Kevin Humphreys DSC
- Leadership
- Men's Health
- Mental Health
- Military
- Motivational
- Occupational Health And Safety
- Resilience
- Wellbeing
Kevin Humphreys DSC is an Award Winning Mental Health, Leadership and Communication Speaker, Army and Rescue Pilot. He partners with safety managers and executives juggling compliance, culture, and people who are looking for practical tools grounded in operational experience. He knows they want to show up with purpose, lead with impact, and deliver excellence.
Kevin lives and breathes high stakes performance; serving in the Australian Army for two decades piloting Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters whilst leading small and large teams, he also earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his command and leadership under fire in Afghanistan.
He’s also experienced the opposite of excellence. A toxic work environment mixed with mental illness that led to suicidal ideation and a breakdown. However, Kevin not only returned to flying but went on to serve as a civilian Search and Rescue pilot, Chief Pilot and Director for another decade, continuing his dedication to others in high-stakes environments. His experiences and insights are powerfully shared in his book, Shrapnel in the Soul.
Kevin is the Mental Health Ambassador for AIRBUS Australia Pacific, and an internationally recognised keynote speaker, coach and mentor. Kevin’s work empowers people to lean into fear, compassion, and self-leadership across both professional and personal realms.
As a Certified Speaking Professional, Local Community Citizen of the Year and Next Level Speaking Award recipient, his message is equal parts inspiration and action plan. Kevin resonates at all levels, helping individuals and teams lead with intention, to ensure clarity, productivity and safety whilst they fly for excellence.
- Shrapnel In The Soul
- Keeping Wings Level and Getting Stuff Done
- Above The Noise – Navigating Crisis with Powerful Communication
We invited Kevin to talk to our staff as a way to prepare them for increased workloads, greater customer expectations, home stressors and ensuring they are best positioned for success in their personal and professional lives. A huge task to cover in 90 mins. Kevin had the entire audience on the edge of their seats. To a person, everyone took something away they can do to benefit themselves and their families. Kevin struck a chord on so many levels, regardless of each person's demographic or social standing. His engagement and delivery was perfect - thanks Kevin.
The perfect closer for our annual conference. Kevin was professional, humble and had an incredible story to tell and did it in a sensitive and uplifting way. Would highly recommend.
Kevin delivers a powerfully poignant and relevant message about leadership and balances this with life experience that resonates strongly with a broad cross section of people. His humility and transparent sharing of his personal journey just add to the power of his messaging. One cannot help being moved and more importantly better equipped to deal with work and life thanks to this outstanding person!!