Greg Phillips GAICD is the founder and principal of PFC Advisory, where he delivers keynotes on the parallels between elite athletic performance and building high-performing teams in business.
His signature talk, Attitude Beats Talent: What Elite Sport Taught Me About Building High-Performance Teams, draws on a career that spans two very different arenas: international competitive swimming and 25 years of senior leadership in banking and financial services across the UK and Australia.
Greg swam collegiately for the University of Hawai'i, where he served as team captain, was named an NCAA All-American, and won a US National Championship in the 4x100m freestyle relay. He went on to represent England internationally, winning three national titles and a World Aquatics World Cup medal, before retiring from competitive swimming in his mid-20s to focus on a career in banking and technology.
In 2012, after more than a decade away from the sport, Greg returned to competitive swimming almost on a whim - and went on to set two Australian Masters national records while working full-time in a senior executive role and raising three children, coming within fractions of a second of the times he swam a decade earlier.
Beyond the keynote stage, Greg is a GAICD-qualified company director and advisor, a regular media commentator, and remains actively involved in grassroots sports coaching, including football coach educational and development work at a regional and national level. He also holds a handful of on-screen credits from his years in Hawai'i, including appearances in Baywatch Hawai'i and Blue Crush — a fun footnote to an otherwise unconventional career path.
Based in Sydney, Australia, Greg is available for corporate keynotes, sports leadership talks, panel discussions, and team workshops globally
