celebrate International Women's Day. Claire had the workforce fully engaged for the hour session; this woman has such an amazing & inspirational story to tell. Claire talked us through her life journey and lessons which have been learnt along the way. The team very much loved Claire's very wise 'Claire's Diamonds' 'Innovation plus positive disruption = the best chance of success'. Amazing woman!

Dairy Consumer Foods

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

Our team thoroughly enjoyed listening to Claire's inspirational and motivational story. Many of the team could relate to the challenges and found 'Claire's Diamonds' provided useful and practical advice to help in business and in life.

Fine & Country

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

I found Claire’s session really useful. To hear from an external speaker was refreshing and Claire’s background and how she overcame the challenges she has faced, both professionally and personally, were really inspiring. Claire also shared some practical tips that help create the foundation for a positive mindset which I will be sure to implement myself.

Category Manager, Kellogg Company ROI

Claire Brumby

5 of 5

I thought it was one of the best sessions, great to get an outside voice. Claire gave a lovely mix of professional and personal examples of challenges she faced and how she dealt with them. I particularly liked her “brag file”. She speaks very naturally and with such passion that it did bring tears to my eyes!

National Account Manager, Kellogg Company ROI

Claire Brumby

Rated 5.00/5 based on 12 customer reviews

Keynotes

Keynote by Claire Brumby:

Forget Normal – I Want Magic

The New Rules of Leadership for a Changing World

In a world that rewards conformity and control, “normal” leadership is no longer enough. In this powerful keynote, Claire Brumby introduces a bold new paradigm built on her MAGIC Framework™ – Mindset, Awakening, Gumption, Intuition and Charisma. Drawing on her journey from surviving a life-threatening illness to building and exiting a multi-award-winning brand, Claire challenges outdated, patriarchal models of leadership and replaces them with a more human, courageous and effective approach.

Audiences will explore how to lead with clarity in uncertainty, trust instinct alongside data, and create cultures where performance and wellbeing coexist. This keynote is a call to step beyond safe, predictable leadership and into something far more powerful.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

The MAGIC of High Performance

How Mindset, Intuition and Courage Drive Results

High performance is often associated with pressure, long hours and relentless targets. Claire Brumby offers a different perspective. In this energising keynote, she shares how sustainable high performance is built from the inside out.

Using her MAGIC Framework™, Claire demonstrates how mindset shapes results, why intuition sharpens decision-making, and how courage unlocks growth at every level. With real examples from building Scrubbys Crisps in the competitive FMCG sector and leading through high-stakes moments such as Dragons’ Den, she shows what it truly takes to create momentum without losing yourself in the process.

This session equips leaders and teams with practical tools to raise standards, increase ownership and perform at their best without burnout.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

Leading Beyond the Spreadsheet

Why Intuition Is the Missing Link in Modern Leadership

Data matters. Strategy matters. Yet in fast-moving environments, numbers alone are not enough. In this thought-provoking keynote, Claire Brumby explores the role of intuition as a critical leadership skill.

Drawing from years of commercial decision-making across brand-building, sales and growth strategy, she reveals how the most effective leaders combine analysis with instinct. Audiences will learn how to strengthen self-trust, make braver decisions and avoid the paralysis that often comes from over-analysis.

This keynote is particularly relevant for senior leaders, commercial teams and organisations navigating rapid change, where clarity and decisive action are essential.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

Gumption: Getting Out of Your Own Way

Confidence, Courage, Personal Power and Self-Leadership

Gumption is the often-overlooked ingredient in success. It is the willingness to act despite doubt, to back yourself when it matters and to move forward before you feel fully ready.

In this inspiring and relatable keynote, Claire Brumby shares candid lessons from entrepreneurship, motherhood and personal challenge. She addresses limiting beliefs, imposter thinking and the internal narratives that quietly cap potential.

Audiences will leave with a renewed sense of personal power and clear strategies to build confidence, strengthen self-leadership and take bold, aligned action in their roles and lives.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

Performance with Purpose

How to Achieve More Without Burning Out

Sustainable success requires more than drive. It requires alignment, resilience and clear priorities. In this practical and energising keynote, Claire Brumby explores how organisations and individuals can achieve ambitious results without sacrificing wellbeing.

Drawing on her experience of scaling a brand in a demanding industry while raising a young family, Claire shares honest insights into boundaries, focus and energy management. She shows how purpose fuels performance and how teams can create environments that encourage accountability and ambition without tipping into exhaustion.

This keynote is ideal for organisations seeking to raise performance standards while protecting long-term engagement and retention.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

Breaking Old Patterns

Mindset Shifts for Change, Growth and Resilience

Periods of change expose outdated thinking. In this impactful keynote, Claire Brumby helps leaders and teams identify the beliefs and behaviours that hold them back.

Through compelling storytelling and practical frameworks, she guides audiences to reframe challenges, build resilience and create forward momentum. Her own journey – from illness to entrepreneurship to leadership expert – provides a powerful backdrop for understanding how growth begins with internal transformation.

Attendees will gain tools to respond to uncertainty with clarity and confidence rather than fear or resistance.

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Keynote by Claire Brumby:

From Brand to Belief

Building Businesses, Teams and Cultures That Last

Building a successful brand requires more than a strong product. It demands belief, alignment and consistent leadership. In this commercially grounded keynote, Claire Brumby shares the realities of growing Scrubbys Crisps in a competitive market and what it taught her about culture, communication and conviction.

She explores how belief shapes brand identity, team performance and long-term sustainability. Audiences will discover how to align vision with action, inspire loyalty and create cultures where people feel empowered to contribute at their highest level.

This keynote is particularly powerful for entrepreneurial organisations, sales teams and leadership groups committed to building something that truly lasts.

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Get to know Claire Brumby—an extraordinary keynote speaker and entrepreneur whose journey is marked by triumphs and resilience. Claire founded a globally recognized healthy snacking brand that reached 21 countries, showcasing her entrepreneurial prowess. Post-exit, she transitioned into an accredite

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