Ariane de Bonvoisin

Ariane speaks, writes and advises CEO’s, Founders and companies on navigating professional and personal change, inspirational and intuitive leadership, entrepreneurship, women in the workplace and the topic of wellness in business. She has spoken and coached at companies such as Google, Twitter, Morgan Stanley, Investec, The World Bank, KPMG, L’Oreal, Amazon, Nestle and Redbull amongst others. She has also been a keynote at events including Oprah’s Conference, Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference, the Multimillion Dollar Roundtable (MDRT) and other international conferences. Her ‘9 Principles of Change’ Workshop has become a cornerstone of her teachings and has received rave reviews.

She has written articles for media outlets including Fast Company, Business Week, Forbes, Pyschology Today, Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Advertising Age, the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and Reader’s Digest among others. 

Ariane grew up in 6 countries across 3 continents. With a degree in economics and international relations from the London School of Economics at the age of 19, Ariane began her professional career at The Boston Consulting Group working in over a dozen countries. After an MBA from Stanford University, she moved to New York, working with media companies Bertelsmann and Sony. In 2000, she joined Time Warner as the Managing Director of a new $500 million digital-media venture fund. She founded and was CEO and Chief Change Optimist of First30Days.com, a New York City-based media company focused on guiding people through all types of changes. 

Ariane has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows, including NBC’s Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN and ABC News Now. Ariane’s book entitled, “The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Making Any Change Easier” was published by Harper Collins and reached the bestseller list. The book has now been translated in over a dozen languages. Her most recent book series, “Giggles and Joy: Spiritual Life Lessons for Kids”, covers important life skills for children age 2-10. 

Ariane has spent decades in the personal development field, learning from many teachers around the world.Her journey started with Tony Robbins in the 1990’s and she is a certified Trainer for his company, facilitating and leading teams at events. She has made a deep commitment to understanding the spiritual path and how best to integrate it into a full, complete life.

Her philanthropic focus has been on helping children and building schools in the Himalayas through Karuna-Shechen, Mathieu Ricard’s initiatives (also known as the happiest man in the world!), and more recently helping set up a clinic in Rural Mozambique, where there are none for hundreds of miles.

She was selected to be a TED Resident in NYC in 2018, exploring various media initiatives to teach life skills to young children, resulting in her TED Talk, The skills we need to teach our kids.

Her most recent work involves leading the Executive Women’s Leadership Program for Union Square Ventures (USV) in NYC, a six-month program for startup executives looking at personal transformation and life skills.

She is an accomplished athlete, having been a competitive swimmer, a ski instructor, and a runner in a series of marathons and triathlons. She also reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro and accompanied a group of students to Antarctica. She was most recently part of a movie called The Highest Pass (www.thehighestpass.com)- a motorcycle journey through the highest roads in the Himalayas.

She currently lives in New York City, with her husband Alfie and her son, Everest.