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Garth Miller’s remarkable career spans commanding elite military teams on operations in hostile environments, managing safety for the world’s largest Boeing 747 fleet, to leading a Special Forces team on a record-breaking speed ascent of Everest.
With a particular interest in extreme physical challenges, Garth also draws on his time operating at the very edge of adventure in small teams on the highest mountains in the world to bring theory to life with powerful and impactful practical lessons.
By leveraging this combination of safety-critical management in the commercial sector with proven operational leadership experience as a commissioned officer in the British Army, Garth is well placed to provide a unique perspective on high-performance for individuals, teams, and organisations.
A graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Garth holds a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge and has completed 10 Ironman triathlons. As the Flight Technical Manager for a major airline’s 747 ‘jumbo jet’ fleet, Garth was responsible for the safe and efficient operation of 57 aircraft worth billions of pounds. He has amassed over 15,000 flying hours and continues to fly to long haul destinations all over the world as a Captain with a leading British airline on the ultra-modern Airbus A350.
An articulate trainer/facilitator with a relaxed personal style, one of Garth’s strengths is his ability to engage at all levels through insightful exercises and impactful personal stories which capture the imagination and energise his audience. His delivery is world-class, using lived experience to illustrate how high performing teams are created and what it takes to keep them at the very top of their game.
Garth Miller is particularly in demand with safety-critical industries and organisations in search of practical leadership know-how. An inspirational and engaging keynote speaker, Garth is known for his ability to take delegates to the edges of their seats with powerful stories ranging from his recent successful Everest expedition, an inflight engine fire ‘MAYDAY’, to his operational experience from three tours of duty in Afghanistan – drawing out practical lessons in: Leadership – Teamwork – Resilience – Managing Risk – Problem Solving – Decision Making
During his unique military career, Garth has served with the Royal Gurkha Rifles, Irish Guards and UK Special Forces. He has deployed on operations with the US Navy SEALS, and trained in desert, arctic and jungle environments. Garth is married with two children and lives in Henley on Thames. In his spare time, he enjoys flying vintage aircraft and is currently learning aerobatics. He has been on expeditions to five 8000m peaks in Nepal, Tibet, and Pakistan. In May 2025 Garth returned to the Himalayas to lead a team of Special Forces personnel on a record-breaking speed ascent of Mount Everest, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for veterans’ charities in the process.
Garth has experience leading at the sharp end of the British Army and in both hostile and safety -critical environments where failure is not an option. Garth uses his lived experience to deliver powerful and impactful stories of high stakes leadership – from complex military operations abroad, dealing with an engine fire in flight, to when dealing with an emergency on the highest mountain in the world. World class lessons in leadership from the cockpit at 600mph, elite military units, and the summit of Everest.
Learn the art of tolerating risk and accepting failure. To grow world leading teams there are some hard truths you need to face. Garth will accelerate you to 600mph, lead you to the top of the world, and expose you to the realities of life and death decisions of operations against enemy combatants. Learn how a powerful ‘why’, detailed preparation and disciplined execution can take you to extraordinary heights. How good do you want to be? Lessons from operating in environments where preparation and precision mean life or death.
How do you create high performing teams? How do you keep your best people ahead of the competition? Garth will outline powerful tools and techniques gleaned from a career within the Special Forces to bind teams together and build a trust which endures when the pressure is on.
What does it take to keep pushing forward when your body is screaming at you to stop? How do you bounce back from massive failure to world class success? Get inside the mind of elite military operators to embed grit and resilience into your DNA. This is about transformational performance – illustrating how to face your fears and win against all odds.
How do elite military teams, airline pilots and those operating at the extremes of adventure minimise risk and maximise the likelihood of success? Is it possible to communicate in a way that builds both trust and accountability in our teams? How do high performing teams brief, debrief in order to turn failure into success?
Garth brings to life the latest problem solving and decision-making tools from the flightdeck and the military. Learn the importance of the ‘Condor moment’ and how to operate with confidence in the ‘grey’ – where decisions need to be made based on imperfect or conflicting information.
Mind-blowingly good. Garth generated great conversations on how we can work differently.
Breathless! An amazing story – That was pure joy. An inspiration.
