Emmy-Winning Journalist, TEDx Speaker, Writer & Mentor

Pallas Hupé Cotter is a double-Emmy winning former US TV journalist, Oxford graduate, TEDx speaker and creator of the POP Process® — a writer, mentor and award-winning speaker who helps people reinvent themselves, own their value and live extraordinary lives.

Who is Pallas Hupé Cotter?

Pallas Hupé Cotter is an American-born, New Zealand-based journalist, writer, mentor and TEDx speaker. She graduated from Oxford University and built a 30-year US television news career across markets including Detroit and Sacramento, earning two Emmy Awards. In 2011 she moved her family to Wellington, where she founded a strategic communications and personal development consultancy, co-created the POP Process® and was named NZ's Brightstar Emerging Speaker of the Year (2017). She holds a Master of Creative Writing (with Distinction) from Massey University. Her TEDx Women NZ talk "Leading an Extraordinary Life" has helped her reach tens of thousands of people across the US, New Zealand and Asia.

Career Highlights

• Double-Emmy Award-winning US television news journalist

• Oxford University BA Honours graduate (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)

• Master of Creative Writing (Distinction), Massey University

• TEDx Women NZ speaker on "Leading an Extraordinary Life"

• NZ Brightstar Emerging Speaker of the Year, 2017 (National Speakers Association of NZ)

• Co-creator of the POP Process® and founder of POP Consulting

• Author of How to Make Your Life POP and Discovering Yourself in New Zealand

• Published in HuffPost Australia, NZ Herald, The Spinoff and Cultural Daily

Key Speaking Themes

• Authentic and strategic storytelling

• Personal brand, value and self-advocacy

• Reinvention, change and "popping the bubble"

• Leadership through communication

• Resilience, grief and supporting those left behind

What Your Audience Will Gain

Pallas combines a broadcast journalist's storytelling craft with a coach's eye for what really moves people. Audiences leave with a clearer sense of their own value, sharper tools for communicating it, and the courage to step out of the bubble and live a more extraordinary version of their life.

Ideal For

• Leadership and women in leadership conferences

• Communications, marketing and personal-brand events

• Founders, entrepreneurs and professional services events

• Wellbeing and mental health forums (including loss-of-loved-one advocacy)

• Schools, universities and emerging leaders programmes

Frequently Asked Questions about Pallas Hupé Cotter

What does Pallas Hupé Cotter speak about? Authentic storytelling, personal brand, leadership communication, reinvention and resilience.

Where is Pallas Hupé Cotter based? Pallas works across New Zealand and the US and travels internationally for engagements.

What is Pallas Hupé Cotter best known for? Her Emmy-winning US TV news career, her TEDx Women NZ talk, and the POP Process® she uses with leaders and teams.

Has Pallas Hupé Cotter delivered a TED Talk? Yes — her TEDx Women NZ talk "Leading an Extraordinary Life" is widely viewed online.

Can Pallas deliver workshops as well as keynotes? Yes. Pallas offers keynotes, workshops, leadership and team coaching, media training and 1:1 mentoring.

Is Pallas Hupé Cotter available for international events? Yes. Pallas has presented in the US, NZ, Cambodia and beyond, and is available for in-person and virtual keynotes globally.