Mandy Hickson

BIO

Mandy Hickson was a Fighter Pilot and is now a world renowned Keynote Speaker and Best Selling Author. Mandy was the only female pilot on her Front-Line Tornado Squadron, flying multimillion-pound fast jets for the Royal Air Force. She has operated in hostile environments, including patrolling the ‘No Fly’ zone over Iraq. Drawing on her experience of calculated risk-taking, decision-making under pressure and the critical role of the human in the system, she transfers vivid lessons from the cockpit to other management and leadership contexts. Mandy is a highly demanded keynote speaker and has been invited to share her insights with some of the most successful organisations across the world where she describes the Strategies, Tactics & Behaviours that she adopted when the stakes were at their highest. Author of best-selling book ‘An Officer, not a Gentleman’ an inspirational journey of a pioneering female fighter pilot.

SKILLS

Leadership | Performing Under Pressure | Inspiration | Empowerment | Resilience | Motivation | Diversity and Inclusion | Dealing with Adversity

ACHIEVEMENTS

TEDx Speaker Former RAF Fast-jet pilot Bestselling Author Motivational and Keynote Speaker Human Performance Factors specialist Aviation Ambassador for Department for Transport Trustee at the Victory Services Club