Lech Mintowt-Czyz is a thought leadership strategist and speechwriter for CEOs, senior executives and other prominent figures. Leaders turn to Lech when the words need to be exactly right and when the moment really matters. Despite his Polish name, Lech is London-born and has been a writer his entire career. He started as a news reporter, covering everything from Harry Potter premieres to political scandals and terrorist attacks. He met people at the most extreme moments of their lives and helped them tell their stories. Lech then worked as a news editor for nine years at The Times (of London) in both print and digital formats. After more than 20 years in newspapers, Lech joined Shell as speechwriter to the CEO. Together they won five Cicero awards in three years, an unprecedented haul. More recently he has written for the CEO of ADNOC and the President of the UN’s COP28 climate conference.