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KEYNOTE SPEAKER · THE LIFE AFTER 55 EXPERT

Your audience won’t be the same.

What happens when a $300M global executive decides the boardroom wasn’t the whole story — and builds nine companies for the people the world writes off after 55. Keynotes on reinvention, the neuroscience of identity, and the second half of life that don’t just inspire. They rewire.

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25+ Yrs
Global executive
$300M
P&L · 4 continents
450+
Locations led
MBA
Ivey Business School
Ex‑Godiva ChocolatierEx‑Unilever Dove Spa Europe · Asia · North AmericaEntrepreneur of the YearE‑RYT 500
THE STORY BEHIND THE STAGE

She rebuilt her life from a hospital waiting room.

Fay Chapple
“Your second act will embarrass your first. That’s not a pep talk. That’s neuroscience.”

Fay spent 25+ years at the top of global business — senior roles at Godiva and Unilever’s Dove Spa, running multinationals across Europe, Asia, and North America. P&Ls over $300M. An MBA from Ivey.

Then her husband suffered a catastrophic brainstem stroke at 48. Overnight, Fay became a full‑time caregiver, the single income, and a mother of three — the youngest just four. There was no transition plan. She rebuilt her identity, her finances, and her purpose in real time — and kept reinventing for eighteen years.

What she learned in that rebuilding became Too Late My Ass™ and the nine‑company ecosystem she runs today. It’s the lived foundation of every keynote she gives.

FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS
Media kit & high‑res images
Everything you need to promote the event — bio, headshots, and the full speaker one-sheet.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES

Six talks. One thesis.

You’re not too old, too late, or too done. You’re exactly on time — you just have to stop waiting for someone to ask. Each talk pairs the rigor of behavioral neuroscience with the edge of someone who has lived reinvention, not theorized it.

01Signature · 45/60 min

A Second Act With Teeth

Tears down the expiration‑date myth and hands the room a method, not a pep talk. Why your second act isn’t starting over — it’s building on everything you already are.

02Corporate · B2B

The Expiration Date Delusion

For organizations quietly benching their best people. The “magical 65 cliff” is costing companies their deepest institutional knowledge.

03The one that makes rooms go quiet

Nothing You Survive Is Wasted

From a $300M boardroom to a hospital waiting room and back — the science and lived proof that everything you survive becomes raw material for what you build next.

04AI · Corporate & Association

AI & The Second Act: Multiplying Experience, Not Replacing It

The practical AI keynote for the experienced professional. Why thirty years of judgment plus AI is the most powerful combination in any market.

05Women’s Leadership

The Visibility Reboot: Being Seen Again

For the women who were told their moment had passed. Turning a lifetime of being underestimated into the loudest asset in the room.

06High‑Performance & Burnout

Burnout to Breakthrough: The Identity Reset

Burnout at the top isn’t exhaustion — it’s an identity crisis in disguise. The neuroscience‑backed system for rebuilding from the inside out.

Looking for the Too Late My Ass™ show with Fay and Stacy? That’s a separate double-header for community and consumer audiences — see it here.

“I’ve booked speakers for fifteen years. I’ve never had an entire room stay an extra hour just to keep talking. Fay didn’t just deliver a keynote — she changed what my attendees believed was possible.”
VP People & Culture · Fortune 500 Financial Services
SEE HER ON STAGE

Watch Fay work the room.

Ninety seconds tells you more than any bio. This is what it looks like when boardroom authority meets the edge of someone who has lived reinvention, not theorized it.

Keynote Stage The Podcast In the Room
HOW TO WORK TOGETHER

Formats & best fits.

Formats

  • Keynote · 45–90 min
  • Half-Day Workshop
  • Executive Retreat
  • Panel / Fireside
  • Virtual / Hybrid

Best for

  • Corporate Leadership
  • Women’s Conferences
  • HR & People Summits
  • Entrepreneurship Events
  • Association Conferences
BEYOND THE KEYNOTE
The workshop, the 90-day program, and fractional COO work
Most companies start with a keynote and go deeper once the room has heard it. Here is everything that comes after it.
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BOOK FAY

Let’s give your audience something to talk about.

Tell me about your event and I’ll be in touch within two business days — with a recommendation on which talk fits your room, and the fee.

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What to include
Your organization, the date or window you’re working toward, audience size and who’s in the room, the format you have in mind, and the outcome you want people to leave with. If you’re not sure which talk fits, say so — that’s what the call is for.
Response time
Two business days, with a recommendation and a fee. Travel is quoted separately, at cost.
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