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Jordan Wylie MBE is an award winning adventurer, international bestselling author and television personality, best known for his appearances on Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated shows Hunted and Celebrity Hunted.
A multiple Guinness World Record holder, former British Army soldier and passionate advocate for education and mental health, Jordan uses his extraordinary life experiences to inspire audiences to overcome adversity, find purpose and make a difference.
After leaving school at 16 with no qualifications, Jordan joined the British Army, serving on operational tours in Iraq and Northern Ireland. It was through his experiences in the military and travelling the world that he came to understand the transformative power of education. Returning to education as an adult, Jordan went on to achieve his GCSEs, A Levels, Foundation, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Today, he is a passionate advocate for education and its ability to inspire hope and change lives.
Since 2018, Jordan has served as the United Kingdom’s national ambassador for the Army Cadets, one of the nation’s largest youth organisations. His commitment to education extends beyond his advocacy work, having returned to conflict zones around the world to support children’s access to education. In May 2021, he opened and fully funded a new school for 250 children on the Horn of Africa, fulfilling a promise he had made to a young boy he met five years earlier.
Jordan’s own experiences have also shaped his work in mental health and wellbeing. Following his military career, he was diagnosed with chronic anxiety and severe depression in 2015. Having navigated his own mental health challenges, he advocates for the positive impact of adventure, purpose and the great outdoors, including the benefits of blue and green spaces. In 2021, Jordan took a year-long break from social media to raise awareness of the impact social media influencers can have on young people’s mental health.
An accomplished adventurer, Jordan has travelled across all seven continents, reached the South Pole and undertaken extraordinary challenges in some of the world’s most hostile environments. In 2020, he spent 149 days attempting to stand-up paddleboard around Great Britain during the global pandemic, setting a new world record despite extreme conditions. In 2021, he completed the world’s deepest underground marathon, running more than 1,000 metres below the North Sea as part of his Beneath The Surface project, raising awareness of mental wellbeing in young people.
In 2023, Jordan was appointed an MBE by His Majesty King Charles III for voluntary services to charity and education. He has raised well over £1 million for charitable causes and, in 2025, received a Fellowship from the University of Winchester for his outstanding contribution to primary and secondary education. He is also a patron and ambassador for several children’s charities, a District President within The Scouts and a proud advocate of his personal mantra: “Be The Difference That Makes A Difference.”
After leaving school with no qualifications at all at 16 years of age, Jordan joined the British Army. After travelling the world and serving on multiple operational tours in Iraq and Northern Ireland, Jordan came to understand the importance of education and returned to it as an adult. Jordan has since completed his GCSE’s, A Levels, Foundation, Bachelors and Masters Degree and has returned to various conflicts zones around the world to help support children access education. Jordan believes that education is the most powerful tool in the world and his stories show demonstrate how it can inspire hope and change lives. In May 2021, Jordan opened a new school for 250 children on the Horn of Africa and was able to keep a promise to a little boy that he met 5 years earlier there….
After leaving the military, Jordan was diagnosed with chronic anxiety and severe depression in 2015 which led him to a very dark period of his life for which he still takes medication for today. Jordan uses adventure, purpose and the great outdoors to manage his mental health and wellbeing and is passionate about the medicinal benefits of blue and green therapy that the natural world and outdoors provides us with. In 2021, despite his high social media profile, Jordan took a 1 year break from all his platforms to raise awareness of the impacts of influencers were having on young peoples mental health.
Jordan is a multiple Guinness world record holder and has undertaken extreme adventures around the world in aid of charitable causes. In 2020 during the global pandemic, Jordan was socially distanced at sea when he spent 149 days attempting to be the first person to Standup Paddleboard around Great Britain, setting a new world record despite the horrific conditions and challenges he came across on this incredible adventure. In 2021 Jordan set a new world record for the deepest underground marathon when he ran over 1000 metres below the North Sea, a project called ‘Beneath The Surface’ to raise awareness of the importance of mental wellbeing in young people. Jordan’s adventures have taken him to Antarctica, the Himalayas, the Sahara Desert and beyond.
Jordan is a truly inspirational speaker and person, his honest and open account of some incredible experiences really helped our staff better understand the importance of mental health in the work place.
Jordan is a truly inspiring man with some incredible stories to share with the world. We have used him to speak to our community and in local schools many times, his relatable, authentic and honest approach is perfect for getting messages across to young people.
