CEOs / Entrepreneurs Presenters

Peter Alexander sleepwear has grown from a single man operation on a living room table to an internationally recognised sleepwear business and brand n ... more

The Boost Juice leader. Janine's passion and competence in her business shines through within moments of her taking the stage. She also speaks candidl ... more

In 1962, John Anderson founded Contiki Holidays with just 25 pounds in his pocket. Today, Contiki is one of the world's leading travel groups operatin ... more

Eve Ash is one of Australia's most successful producers of training films, television and multimedia packages. Eve was a national winner of the Telstr ... more

Paul is the CEO and co-founder of SEEK, which is recognized as one of the fastest growing businesses in the Asia Pacific Region as well as one of the ... more

Rachael Bermingham is co-author of 'Read My LIPS', the 4 Ingredients Cookbooks and author of the recently launched 'How to Write Your Own Book & Make ... more

Tony speaks on designs and facilitates conferences where you want actionable business outcomes. Any session from two hours to two days.
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Anthony (Tony) Bongiorno graduated from Commerce at Melbourne University, having majored in Accounting and Economics. In 1968 Tony joined his brother ... more

Bornstein describes how, with determination and innovation, even a single person can make a positive change in the world. David Bornstein is the auth ... more

Mark Bouris is one of Australia's wealthiest entrepreneurs, but it is a descriptor he objects to regardless of being listed in the BRW 'Hall of Fame'. ... more

The face, spirit, and entrepreneurial mastermind behind Virgin, one of the world's most dynamic brands, Richard Branson is known for his unique vision ... more

Sally Browne is the epitome of success - her story is one of urban and small business survival. It began from determined and simple beginnings in the ... more

At first Marcus Buckingham seems an unlikely management guru. He is a cricket-loving Englishman and graduate of Cambridge University. Buckingham is on ... more

A multi award-winning retailer, Barry Bull founded Toombul Music, was one of Australia's largest independent music retailers. Legendary for using cele ... more

Cathy Burke is a leader at the cutting edge of a social and economic transformation taking place on our planet. She has been the CEO for The Hunger P ... more

Amos began his own independant automotive retailer in 1970. Years later he decided that in order to challenge the larger retail chains, he would need ... more

Liesl's strongest interest is in emerging trends, new forms of connectivity/technology interface between people, and how that impacts society and comm ... more

John A. Caslione is an expert on business globalization and China's economy. John appears as a guest speaker for CNBC Europe on its "Squawk Box" and ... more

Fred Chaney AO is a former Western Australian politician who, until April 2007, held the position of deputy chairman of the Australian Native Title Tr ... more

Dr Roger Collins is currently Professor Emeritus at the Australian Graduate School of Management and Chariman of Grant Thornton Australia Ltd. His a ... more

Olympic Gold medallist, Natalie Cook, captivates the hearts and minds of her audience with her power, skill and determination. Renowned for "walking o ... more

Glenn Cooper is a fifth generation Cooper and the Executive Chairman at Coopers Brewery who also holds the responsibility of the Marketing. He has ove ... more

From starting his own computer company at the age of 22, to being the Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand of real estate giant Colliers Ja ... more

David Cunningham graduated from The Michael Smurfit Business University from which he went successfully on to work with JPMorgan Asset Management and ... more

Doug Daft, 60, the former high school maths teacher from Cessnock who became one of the highest-paid Australian executives in history, stepped down fr ... more

Kirsty Dunphey has first and foremost always been entrepreneurial. In 2002 Kirsty was named as the National Winner of Telstra's Young Business Woman o ... more

Saul Eslake is the Chief Economist at the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and is a member of ANZ's Group Asset and Liability Committee. ... more

Few speakers know the global world as well as Thomas Faranda. His clients have included Siemen's Engineering Germany, IBM Europe, Siemens Medical Sout ... more

Mike Finch is the Artistic Director of Circus Oz. Since 1990 he has studied (and taught) Communications, Theatre & Media at university in Bathurst, di ... more

Luke epitomises the young, bold entrepreneur. At 11, Fryer started a car wash from his local garage, which at its peak had 14 people squeezing sponges ... more

A co-founder of Fat Prophets, Angus has a wealth of experience acquired over more than a decade in both domestic and international financial markets. ... more

Bobbie Gee is an international speaker, consultant, and author of Creating a Million Dollar Image for Your Business. Bobbie was recruited by the Walt ... more

Labeled the "turn-around champ" by Fortune magazine, Barry Gibbons carried a failing Burger King Corporation from threatened obscurity to triumphant g ... more

Virgin are a great example of a partnership community. Brett Godfrey is the man heading up the team that has brought Australia an entire new concept i ... more

Bill is one of Australia's leading food writers. He has sold over 500,000 copies of his books worldwide and this is steadily climbing with the release ... more

As former Chief Executive Officer of Pola Cosmetics Marcia Griffin was believed to be the only Caucasian woman in the world to head up a Japanese comp ... more

Daniel Grollo is Chief Executive Officer of Australia's largest privately owned development and construction company, Grocon Pty Ltd. Daniel is curren ... more

Vanessa Hall is the Founder and Director of Entente Pty Limited, an award winning Author, Speaker and Adviser to business leaders, and individuals ali ... more

Roger is also the Chairman of XL Results Foundation, consisting of the largest entrepreneur network in Asia Pacific and publisher of XL Magazine, the ... more

Sir James Hardy is a sportsman, wine maker, raconteur, businessman, and community leader. In 1962 he was appointed Resident Director for New South Wa ... more

Craig Harper is a leading motivational speaker and educator. He is a highly sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be a leader and pioneer ... more

There are theory specialists and then there are those who have been there. Troy Hazard, recent Global President of the elite Entrepreneurs' Organisati ... more

Justin Herald started a business in 1995 with only $1.25 in his pocket. After borrowing $50 from his brother he set about changing the course of his l ... more

Michael Hewitt Gleeson has taught more people to think than any Australian in history. Michael is Australia's best-selling business author of: The Lea ... more

Denis Horgan founded the Leeuwin Estate winery in Margaret River 30 years ago. Committed to achieving excellence, Leeuwin Estate is recognised intern ... more

Lee A. Iacocca retired as chairman and CEO of Chrysler Corporation at the end of 1992 after forty-six years in the auto industry. He began his career ... more

Peter is one of the two Australian leaders behind the success of Gloria Jeans Coffee. After oil, coffee is the most traded product in the world. And i ... more

Patria Jafferies co-founded Dôme Coffees and is now the company's Managing Director. Initially a small, specialist coffee roaster, Dôme's succes ... more

Dare Jennings started and sold the mega-successful commercial clothing and textile company Mambo to co-found serious motorcycle shop, Deus Ex Machina. ... more

An accomplished speaker, Mark can explain how companies can capitalise on the opportunity for business model innovation in response to rapid industry ... more

Valerie Khoo is an award-winning feature writer whose articles appear regularly in The Sydney Morning Herald. Before becoming a freelance writer eight ... more

Poppy King founded Poppy Industries Pty Ltd at 18 years of age, after recognising a gap in the market for matte lipstick. She sourced manufacturers, s ... more

Andrew used to be the National New Products Manager at Coca-Cola, responsible for numerous launches under the Coke umbrella. He then spotted a gap in ... more

Very few entrepreneurs command the respect and admiration that John Lazarou receives without effort. An inspirational self made millionaire and busine ... more

Darryl's inspirational story is of a guy who dreamed of being a rock star only to co-create an operatic phenomenon. A consummate and charismatic perfo ... more

In their recent book, Marketing Without Money, John Lyons and Edward de Bono have captured the real world experience and learnings of twenty of Austra ... more

Michael Ma has built a huge lifestyle empire, IndoChine Bar & Restaurant Group, which spans six countries and comprises more than 26 restaurants, bist ... more

Harvey Mackay is author of four New York Times bestsellers. His first two books -- Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware The Nake ... more

During the time John was Managing Director of Driza-Bone, their sales more than tripled to over $16 million per annum. Often speaking in the corporate ... more

Robert was the major projects facilitator on a consultancy basis reporting directly to the Prime Minister. In November 1999 Bob completed his Federal ... more

Nigel's first book "Fat, Forty and Fired" was described by influential business magazine BRW as "one of the best books of 2005". Translated into a num ... more

Karen Matthews has over 22 years experience in national and international retailing, franchising and strategic brand management. Karen recently resign ... more

From the perspective of a CEO who has worked across South Africa, North America and Australasia - Geraldine McBride, CEO and Managing Director, SAP AN ... more

Wendy McCarthy has broken many glass ceilings on her professional journey from the classroom to the boardroom. She has assumed major leadership roles ... more

John is a very experienced speaker. He is the founder of McGrath real estate and, due to his high profile as an individual, would be able to take som ... more

Scott McKain is an accomplished presenter and speaker who is currently a member of the prestigious 'Speakers Roundtable', a select group of just twent ... more

Dr. Tom McKaskill, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Australian Graduate Sch ... more

Don Meij has been in the pizza business for over 17 years. Starting as a delivery driver for Silvio's Pizza while studying to be a High School Teacher ... more

Sheryle Moon is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the peak body for the information and communica ... more

In the world of sober-suited business thinkers, Dr Kjell Nordstrom stands out for his passionate belief that in today's turbulent environment the old ... more

Tom O'Toole is the charismatic and inspirational 'baker' from Beechworth. He has built his bakery into one of Australia's greatest retail success stor ... more

Kevin built the most successful outsourced sales and customer service business in Australia and NZ, SalesForce. Through a passionate approach to enga ... more

Jim Penman launched Jim's Mowing as a one-man business in 1982, $30,000 in debt and with a marketing budget of $24. He soon had more work than he coul ... more

Emanual Perdis is Managing Director of the Australian-owned Napoleon Perdis company founded thirteen years ago by Napoleon Emanuel and Soula-Marie Pe ... more

After spending twenty years on Wall Street, John F. "Jack" Perkowski founded ASIMCO, a successful manufacturing company in China. Mr. Perkowski is the ... more

Neal Petersen is an entrepreneur, award-winning author, solo around the world racing yachtsman and international professional speaker. Only a few peop ... more

Tim is the founder of Nudie Juice, also one of the most innovative marketers in Australia at the moment. Nudie really started out by building a 'Nudie ... more

Rachael's presentations are a breath of fresh air. Her blend of youthful passion, award winning business success, knowledge beyond her years and her w ... more

Tom Potter, founder of Australian owned Eagle Boys Dial-A-Pizza, left school at 15 and found himself jobless at 23. He borrowed the money to open his ... more

Howard Putnam's ultimate objective is Bottom Line Improvement. He believes that cultures that place people as their highest priority have the greatest ... more

Young, dynamic and highly successful Shane founded his own business at age 20, that grew into Australia's largest Corporate Fitness Company. It starte ... more

One of the most well known and respected names in marketing. Siimon is currently the Chairman and co-founder of OMG, Australia's largest online networ ... more

While being professional basketball's second most winning coach, Pat holds the title of one of "America's Greatest Motivational Speakers" and was rate ... more

Peter was the first employee of McDonald's Australia and the first employee of the McDonald's system outside North America. In 1973, Peter was appoin ... more

Martin Roll is the leading international speaker on Branding Excellence and Asia Pacific foremost authority on Asian Brands. Branding and brands impac ... more

Julia Ross is the founding Managing Director of Australia's largest independent recruitment company. The company listed on the Australian Stock Exchan ... more

Ronald J. Rowland served as the Group Managing Director and CEO of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries from October 1978 until December 2000. Ron is ... more

After twelve years at the World Bank, as senior economist and principal economist, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel - one of most regarded economists internation ... more

John Shackleton is a top sports coach with a sports psychology background who shows international business audiences techniques to exercise the bigges ... more

Robin Sharma is a world-renowned authority on organisational and personal leadership. The widely acclaimed author of eight #1 international bestseller ... more

Peter Sheahan is a globally recognised expert on Generation Y and business. He has delivered more than 2,000 presentations to a combined audience of o ... more

Emily was pregnant and wanted to buy a black bra. Horrified by the "sexless scaffolding" that was on offer, she started Full Bloom in 1994 to provide ... more

Founder of two international corporations on two continents, Jack Sims offers the unique perspective of a transplanted Brit, who started the largest n ... more

The founder and CEO (Chief Experiences Officer) of RedBalloon Days, Naomi Simson is passionate about pleasure! Given that the average life has 27615 d ... more

Best selling author, speaker and trainer with a personal success story that is sure to entertain and inspire, Peter Spann is the founder and CEO of ... more

"Small Business, Big Brand" is suitable for corporates with small business clients for road shows and conferences, companies with small distribution n ... more

Brad Sugars is a world-renowned Australian entrepreneur, author and business coach who has helped more than a million clients around the world find bu ... more

Dr Ziggy Switkowski is a former CEO of Telstra. He is currently a non-executive director of Suncorp,Tabcorp, Healthscope and Opera Australia. In 2006 ... more

Shelley was a successful media personality in England before her son was born severely disabled, told he would never walk or see. Following from that, ... more

David Thomas, CEO of Think Global Consulting, is highly respected in Australia for his experience, credibility and passion for identifying, building a ... more

Peter Thorpe started his career in sales at the age of eighteen. By the time he was thirty, he had become the General Manager of Sharp Corporation of ... more

One of the world's most recognisable and colorful figures, Donald Trump is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Indomitable: Donald Trump is a big, bold t ... more

A billion dollar company started by 23-year-old vets with no business experience. How did they, lead by the maverick genius of Graham Turner, make it ... more

With a comprehensive retail & franchise speaking background behind him, Brian Walker,The Retail Doctor will make a house call to your next event and l ... more

Mike Walsh, author of Futuretainment and CEO of innovation research agency Tomorrow is a leading authority on the digital future. A dynamic keynote sp ... more

Haiyan Wang is Managing Partner of China India Institute, a research and consulting organization with a focus on creating winning global strategies t ... more

Katrina Webb is recognised and acknowledged for her unique athleticism and outstanding success as a Paralympic athlete. She is also a sought after mot ... more

Glenn Wheatly, an Australian music icon, recipient of the Advance Australia Award and inspiring speaker, relates his experiences in life and the enter ... more

When Bill Gates visited Australia, he requested to see two people: the Prime Minister and Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet Publications. Tony ... more

Diana Williams established the first Fernwood Women's Health Club in Bendigo, Victoria in 1989, when she recognised a need for women to have their own ... more

Sandra Yates is the Chair of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, the NSW TAFE Commission Board, and the Sydney Writer's Festival. She is also a director of ... more