Lesley Woods

A strategic communications leader and motivational keynote speaker, Lesley Woods delivers battlefield-tested insights for modern-day crisis leadership. With over two decades of experience across military and government communications, she equips high-stakes leaders with the tools to cut through chaos, take command of their narrative, and lead with clarity when it matters most.

Lesley is both a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force Reserves and the Head of PR Partnerships at the UK Ministry of Defence, where she leads integrated comms strategies that give voice to the Armed Forces.

In the comms trenches and on the front line, she’s led everything from media responses under fire to creative partnerships with global entertainment giants, including working with the teams behind Top Gun: Maverick and James Bond. Her mission? To help Comms leaders future-proof their voice, their leadership, and their impact.

She also once lost half an eyebrow evacuating a film crew from a flaming US Marine Corps toilet tent… while wearing ballistic pants.