Kirsty Murphy

Apogee Performance

Kirsty Murphy MBE is famed for her decorated Royal Air Force service, during which time she made headlines as the first, and still the only, female Red Arrows pilot. Having served for 17 years in the RAF, Kirsty now leads innovation funding programmes and is a highly sought after motivational speaker. She is both high energy and impactful, bringing lived experience from high-stakes environments to the stage, engaging audiences with lessons on performing under pressure, precision leadership and overcoming adversity, along with how she thrived as a female trailblazer in a male-dominated sector.