Topic: Performing under Pressure

Joseph Schooling

Joseph Schooling is Singapore’s most decorated swimmer and one of Asia’s most inspiring sporting figures. A three time Olympian, he represented Singapore at the London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He pairs elite athletic achievement with sharp insights on discipline, resilience, and delivering under pressure.

In Rio, Joseph produced one of the defining moments in Olympic swimming, winning gold in the 100m butterfly and setting a new Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds. In doing so, he finished ahead of some of the sport’s most celebrated champions, including his childhood idol Michael Phelps, and secured Singapore’s first ever Olympic title.

Joseph’s journey to the top was built on years of focused training and an international outlook. He developed as an elite competitor in the United States, studying and racing at the University of Texas at Austin under legendary coach Eddie Reese, where he became an NCAA champion and one of collegiate swimming’s standout performers.

In 2024, Joseph announced his retirement from competitive swimming, closing a career that also included major medals across the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and SEA Games. In 2025, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, becoming the first Singaporean to receive the honour and joining a select group of global swimming greats.

Today, Joseph brings the lessons of world class sport to organisations and audiences worldwide. Drawing on his experience of competing on the biggest stages, he speaks about setting ambitious goals, building repeatable habits, and staying composed when expectations are at their highest.

Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero is one of football's most celebrated leaders, a FIFA World Cup winner, Juventus legend, entrepreneur, and globally recognized keynote speaker. Drawing on a career defined by sustained excellence, leadership, resilience, and teamwork, he shares practical lessons on high performance, building winning cultures, personal branding, and achieving success under pressure. His presentations resonate with corporate audiences, leadership conferences, sales organizations, and global business events seeking insights from one of sport's most respected figures.

Why Book Alessandro Del Piero

  • FIFA World Cup winner (2006)
  • Juventus all-time appearance and goals record holder
  • Former captain of one of the world's most iconic football clubs
  • International sports ambassador and entrepreneur
  • Expert on leadership, teamwork, resilience, and performance
  • Speaker for corporate events, leadership summits, and global conferences

 

Alessandro Del Piero is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia. A technically gifted and creative supporting forward who was also a free-kick specialist, Del Piero won the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008 and received multiple nominations for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.

A prolific goal-scorer, he is currently the second highest all-time Italian top-scorer in all competitions, with 346 goals, behind only Silvio Piola, with 390 goals; he is also the joint ninth highest goalscorer in Serie A history, with 188 goals, alongside Giuseppe Signori and Alberto Gilardino. After beginning his career with Italian club Padova in Serie B in 1991, he moved to Juventus in 1993, where he played for 19 seasons (11 as captain), and holds the club records for most goals (290) and appearances (705). During his time at the club, he won six Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, and the Intercontinental Cup. After leaving the club in 2012, he also spent two seasons with Australian side Sydney FC; he retired in 2014, after a season with Delhi Dynamos FC in the Indian Super League.

Del Piero has scored in every competition in which he has participated. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations. In the same year, he was also voted into the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll, a list of the 50 best European players of the past 50 years. Along with six awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct, he has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality as well as playing ability.

At international level, Del Piero has also represented the Italy national team at three FIFA World Cups and four UEFA European Football Championships, most notably winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and reaching the final of UEFA Euro 2000 with Italy. He is the joint fourth highest scorer for the Italy national team, with 27 goals, alongside Roberto Baggio, and behind only Silvio Piola with 30 goals, Giuseppe Meazza with 33 goals, and Luigi Riva with 35 goals; with 91 appearances for Italy between 1995 and 2008, he is also his nation's eleventh-most capped player of all-time. In his career Del Piero scored 462 goals.

Bill Benjamin

Engaging and dynamic... you’d never know he is a math and computer guy!

Bill has a rare perspective – he has advanced degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader.  Bill is very authentic about the fact that he struggled early in his career as a leader when he was under pressure. He shares how he has been able to apply the very same techniques he teaches to become a better leader (and husband and father) himself.   In addition to using his background in sales to motivate and inspire audiences, Bill leverages his Mathematics and technical background to take a practical and scientific approach to helping people understand how the brain responds under pressure, and how that can help increase leadership and performance.

Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and training company, named one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine.  Bill also contributed to the New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Performing Under Pressure, co-authored by IHHP’s JP Pawliw-Fry and noted psychologist Hendrie Weisinger.

The combination of Bill's practical nature and scientific approach to leadership make him a hit with analytical audiences. His high energy level and enthusiasm has resulted in a successful track record with discerning audiences that include surgeons, U.S Marines and NASA engineers.