Stephan Dyer

Background

About Stephan Dyer

Originally from Costa Rica, Stephan Dyer is an award-winning bilingual comedian, keynote speaker and corporate leadership and communication trainer. Leaving his executive position in the banking world in 2017 to pursue his professional career in stand up comedy, he successfully co-founded MalPensando, a bilingual comedy school in Canada, and the reTHINK Group, its corporate training company, which has grown to include clients in 16 countries including Canada, Switzerland, England, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States. The company mission is simple: entertaining, teaching, and inspiring personal and professional growth through the lens of comedy, and they’ve fulfilled that mission by reaching a total of over 50K professionals worldwide and counting. Some of their most notable clients include Coca Cola, Comedy Central, Ernst & Young, Uber, Scotiabank, and TELUS. As a comedian, Stephan has performed in 11 countries and appeared on Comedy Central, The Second City, TEDx, and some of the world’s largest comedy festivals. In 2021 Stephan was awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster Award (DTM) and was featured on the cover of Toastmaster Magazine, the largest public speaking magazine in the world, distributed to over members across 143 countries. Stephan is currently an instructor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies where he delivers the course “Business Presentations and Public Speaking”. As a passionate member of the Latin-Canadian community, Stephan is the proud founder of NotWorking to Networking, a not-for-profit organization that has helped thousands of Latinxs in Canada achieve meaningful jobs.