Paul McVeigh Keynote Speaker

Former Premier League Footballer
World-Class Psychologist
Bestselling Author, ‘The Stupid Footballer is Dead’

Paul McVeigh's Biography

After a two-decade career in professional football, representing clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, Burnley, and others, Paul McVeigh achieved a remarkable milestone: becoming the Premier League’s first footballer to earn a master’s degree in psychology.

Leveraging his wealth of experience in elite-level competition, Paul seamlessly integrates his profound understanding of psychology with his on-field expertise. Today, he channels this unique blend of skills to empower leaders, equipping them with the psychological strategies essential for optimizing both personal and team performance.

The Psychology of Performance

Performance involves numerous, multi-faceted principles that can be broken down to measure progress. Many top organizations consistently work on the technical component and yet, the psychological approach is invariably the biggest differential between proposed objectives and actual outcomes. Paul uses his expertise to engage your staff to consciously improve their mental performance.

Paul covers three key topics around psychology in his keynotes and will tailor his content specifically for your team.

Psychology of Leadership

The latest empirical research is redefining what a leader is, what they do, and how they do it. Implementing this key principle of the power of beliefs can help shape the leaders of the future; as understanding, improving, and working on our limiting beliefs is crucial to continual growth.

But you can’t get the best out of others until you get the best out of yourself. Paul shares his insights to help your leaders elevate their belief in what is possible.

Paul McVeigh Showreel 2025

The Psychology of High Performance

PWC - Well-being: Psychology of Performance

Books by Paul McVeigh

Comments & Testimonials

I don’t think this is something our teams would have thought about before.. they think about what we do practically, what we have to learn technically but we don’t go to work and think what should I be doing psychologically!

Sarah Eccleston Vice President, Cisco

Paul underlined something that I think is vitally important to remember, yes they will learn technical skills with us but it is the broader skills that they need to succeed… resilience, tenacity and confidence in themselves so thank you Paul!

Lynne Rainey Partner (Forensic Services), PwC

We had Paul come in to run a session with our senior team and it was fantastic to see the psychology behind an elite mindset and so I am looking forward to see how they will apply this in the workplace.

Gareth Stephens CEO (UK & Middle East), 4C

It’s one thing to be successful in any profession, it’s another to be specific about what enabled you to get there. Succeeding to be a player in the most competitive, cut-throat league in the world cannot be underestimated!

Verdayne Nunis Chief of Staff (Asia), Microsoft

Myself, the team and our clients were intrigued & highly engaged by Paul’s approach which teaches us how to tackle some of the challenges in life with a new inspirational mindset. I would highly recommend working with Paul as his views and approach to this essential topic will benefit any business particularly those that place importance on supporting their employers, clients and communities.

Giles Henman Partner, St. James’s Place

I thought Paul’s session was amazing, absolutely fantastic! It was exactly what we were looking for. We wanted to better understand what really drove success and what the difference was between average performance and really, really top performance and Paul brought that to us in abundance today.

Terry Robb Head of Personal Banking, Ulster Bank