Meet Justin Caffrey

Unleash Your Potential: Transformative High-Performance Coaching for Executives and Leaders

Justin Caffrey is a leading governance professional, board adviser, and high-performance strategist whose career spans senior executive roles, multiple successful exits, and deep experience across regulated financial services and government oversight. A multi-time CEO, Managing Director, and founder, Justin has built, scaled, and sold several companies and is a leading expert in private equity, operating in multi-jurisdictional environments where regulatory clarity, operational precision, and disciplined risk management are fundamental.

For seven years, from 2008 to 2015, Justin served on the board of a UK Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), where he sat on the Audit and Risk Committee and chaired the Remuneration Committee. In this capacity he represented key stakeholders from the UK banking sector and played a governance role during times of significant economic pressure. The board reported directly to the Secretary of State for Housing and Communities across multiple administrations, including Labour, the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition, and the subsequent Conservative majority government. This experience provided Justin with deep exposure to public accountability, ministerial oversight, and the complexities of governance under scrutiny.

“Justin, your commitment has been valuable and much appreciated, bringing your extensive business skills to bear helping the Chair and Board steer through some challenging times.”
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRANDON LEWIS MP (UK)
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

He is also a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD), a qualification widely recognised across Ireland, the UK, and the EU as a benchmark for excellence in the governance of regulated firms. Justin sits on the board and the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Charities Institute Ireland, the national governance body for the charity and not-for-profit sector. He serves as an adviser to the LIA, Ireland’s Centre of Excellence for the professional standards and development of finance practitioners, supporting industry-wide standards in leadership, ethics, and advisory practice.

Justin coaches senior leaders across global professional services, including FS partners at EY, partners at PwC, and executive committee members in major European banking institutions. He is an approved member of the PwC advisory and coaching board. His advisory work extends to UK government-backed companies, where he supports strategic oversight, governance design, and long-term organisational resilience. His professional grounding spans decades of guiding organisations and boards through complexity, crisis, and structural change.

Alongside this corporate and governance foundation, Justin is internationally recognised for his pioneering work in nervous system regulation and its application to leadership, decision making, and human performance. He works in collaboration with elite athletes and professional sports teams who integrate his methodologies into their high-performance environments. His approach bridges behavioural science, respiratory training, trauma-informed practice, and the physiology of the Vagus Nerve to help individuals shift from reactive fight–flight states into clarity, composure, and sustained peak performance.

Justin holds a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness-Based Interventions from University College Dublin, earned certification from the Mayo Clinic as a Health and Wellness Coach, and trained as a Therapeutic Trauma Coach under Dr. Pradeep Chadha. He is also a Certified Buteyko Clinic Coach specialising in clinical breathwork and executive recovery. His training with the Yamabushi, the samurai monks of Japan, further deepened his understanding of resilience, discipline, and embodied leadership.

His nervous system expertise was informed by profound personal adversity following the death of his son Joshua, which led him into a decade of research, practice, and the development of a system that has helped thousands of leaders, professionals, and athletes break from chronic stress and rebuild capability.

Justin’s forthcoming book, You Have Some Nerve, sets out the twelve steps he used to build a high-performance mindset. His YouTube channel has reached millions of viewers, making his frameworks accessible to individuals and organisations seeking calm, clarity, and high performance. 

Justin combines governance precision, executive experience, and scientific understanding of the nervous system to offer a rare dual capability: developing leaders who are not only strategically effective but physiologically equipped for sustained high performance.

If you are ready to elevate your leadership, strengthen your resilience, and unlock your next level of performance, contact me today and begin the work.

MPORTANT NOTICE — PLEASE READ BEFORE MAKING CONTACT

Engaging with Justin is a high-level professional commitment. Corporate and personal contracts are accepted only on a minimum six-month term. Fees begin at $10,000 per month, and Justin’s hourly rate is $1,000.

These rates reflect the depth of expertise, seniority, and governance-level experience brought to each engagement.

If these investment levels are not fully understood or achievable, please do not initiate contact.

Rates correct as of November 4th, 2024.

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