Patrick Murphy is Chairman of the Aviation Group at Performance Consultants International, a major provider of advisory, coaching, and mentoring services to many industries around the world.
Patrick has over thirty five years experience in the airline industry. For the past fifteen years he has been a consultant and advisor to a number of airlines. Recent projects he has worked on include:establishing low cost airlines, competing against low cost airlines, generating ancillary revenues, reform of pricing strategy, business transformation, new Airline Business models, corporate governance and organizational development and management and leadership development.
Some of his clients include LAN, Air Zimbabwe, Gulf Air, Felix Aiways and All Nippon Airways.
Patrick’s early career was with Aer Lingus where he managed commercial activities including research, government and industry affairs, interline agreements, pricing, marketing and sales. In the mid-eighties he became General Manager of Strategic Development and was actively involved in new business development, consultancy and ancillary activities.
He left the airline in 1987 to become non-executive Director and Chairman of various transport companies including Irish Ferries, Aer Turas, Datalex Communications and Allied Management Systems.
In 1992 he was appointed Chairman of Ryanair and oversaw its transformation from a traditional full-service regional airline into the low-cost airline that it is today. He left in 1995 and started his career as a consultant and advisor to airlines all over the world as well as working as Director, Tariffs and Corporate Development at the international Air transport Association where he contributed to the transformation of that organisation into a commercial business activity.
Patrick was born in Ireland and lives in Switzerland. He graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in Commerce and an MBA. He has lectured extensively and regularly makes presentations at airline conferences and Universities.