Vip Vyas is a Socratic advisor to Boards, CEOs, and CXOs helping them catapult their organization and projects to new performance frontiers. He is an enthusiast of breaking up limiting belief systems and creating unique strategic advantages for turning big ideas into reality. 

As the originator of the Flight Path model, Vip (and his team and suitcase) have traveled across dozens of countries (35 at the last count), working with executive teams to unlock their corporate Black Boxes and achieve results beyond the predictable,

His journey has taken him to work in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta (where machine guns and kidnappings are rife), to the scorching deserts of Qatar and the Middle East, to the blustery gales and turbulence of the North Sea, and the meteoric rise of China and the wider South-East Asia.

His first book, Gorilla in the Cockpit, co-authored with Thomas, is the product of over a quarter of a century’s investment in tackling and turning around highly complex projects across wide-ranging sectors such as Banking, FMCG, Government, Digital Technology, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, Mining, Renewables, and large-scale civil infrastructure, with a total aggregate value exceeding USD 70+ billion.

Of all the global megaprojects Vip has been involved in, his most confronting one was on a micro-scale. That of performing live on stage, in a band, in front of 5000 people, at the South Bank next to the River Thames, London, England. His approach to overcoming his gorillas (a flurry of self-defeating thoughts, total fear, and sheer panic) as he stood in front of an eager crowd, waiting to be entertained, has been instrumental in shaping his perspective on leading change in multi-dimensional settings.

British born of Indian descent, Vip now lives in Hong Kong with his young family. He has studied strategy and execution at the Harvard Business School, been a visiting consultant at the London Business School, and an Executive Consultant at the Säid Business School, University of Oxford, for the Hong Kong Government’s Major Projects Leadership Programme (“MPLP”). His thought leadership has been featured in many top periodicals, including Forbes, INSEAD Knowledge, and Duke Corporate Education’s Dialogue.