Perry McCarthy

Motivational/Business Speaker, Original ‘Stig’ from Top Gear and ex F1 Driver

Perry McCarthy is quite simply unique. He is an ex Formula One driver, a bestselling author and was the original secret racing driver from BBC’s Top Gear – ‘The Stig’.

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Meet Perry McCarthy

Perry McCarthy’s incredible story is legendary.

He is a championship winning racing driver, best-selling author and was ‘The Stig’ from the BBC Top Gear motoring show. With over 1500 corporate appearances to date, Perry is in high demand to deliver inspirational and motivational speeches linking his unique experience and attitude to the world of business and its requirements.

From working 14 hours per day 7 days a week on North Sea oil rigs to fund his early career, to finally becoming a Grand Prix driver, he constantly overcame huge hurdles, including serious injury, to pursue his dream. Starting late in life and with no money, Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told McCarthy that his chances of making it to F1 were about a million to one against.

However, Perry’s bubbly character coupled with his determination, resilience, and absolute refusal to concede defeat beat those odds and has made him a highly popular personality within the sport.

Perry McCarthy entertains and engages audiences by speaking with passion and his famous humour and about the fiercely competitive demands of international motor racing and what it takes as an individual to beat the odds and create opportunities.

The Telegraph headlined him as ‘a new cult hero’ and America’s Sunday Express called him ‘a comedian locked inside a racing driver’s body.

Talks

Performance and Determination

Work Ethic and Resilience

Recognising and Creating Opportunities

Commitment and Communication

Marginal Gains

Data in Formula 1

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English

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While it’s all still hot off the press I wanted to thank Perry for his tremendous contribution to our Awards Evening. His willingness to support with whatever we needed, his openness to being available to everyone around him and, of course, his delight in delivering a guest speaker session that engaged and over-ran due to questions, was every penny what we hoped his involvement would achieve.

Briggs Equipment

Absolutely fantastic motivational speech from Perry McCarthy aka ‘The Stig’ at the Keyloop GTM Conference in Malta. Great story told by Perry and extremely inspiring. Thank you, Perry!

Keyloop

Thanks for your flexibility last week, the team really enjoyed having you there. Dinner and the event were great and I will not forget meeting the 'original STIG!'.

Bayer

Perry was inspirational, he was also engaging and thoroughly entertaining Bravo

Meridian Business Support

So great to hear Perry’s story and understand all the things that could have stopped him. He was so focused and determined that he was successful despite the circumstances.

Amazing The Growth Hub Masterclass 2023

I have constant admiration on how he turns a no hope situation into some sort of triumph.

Damon Hill OBE

1996 Formula One World Champion

Perry was superb speaker at our recent business conference and mixed the perfect dose of fast paced humour, interest, business messages and fun! The delegates loved it and bombarded him with over half an hour of questions during the open session at the end of his speech! I am not sure how we will top this for next year!

Claire Burrows

Marketing Manager, De La Rue Identity Systems

Perry’s talks never fail to impress, amuse and delight the audience … is there no end to this man’s library of tales?

Graeme Taylor

Marketing Manager, Bang & Olufsen

Just a short note to say thank you for being part of our kick-off last week in Kuala Lumpur and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did having you there. You and the team really connected which they appreciated immensely as some visitors get put off a little by this kind of attention however I know you’re not that shy!!Please keep in touch.

Bill Lisle

Chief Executive Officer, AIA Insurance

Perry was the ideal choice, his endorsement of the programme generated huge media coverage and interest throughout the country. Working with Perry was an absolute pleasure. He really understood and cared about what the programme aimed to achieve and he employed enthusiasm and professionalism throughout. An intriguing character Perry is also a superb speaker and this mixed with likability and his dynamic style, made him the perfect ambassador for our company on this occasion.

Maire Campbell

Public Affairs and Communications Manager, Coca Cola

Perry McCarthy is a fantastic guest speaker and we were privileged to have him at our sales award event in January. Keep up the great work.

Leigh Edgley

Sales and Marketing Director, Briggs

Thank you so much for providing great entertainment and banter last week. We have had so many positive comments and feedback - the guys loved you!

Jill Moir

Head of Corporate Affairs & Communications, Talisman Sinopec Energy

Perry is extremely bright and witty. He has two traits I admire: the ability to simplify complicated explanations; and the ability to make people laugh.

Richard Farleigh

Investor and ex TV Dragons’ Den

Perry McCarthy, race driver, author, raconteur and Business speaker’’ are but a few of his skills - believe everything you hear about him, and more! Perry is a larger than life character who has proved time and again that life holds no fears for him. He tackles each new hurdle with his own unique blend of tenacity and irreverent humour. I think he should run for Prime Minister!

Johnny Bute

Mount Stuart

Perry was very well received by our audience. He did a great presentation that they could all relate to.

Pavilion Technologies

Thanks Perry: like all good men, you rose to the occasion on the night! A spot-on speech, beautifully crafted with just the right amount of humour. Not only did an international audience welcome having you there as 'anchor-man', but our client appreciated the way you understood the message they wanted to deliver, and integrated this with top audience entertainment. And from our point of view, you were a (diamond) pleasure to work with.

Juliet Jarvis

Director, RSM

Perry is the most fantastic speaker – extremely entertaining, exciting and humorous. The question-and-answer session was absolutely brilliant with participation from the whole room – not in the least contrived in any way. The rapport he had with his “audience” was nothing short of brilliant!

Kerneos

Those that have seen him race know he is F1 material. His hunger is as great as Senna and Mansell’s. F1 needs Perry as much as Perry needs F1

Chequered Flag Magazine

Books

Flat Out Flat Broke: The Original Stig

Perry McCarthy is an ex Formula One racing driver and was the original ‘Stig’ from the BBC Top Gear TV show. Flat Out Flat br…

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