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| | | “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
This quote from Seneca has become Peggy’s creed. | |
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| | Born in 1973 in Evian, Upper Savoy, France. | |
| She started to get fascinated by adventure pretty early on travelling, documentaries, reading, meeting; everything seems to nourish her passion. Originally from the mountains, she discovered her fascination for another world, just as demanding : the sea.
Her education shaped her enthusiastic youth. She obtained a diploma in law and management, multimodal IATA and her Master’s degree in logistics and maritime management at Plymouth University (GB), where she sailed andconfirmed her passion for the ocean.
A year later in 1995, she finished her studies in Brest with a Master in logistics and management.
She realised then that her passion for adventure and the sea is increasing significantly as time goes. She wants to live intensely with an objective in mind focus her energy into a human adventure out of the ordinary.
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| Peggy decided to then raise a challenge never attempted by a woman before, cross the Atlantic, rowing alone across the ocean. Her project started to take shape. She is used to managing risks and knows that courage and audacity aren’t enough.
As she quoted then :
“One doesn’t cross the Atlantic with oars by buying a rowing licence”. The organization will be long. She knows it but nothing can stop her any more.
In 1996, she became Financial Engineer, Export Dpt, at Alcatel Telecom in Paris and returned to Brest every week-end. At the same time she focused her side energy finding sponsors, following weather forecast training, gaining some insights on boat structure, route, naval yard and meeting with a potential team of electronics engineer, weather forecast router, doctor.
In 1997, Peggy resigned from her job, and joined a team to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in order to gain some greater knowledge on that unpredictable element, the Sea.
Back in Brest then, she invested all her savings to buy a boat which that fitted to her requirements. The work began. While s got recruited by 3M France in a Logistics Management role, she spent every week-ends working on her project. Christmas 1997, Peggy secured her first sponsor this first. January 1998, she resigned and created her own company to manage and organize her adventure.
March 10th 1998, aged 24, the dream became reality after months of preparation she leaves from the Canary Islands for the West Indies.
After 5500 kms, alone on the ocean for 79 days, rowing 8 to 10 hours a day, she got closed to destination at last, but as the sea has proven to be in dangerously state, the dream turned into a nightmare. A day away from the crossing line (May 29th 1998) in Guadeloupe and the boat capsized.
She then endured 9 long hours during which, straddled on the hull of her boat closed from sinking, she praid and survived. But Peggy didn’t accepted failure. She showed at this time that a woman could do it and swore to do it again.
November 18th 1999, she left Cape Verde. Her experience has enabled her by then to optimise her preparations (logistics, communication, assistance) with one and only objective in mind : cross the line.
After 4000 km, 800 000 strokes, Peggy arrived in Martinique on January 5th 2000, with the out-of-ordinary satisfaction of having achieved her goal, while keeping in mind the magic of the sea, the beauty of victory and the feeling of having gone the extra mile.
She stayed faithful to her motto:
Dare always, surrender sometimes, give up never!...
After this feat, Peggy managed her companies, delivering many conferences across Europe. Her strong temper and positive attitude seduce very wide range of audiences.
Peggy shares and captures her audience through videos, photos and interactive sessions that carried many values shared with the business world and student community, including audacity, passion for effort, risks management, entrepreneurship mindset and the ability to bounce after a failure.
Today, in addition to her lectures, Peggy remains busy and active with an out of ordinary maritime project gathering technological innovations, pioneering spirit and creativity developed in collaboration with leading experts in that field. | |
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