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When it comes to Business Speakers we know that you're always looking for a bold, fresh perspective. These incredible Speakers have risen to the top of their fields and can provide insight and pragmatic strategies on topics such as the Future of Work, Culture, Inclusion and Diversity strategies, Trust and Ethics, Change Management, Sustainability, Innovation and how to approach business with an Entrepreneur's mindset.
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Lisa Messenger is the vibrant, game-changing founder and CEO of Collective Hub, an international speaker, best-selling author, investor and an authority on disruption in multiple industries.
Lisa’s passion is to challenge individuals and corporations to get out of their comfort zones, find their purpose, change the way they think, and to prove there’s more than one way to do anything. She encourages creativity, innovation, and an entrepreneurial spirit, and lives life to the absolute max. With fans including Sir Richard Branson and New York Times best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive, and a loyal fan base of close to a million followers across all her social media handles, Lisa’s vision is to build a community of like-minded people who want to change the world.
Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of Australia’s leading innovation consultancy, Inventium. Amantha has helped companies such as Google, Apple, Disney, LEGO, Virgin Australia, Commonwealth Bank and many others innovate more successfully and reinvent the way they approach their work. She is also the host of the number one ranking business podcast How I Work.
Sam Mostyn is a non-executive director and sustainability adviser, with a long history of sports governance. Sam's current board positions include Mirvac, Transurban and Virgin Australia.
In 2005 she was the first woman to be appointed to the AFL Commission where she was an advocate for the Respect & Responsibility Policy for the inclusion of women at all levels of the league. She was also an advocate for the creation of the AFLW and was the 2018 Women's League Cup Ambassador.
Naomi Simson is one of Australia's most prominent entrepreneurs. The BRG currently houses a number of brands including RedBalloon, Adrenaline, Lime&Tonic, Albert AI (Marketics) and Redii.com with the purpose of shifting the way people experience life.
Naomi is also a pioneer of online marketplaces and the Experience Economy having founded RedBalloon, the third largest Experience marketplace in the world, in 2001.
Naomi is passionate, inspiring and determined - a colourful speaker with rich and vivid stories - she challenges audiences to think differently and is one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers.
Andrea Clarke has used lessons from a career path that has included filing breaking news from Washington D.C., delivering humanitarian aid programs into Iraq and fighting to stop the genocide in Darfur, to create 'CareerCEO' - a business that empowers people to prepare for the future of work. Her book Future Fit: how to stay relevant and competitive in the future of work explores how we can advance our human capability to accelerate our careers as we navigate major shifts in the way we work.
Clare Payne is a leading voice on ethics and trust. She tracks trends and writes about their implications in her monthly ‘Ethical Lens' column in The Australian Financial Review and writes across a range of business publications. Clare draws from her experience as an employment lawyer and her time managing the Integrity office of a global investment bank.
Carolyn Miller has been working in the marketing and advertising industry for over 20 years and has been a strategist at multiple award-winning agencies. She’s also a regular panellist on the highly popular ABC Television Program ‘Gruen’, where advertising industry experts review and discuss marketing creative concepts and strategies.
Carolyn loves seeing brands and businesses succeed, and is passionate about bringing ideas to life. Her background as a strategist not only gives her great insight into the brand and advertising world, but also the heartland of consumer sentiment and shifting cultural trends.
For the past 25 years, Megan Quinn has built a career specialising in the luxury end of retailing, advertising, publishing and design for the fashion, jewelry, hotel and airline industries. She has held a variety of leadership and senior executive as well as non-executive board roles, utilising her strong commercial capabilities and deep expertise in brand and service offer development.
Megan also runs Q&CO a boutique consultancy which focuses on how her clients can most effectively engage with their customers and clients through multi-channel and traditional service models
Melinda Cruz is the award winning founder of Miracle Babies Foundation. She is also a published researcher, and expert speaker on topics such as not-for-profit start-ups, social entrepreneurship, health and consumer advocacy, and living a life of inspired action.
Melinda is also a trusted consumer expert to medical professionals seeking to improve treatments for premature and sick babies and lessening the impact it has on the family unit.
Jodie Fox was a co-founder and the creative director of Shoes of Prey. The business launched in 2009. It allowed people to design their dream shoes online, get them expertly manufactured, and have them shipped to anywhere in the world within two weeks. The startup broke even at two months, hit multi-million dollar revenues in under two years, raised tens of millions in funding from top-tier investors and shipped to more than 100 countries. All the metrics pointed to huge scalability. To a huge business. To a huge success. But it didn’t succeed and in 2018 the business failed.
Jodie tells the truth of what it is like to be at the helm of a global business. From the high highs of besting Karl Lagerfeld on global awards to the low lows of closing the doors on your dream. Her incredible story shares lessons on innovation, culture, people, peak performance, raising capital, building a brand, finding suppliers, doing business in China and, most importantly, how to learn and grow from your successes and your mistakes and be ready every day to reboot for the next challenge.
Kate Mills has a unique insight into what makes a business successful, having interviewed hundreds of leaders, chief executives and chairmen during her time editing Business Review Weekly and CFO Magazine. She is currently the CEO of a charitable foundation and a passionate speaker on technology and jobs of the future.
Kate is a thought leader in content production, with a particular focus on content that is both efficient and valuable. Following a 20 year career in publishing, Kate offers tricks of the trade that will benefit every business's content marketing strategy.
Katrina Barry is a recognized expert on Millennials and Gen Z, and is also sought after for her expertise around leadership, business, strategy and brands and marketing. As Managing Director of Contiki Holidays Australasia, Katrina has reimagined the Contiki strategy, product and brand positioning to increase market share, lift operational yield and margins and increase ecommerce sales. Her insights are nothing short of fascinating, and her delivery is highly engaging and entertaining.
Greta Thomas has many years of leadership, innovating and start up experience. After her executive career which includes launching eBay in Australia as CMO; consulting with McKinsey & Co, and 4 years working overseas for a start-up co-founded by Bono, she's now a board advisor and non-executive director. Greta also co-hosts the global podcast, Don't Stop Us Now! which is downloaded in more than 100 countries and features the success secrets of some of the world's most innovative and pioneering women.
Greta's presentations focus on what it takes to succeed in a fast-changing world. She draws on the latest evidence based research about the future of work and leadership as well as sharing insights from the world-leading women featured on her top-rating podcast, Don't Stop Us Now!
Jessica Wilson started her entrepreneurial journey at 16 years old, running events in the paddocks of the farm land she grew up. Jess scaled this business to eventually make enough money to put herself through her first year at University.
After dropping out of university and turning a fashion internship into a full-time job working through the Australian, New York and Paris fashion weeks with some of the world's biggest brands, Jess noticed a emergence of tech and a change in buying cycles. So, at 21, Jessica booked a one way ticket to Silicon Valley with no contacts and no leads. Two months later, she'd fostered relationships at Yahoo, Facebook and Google and gained the insights she needed to start Stashd, a 'Plug and Play' App for Australian and US fashion and beauty brands to access the Chinese millennial market.
Shadé Zahrai is one of Australia's leading young experts on building a success mindset, self-belief and self-mastery for business professionals. In 2019 she was recognised as Mentor of the Year in the Women in Financial Services Awards and was a Telstra Business Women’s Awards finalist for her work in empowering professional women.
As Director of Influenceo Group, Shadé is recognised for her unique approach of blending neuroscience and psychology research with practical tools to help ASX200 companies bolster their culture, change-readiness and diversity strategies.
Shadé is a best-selling author, Harvard trained leadership coach, has been featured on TED and TEDx and is a 3x Australian Latin Dance Champion.
Chyloe Kurdas is a former elite Australian rules footballer and talented television and radio sports commentator. During her incredible career she most notably spent a decade building the catalyst for Australia’s first ever national women’s professional competition, the AFLW. Chyloe was AFL Victoria’s Female Football Development Manager for a decadem and now works with Golf Australia to implement their strategy to engage women and girls in golf.
Catherine DeVrye is a #1 best-selling author who understands change and resilience from both a professional and personal perspective. From arriving in Australia near penniless to global leadership roles in government and IBM to Australian Executive Woman of the Year.
From an orphanage in Canada and cancer survivor to carrying the Olympic torch, Catherine’s entertaining messages on customer service, disruption and resilience will boost both the bottom line and team morale in times of change to help women maximise their true potential.
Clare Press is Vogue Australia’s Sustainability Editor-at-Large, the first position of its kind globally, and the presenter of the Wardrobe Crisis podcast. Wardrobe Crisis regularly tops the iTunes charts and sees Clare interview global thought leaders about fashion, culture, sustainability, ethics, activism and the environment.
A passionate advocate for responsible fashion, Clare speaks internationally on the fashion industry and ethics, the circular economy, and the sustainability opportunity for business.
Amanda Stevens is a renowned thought leader on the customer experience. She combines current consumer insights with fascinating research into buying behaviour, delivering organisations and business owners powerful strategies for connecting with their customers.
Recognised as one of the most entertaining speakers on the circuit, Amanda has presented at over 800 conferences in 14 countries. She combines practical strategies with a mesmerizing storytelling style, leaving audiences with memorable messages and actionable insights.
Patty McCord served as chief talent officer of Netflix for fourteen years and was instrumental in creating the Netflix Culture Deck. Since it was first posted on the web, the Culture Deck has been viewed more than 15 million times, and Sheryl Sandberg has said that it "may be the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley."
