Damian Hughes & Jake Humphrey

Damian Hughes and Jake Humphrey are leading experts in achieving high performance, who have joined forces to co-host The High Performance Podcast. Together, they interview a plethora of the world’s most successful people, uncovering how they have achieved excellence and reached the peak of their performance. From Gareth Southgate and Susie Wolff, to Adam Peaty and Professor Steve Peters, Damian and Jake’s insights on mindset, culture, success and performance are forged from the world’s top experts across industries. Now hired together as keynote speakers, Jake and Damian explore how to unlock high-performance culture, have a winning mindset and sustain success.

Damian Hughes boasts practical and academic expertise that bridges organisational behaviour and change psychology to form an impressive understanding of high-performing culture. Currently the Owner of LiquidThinker Ltd, Damian’s illustrious expertise was built on the foundations of being HR Director of Unilever and a Visiting Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Change at The Manchester Metropolitan University. Damian is a bestselling author, once nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, of critically acclaimed titles The Winning Mindset, How to Change Absolutely Everything, Liquid Thinking and Peerless, The Sugar Ray Robinson Story. His expertise in high-performing teams was also forged by being a member of the coaching teams for England Rugby League, England Roses and the Scotland Rugby Union. Damian is highly sought-after to share his expertise in high performance, having previously spoken for the NHS, McDonald’s, Boots, Mars and Duracell UK.

Jake Humphrey is renowned for his career as a broadcaster for BT Sports, the BBC and CBBC. Beginning as a children’s TV presenter, Jake later presented daytime coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the BBC. Countless other presenting jobs followed, from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the Premier League to the FA Cup. In 2010, Jake became the Co-Founder of Whisper Group, now one of the UK’s largest independent production companies specialising in sports and entertainment. Having witnessed firsthand what makes an individual high performing, Jake has also joined forces with Damian to author the Sunday Times Bestseller High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best, and various other titles, such as Micro-Habits: Tiny Changes that Supercharge High Performance and How to Change Your Life: Five Steps to Achieving High Performance. When he is not hosting his acclaimed podcast, Jake can be found sharing his wealth of expertise as an investor and consultant for brands like Coral Eyewear and SkiYodl.

Having created the High Performance App and the High Performance Foundation, Jake and Damian are on a mission to help people unlock potential and achieve peak performance. Together, they bring real-world insight from conversations with elite performers and explore what drives sustained success. From winning mindsets and examples of high-performance cultures to the microhabits that shape everyday behaviour, there are few speakers with as detailed expertise on high performance as Jake and Damian. If you are looking for a powerful duo who will leave audiences with practical tools to raise standards, embed good habits and lead lasting transformation, don’t hesitate to hire Damian Hughes and Jake Humphrey for your next event.