Originally from County Meath in Ireland, Phil moved to the UK in 2007 to pursue a career working in sport. He achieved a First Class Honours BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Aberystywth University, before completing his MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology from Bangor University. Since then Phil accepted a lecturing post at the University of Derby where he completed his PhD which explored the role of psychological predictors in pressure performance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology. Phil continues to work with the University teaching on the online psychology provision where he teaches topics on Sport, Exercise and Performance psychology to students from all over the world.

Alongside his lecturing role Phil is also the current Sport Psychology Lead with both Team Derby and the Derbyshire Institute of Sport where he supports a range of elite athletes and coaches in their sporting ventures. Phil has also applied these principles to other performance environments and now researches and provides consultancy in a range of other performance domains including education, corporate and military scenarios. Phil has presented his award winning research both nationally and internationally at a range of conferences over the last decade.

Working in the Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology space, Phil believes it is important to ensure he continues to work in all three areas including consultancy, education and research to continue to drive the discipline forward but to also ensure his practice is scientifically informed with the latest research and thinking to support his clients, but to also help shape the performance environments in which leaders and teams create to achieve high performance.