Richard Browning Keynote Speaker

Richard Browning is the Founder, CEO and Chief Test Pilot of the pioneering aeronautical innovation company, Gravity Industries, who has turned the impossible dream of human flight into a ground-breaking $80m+ business.

Once thought impossible, Richard has delivered a dream mankind has had for millennia.

Launching the world’s first human Jet Suit in 2017, and inspired by his maverick-innovator father who left much unfulfilled ambition, he has challenged the perceived boundaries of human aviation and inspires others to dare to ask “what if?”.

Today, Gravity has transformed Special Forces mobility and remote medic response, and its flights have been experienced by over two billion people globally, with Richard and his cohort of pilots completing over 300 flight events around the world, including in its inaugural International Race Series, and through its Flight Training facilities in the UK and US.

Prior to Gravity, Richard was a successful commodity trader for 16 years in the City of London with BP, and the pioneer of several major entrepreneurial breakthroughs, including a world-first, $500m cargo tracking platform (winning the BP Group innovation Award).

He has developed businesses and conducted trade relations across five continents and is a key participant and investor in several successful start-up ventures. A passionate STEM advocate, he holds the belief that entrepreneurship and ambition should be taught from early-years education.

A confident and inspirational speaker on embracing innovation through adversity, Richard has delivered keynote speeches on global stages, including as a TED Mainstage speaker, and in corporate engagements for CISCO, Microsoft, BP, Google and more.

He also works with top level C-Suite groups and Government leadership, including the UK Ministry of Defence, to deliver tangible guidance on embedding authentic cultures of innovation that deliver results, overcome big-organisation inertia, and inspire teams to push boundaries within their own industries.

In addition to being Ultra Marathon Runner and serial entrepreneur; Richard spent six years in the Special Forces as a Royal Marine Reservist.

His debut biography, “Taking On Gravity”, charting the remarkable business journey behind Gravity, and the innovation insights along the way, is out now