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Monumental was built by men who were looking for such a platform in the UK and realised they needed to build it themselves. That core team expands with globally known names to bring you top-tier facilitation and wisdom.
The members call them little and large. Neither has ever corrected anybody. They lead this from inside the circle rather than the front of the room, and they will both tell you the men who walk through the door have done the harder part.
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Pete grew up in Surrey, went to Charterhouse, and followed the track that had been laid out for him. Chartered surveyor. Knight Frank and Bank of America in London, then CBRE in Hong Kong, then private equity in Bali.
The kind of CV that got approving nods from the older generation. The kind of life that, from the outside, looked exactly as it should.
At thirty-three, in Bali, it stopped working. The career, the engagement, the version of himself he had been presenting since leaving school.
He started doing the work. What he found was not unique to him. The men around him, from school and from business and from every room he had moved through, were running the same pattern. Achieving. Performing. Holding the surface together. And underneath it, mentally isolated.
Pete founded Monumental in 2020. Since then he has worked with hundreds of business owners through the transitions that define a life: exits, career shifts, relationship breakdowns, and the quieter moments of wondering what comes next. He has watched men walk in performing and walk out present.
He has raised over sixteen million dollars across private equity, real estate and venture capital projects, and runs the professional side of the Monumental year.
Pete has been featured in The Sunday Times, The Spectator and The Independent. He lives on the Isle of Wight with his wife Joanna and their three children.
Ben is a former tech entrepreneur turned Performance and Breathwork Coach, with over fifteen years helping ambitious owners find clarity, resilience and performance.
He has spent that time in human psychology, nervous system regulation, breathwork, executive coaching, meditation and somatics, building a practice around moving men from emotional numbness to being properly present.
His work has been featured in Forbes, Men's Health, The Independent, GQ and Esquire. He has spoken on Sky News, This Morning, TalkRadio and Heart FM.
His approach is grounded in results, not abstract wellness language. Ben leads the breathwork and facilitation inside the Network, and designed the monthly framework that sits under the four pillars.
Not a keynote. Not a stage, a lectern and four hundred seats. Forty men in a room, one person who knows something the rest of us do not, and enough time to actually ask them anything. These are the people we bring in, alongside the wider community of coaches, practitioners and ambassadors who contribute to the work - in sessions, at events and through the podcast.
Founder of Dent Global and ScoreApp, and the author of Key Person of Influence, Oversubscribed, 24 Assets and Entrepreneur Revolution. Forty thousand entrepreneurs have been through his workshops. He has been on The Diary of a CEO the most of any guest in its history, most recently on what artificial intelligence is about to do to the value of a business, and on why the rules founders learned no longer apply.
Why it matters to you: this is the session on building something that is worth something without you standing in the middle of it.
Dr. Phil Hopley is a former Wasps rugby international and one of the UK's top performance psychiatrists. Phil is the Founder of Cognacity, a Harley Street Mental Health and Performance Platform. As the sports psychologist behind McLaren Racing's recent resurgence, his expertise has helped shape the mental resilience and sharpness of some of the world's top drivers and teams. Phil brings both clinical depth and lived leadership to Monumental.
Why it matters to you: performing under real pressure for years at a time without quietly coming apart. He has seen what that costs and he is direct about it.
A New York psychoanalyst with more than thirty years in private practice, and the author of Being There and Chicken Little. She writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal and the Institute for Family Studies. Her conversation on The Diary of a CEO, on attachment and on what children actually need from their parents, is one of the most listened-to the show has done.
Why it matters to you: this is the one about your children. For most men in the room it is the session that lands hardest, and the one they did not see coming.
Levison is a world-renowned explorer, bestselling author, and former British Army officer, celebrated for his epic journeys across some of the most remote and challenging landscapes on Earth. His expeditions include walking the length of the Nile, traversing the Himalayas, and circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Levison's adventures have been documented in critically acclaimed television series aired on Channel 4 and Discovery Channel, and his books, such as Walking the Himalayas, have garnered awards like the Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book of the Year. As a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, and an ambassador for UNICEF, he brings a wealth of experience and insight.
Why it matters to you: doing hard things on purpose, and what happens to a man who stops choosing discomfort.
Alistair Elliott is the former Senior Partner and Group Chairman of Knight Frank, where he spent over four decades shaping one of the world's most respected real estate firms. Alistair is now Chairman of Grosvenor Property UK & FTSE 100 LondonMetric Property PLC. He is also a Council Member of the Duchy of Cornwall and Lancaster. Alistair is passionate about supporting Monumental bringing with him a sense of wisdom, humility, and purpose.
Mike brings over two decades of leadership, experience, and emotional intelligence to his role as a Leader within Monumental, having built a highly successful 25 year career as a real estate consultant with Jones Lang LaSalle. Mike has led high performing teams and specialised in strategic transactions across Southern Europe. Mike is also a certified life coach, dedicated cricket coach and Non-Executive Director in a London based paddle company.
Since 2021, Pete has sat down with men who have truly lived. Sir Jeremy Hunt. Sir Steve Redgrave. Sir Andrew Strauss. Tim Henman OBE. Daniel Priestley. Simon Squibb.
The conversations run on the same values as the room: unscripted, unfiltered, honest.
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