Maddy Alexander-Grout is an award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, broadcaster, and neurodiversity advocate who has spent the last decade building businesses, navigating setbacks, and helping others do things differently.

A late-diagnosed ADHDer and passionate advocate for people with hidden and dynamic disabilities, Maddy combines lived experience with professional expertise to deliver engaging, honest, and thought-provoking talks that challenge assumptions and inspire action.

Maddy is the bestselling author of Mad About Money and the children’s money book That’s My Money, helping adults and children alike build healthier relationships with money.

She is currently writing her second business book, Mad About Business, which explores visibility, entrepreneurship, and building a business in a way that works for your brain rather than against it.

Over the years, Maddy has appeared across national television, radio, podcasts, and the press, including the BBC, LBC, and numerous national newspapers. She is also a recognised voice in the neurodiversity and disability space and was named as one of the UK’s Disability Power 100.

Having experienced both significant business success and painful business failures, Maddy speaks openly about the realities of entrepreneurship. She believes some of the most valuable lessons come not from getting everything right, but from getting things wrong and finding a way forward.

Her talks cover a range of topics including:

• Neurodiversity in business and the workplace

• ADHD and money

• Hidden and dynamic disabilities

• Visibility, personal branding, and storytelling

• Building a business your way

• Resilience, failure, and starting again

• Entrepreneurship through success and setbacks

• “Owning Your Soundtrack” – embracing who you are, telling your story, and creating success on your own terms

Known for her humour, honesty, and ability to make complex topics relatable, Maddy leaves audiences feeling empowered to challenge the rules, embrace their differences, and turn up the volume on who they really are.