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Andrew May is an Australian author, keynote speaker, performance strategist, and leadership coach. He is the founder and chief executive of Performance Intelligence (formerly StriveStronger), a human performance advisory firm based in Sydney, Australia.

Early life

May grew up in Dubbo, New South Wales, where he competed in track and field. He subsequently moved to Sydney, where he pursued a career in exercise science and business.

Education

May holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Exercise Physiology and a Master of Coaching Psychology.

Career

Early career

May began his career as a physical performance specialist in elite sport, serving as Physical Performance Manager for the NSW and Australian Cricket teams, the Sydney Swifts (netball), and various athletes across AFL, basketball, tennis, and Olympic disciplines.

Business career

May sold his first personal training and corporate health business at age 26 and launched Healthy Business, a firm running in-house fitness facilities and corporate health centres in Sydney. Within two years, Healthy Business was acquired by the Accor hotel group, eventually becoming Good Health Solutions (now trading as Executive Health Solutions), one of Australia's largest providers of executive health assessments.

May subsequently founded The Performance Clinic, a performance advisory practice, which he sold to KPMG Australia in early 2016.[1] He served as a Partner at KPMG for three years, leading performance and wellbeing advisory work within the professional services firm.[2]

Following his time at KPMG, May established Performance Intelligence (formerly StriveStronger), a human performance advisory firm working with senior leaders and organisations across Australia.

He has been profiled as one of Australia's leading specialist consultants, with clients including Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn, IAG chief executive Nick Hawkins, and Compass Group chief commercial officer Shelley Roberts.[3][4]

Media

May is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, where his column "Performance Matters" covers leadership, workplace performance, and human performance.[5] May is also a regular contributor to ABC News Breakfast on matters relating to human performance, longevity and productivity.[6]

May hosts the Performance Intelligence podcast, a weekly interview series covering leadership, human performance and evidence-based practice, featuring athletes, executives and researchers.[7]

He has also been covered by the Australian Financial Review in reporting on executive health and performance.[8]

Sport coaching roles

In July 2023, May delivered a masterclass for Australian Defence Force personnel at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, covering self-awareness, resilience, and performance under pressure.[9] His sporting roles have included mental skills coach to the Australian Wallabies and the NRL's Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[4]

Author

  • Flip the Switch — a guide to physical performance and habit change
  • MatchFit (2019, Simon & Schuster Australia, co-authored with Professor Tom Buckley) — a guide to sustainable high performance covering physical health, mental skills and recovery habits for leaders.[10]
  • Ripple Effect - How Leaders Build the Capacity to Perform, Influence and Sustain — The individual leader's operating system: Physical, Psychological, Operational and Relational Capacity.

References

  1. ^ "KPMG Australia Acquires The Performance Clinic". finews.asia. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. ^ "Former KPMG partner Andrew May releases MatchFit". B&T Magazine. 2019. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  3. ^ Tarrant, Deborah (24 October 2023). "Meet the Unconventional Game-Changers in Business". Qantas Travel Insider. Qantas. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  4. ^ a b Leggatt, Johanna (1 June 2026). "The mental skills behind strong leadership". Company Director Magazine. Australian Institute of Company Directors. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  5. ^ "Andrew May — author profile". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  6. ^ "Performance coach reveals why employees are pretending to work". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  7. ^ "Performance Intelligence Podcast". Transistor.fm. Retrieved 2026-08-11.
  8. ^ "Fighting fit: how Gen X men are tackling their mortality". Australian Financial Review. Nine Entertainment. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  9. ^ "Masterclass pushes people to be their best selves". Department of Defence. Australian Government. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  10. ^ "MatchFit". Simon & Schuster Australia. Retrieved 2026-06-25.

See also

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