Chris Jewell: Resilient Mindset
Adventure speaker, cave diver, and rescue team member Chris Jewell shares powerful lessons on teamwork, risk management, and performing under pressure from the Thailand cave rescue.
Quick Facts:
- Key member of the 2018 Thailand cave rescue mission
- Experienced cave diver and exploratory expedition leader
- Member of the British Cave Rescue Council
- Led and participated in international cave expeditions
- Formats:
Keynote Speaker, Adventure Speaker, and Risk Management Expert
- Audiences:
Corporate teams, leaders, educators, and organizations seeking insights on teamwork, leadership, crisis management, and performance under pressure.
- Outcomes:
- Strengthen teamwork and collaboration in high-pressure environments
- Improve decision-making and risk management strategies
- Build resilience and adaptability in uncertain situations
- Travels from: London, UK
- **Fee range: On Request
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Talent Short Bio
Chris Jewell is an accomplished cave diver, explorer, and keynote speaker best known for his role in the dramatic 2018 Thailand cave rescue, where 12 boys and their football coach were saved from a flooded cave system. As a member of the British Cave Rescue Council, Chris was part of the elite international team that executed one of the most complex and high-risk rescue missions in modern history.
With over a decade of experience in exploratory cave diving, Chris has led expeditions across the UK, Spain, and Mexico, contributing to the discovery and mapping of new cave systems, including work on the Huautla system—recognized as the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere. His work requires constant adaptability, precision, and calm decision-making in extreme, unpredictable environments.
During the Thailand rescue, Chris and his team collaborated with global agencies including the US military and Thai authorities, operating under intense pressure as rising monsoon waters created a race against time. This experience forms the foundation of his keynote presentations.
Read Full Bio
Chris Jewell is one of the British cave divers who was involved in the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand in the summer of 2018, where the only exit was over 2km away.
Chris’ story and take home messages resonates with both business audiences and educational establishments.
Chris Jewell is an exploratory caver and cave diver who explores new cave passages in the UK and abroad. As a member of the British Cave Rescue Council he was one of the British cave divers who played a leading role in the 2018 Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue.
The nature of cave diving exploration means continually adapting to meet whatever challenges you come across.
Over the last 12 years, Chris Jewell’s exploration has had him squeezing through tiny muddy underwater holes in Somerset, digging underwater in the Yorkshire Dales and leading cave diving expeditions to Spain and Mexico where his team established the Huautla cave system as the deepest in the Western hemisphere.
The experience and knowledge gained through these expeditions led to his involvement in the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, where the only exit was over 2km away.
The rescue was a risky and strategic challenge which involved liaising with the US military and Thai police. Thrust into the world’s media, Chris and the team needed to work quickly when the mission became a race against time ahead of impending monsoon rains.
Prior to the events of June 2018 Chris Jewell has featured frequently as a speaker at caving, diving and outdoor and adventure conferences.
Now the spotlight is on cave diving, he has the opportunity to tell his story together with other tales of exploration, adventure and managing risk to a wider audience, through the prism of one of the most dramatic volunteer rescue operations the world has ever seen.
Together with his fellow cave divers, Chris is due to take part in a TV documentary and feature film.
Chris Jewell, who was presented with the Queen’s gallantry medal in October 2019, described the rescue as a “huge step up in difficulty, complexity and risk” and that he was “very honoured” the team’s work had been recognised.
Chris’ story provides clear business and a take home messages
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