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

After almost 20 years in senior business and client management roles for a top London finance company, Stephen Attenborough escaped a career in invest ... more

Tamerlaine Beasley is a leading international management specialist with a focus on achieving business outcomes in Asia. She is founder and Managing D ... 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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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

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

Sergey Brin and Larry Page invented Google: the technology, the company, the verb. How did their search business, relatively late to the game, come t ... more

Mark Britt recently took the helm of the ninemsn group of companies. Mark runs all ninemsn activities across Australia and New Zealand including; nine ... more

Bernie Brookes is a 30 year retail veteran and at 48 has significant retail experience. Bernie's experience includes leading a multi-divisional org ... 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

Bruce Buchanan, CEO of Jetstar, participated in the establishment of airline and its subsequent launch and has been a critical driver of the expansion ... 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

Mary Buffett is a highly popular and entertaining public speaker about financial investment strategies, and has appeared before a number of financial ... 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

Peter had a long and successful career in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, commencing with Johnson & Johnson out of university. He held senior roles with m ... 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

A visionary thinker, Margot Cairnes' presentations are dynamic, inspirational, challenging and sometimes confronting as she presents leading edge appr ... 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

Troy Carter is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Coalition Media Group, a talent management and full-service film and television production company. C ... 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

In the late 80s Paul was involved in organizing a Climb over the arch of Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of an international business convention. It was ... 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

Facebook's pioneering sales executive and among its first ten employees, Kevin Colleran was an integral part of the social networking behemoth's sales ... 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

Mike Conway has a can do, passionate and often off the wall fun approach to life and his work. He is the Business leader and strategist for The Wiggle ... 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

As an internationally trained voice coach, Lucy is sought as a specialist speaker on the power of voice and inspiration in speaking. With a desire to ... 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

Carolyn Creswell, Carman's Fine Foods founder and managing director, is a role model for Australians who have always wanted to take the plunge on that ... more

Simon Crowe, Managing Director and Company Founder of Grill'd, decided to do something about the lack of a decent, healthy hamburger in the Australian ... 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

Jack Delosa is a Gen Y entrepreneur and investor and was recently described by Sunrise as 'The Young Aussie Millionaire That Didn't Finish Uni'. Stil ... more

Abigail E. Disney is a formidable force: a social activist filmmaker, humanitarian, philanthropist, wife and mother. Idealistic and politically aware, ... 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

Called the "apostle of appreciation", Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books and is an in-demand speaker the world over. Be ... 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

If you want your sales people to have a unique experience that has the potential to change their lives, then hire Bruce. He has appeared 16 times on t ... 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

Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration ... more

Keith Ferrazzi, is the author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller Who's Got Your Back. He is the world's foremost exp ... more

Timothy Ferriss, nominated as one Forbes Magazine's 'Names You Need to Know', is an angel investor (StumbleUpon, Facebook, Digg, Twitter, etc.), liste ... more

Michael Fertik is the world's leading expert on digital reputation. He is the Founder and CEO of Reputation.com, which protects online reputation and ... 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

Nic is an outstanding speaker and at once powerful and compelling. He specializes in issues such as leadership, change management and social issues b ... 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

Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and speaker whose niche is the solo and small business owner. He works one-on-one with small businesses, speaks at ... more

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

Rowan's big-picture insights, compelling observations, fresh business thinking and upbeat presentation style have impressed a wide range of audiences ... more

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

It’s not what you earn...it’s what you do with it that counts Chris Gray - TV Property Expert on Channel 9 and Sky Business News A for ... more

Dan Gregory is one half of the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history as well as what is rapi ... 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

Known for his ability to entertain, to inspire and to energise, Andrew Griffiths has become a highly sought after keynote speaker. Widely acknowledge ... more

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

When the Chairman of Dymocks needed a new leader to guide the iconic Australian bookseller into the 21st century, he didn't need to look far. Don Grov ... more

Anil K. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy a ... more

Shivani Gupta is an expert in Passion, the CEO of a company dedicated to creating more passionate people across the globe. She is an expert at puttin ... 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

Vern Harnish "Growth Guy" syndicated coloumnist, author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase theValue of Your Fast Growth ... 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

Appointed by President Clinton in 1993, Molly worked in the White House as the Founding Executive Director of the President's Council on Sustainable D ... 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

Avril's career has spanned senior roles in Finance, IT, Project Management, Change Management and HR. She is the author of 'Leadership Revelations: An ... 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

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and keynote speaker. He has always been slightly ahead the curve. David is consistently ranked as one of the top ... more

John Howard's leadership, determination and vision are hallmarks of a career navigated during an era of unprecedented prosperity and change. As prime ... more

At the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as a ... 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

Mark Jones is a speaker, journalist and technology strategist. He is a respected subject matter expert on technology, internet and social media trends ... more

"I remember sitting for hours in my father's office leather chair, dreaming of running a multi-million pound business." Peter Jones is proof that driv ... more

Maureen's knowledge of small business and the economy, combined with her legal skills, has enabled her to not only put a firm footing under her own lo ... more

WHEN Swedish born Kristina 'Kikki' Karlsson decided to set up a home office almost ten years ago, she couldn't have known where that decision would ta ... 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

Just Jeans was born in 1970. It was a time of transition, a time of restlessness, a time of rebellion. The original Just Jeans store opened in Chapel ... 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

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax newspaper publishing group in August 2005, and formally assumed the position in October 2005. Prior to ... more

Rhondalynn has a creative and inspiring story that proves that you can BE, DO and HAVE anything you set your mind to. From humble beginnings and despi ... more

Ray Kurzweil has been described as 'the restless genius' by the Wall Street Journal, and 'the ultimate thinking machine' by Forbes. Inc. magazine ran ... 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

The Wall Street Journal has said, "If Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt." When Stephen Dubner (co-author of FREAKONOMICS) profile ... more

Hayley Lewis is remembered as the 15-year-old "girl next door" who swept to fame in 1990 by winning 5 gold medals at the Auckland Commonwealth Games. ... 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

Rohan is the CEO of Yahoo!7 and Chairman of Yahoo!Xtra in New Zealand. Rohan is a director of Yahoo!7, Vividwireless (Australia’s first 4G netwo ... 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

Elle Macpherson is a prominent figure in business, fashion, film and television. She oversees one of the most well-known, and expanding, brand names i ... 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

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

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

Anne McKevitt has left an indelible mark on the face of television in the UK and in some 22 countries across the globe having created an unparalleled ... 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

Lisa Messenger is Owner and Creative Director of her own company and has worked globally in events, sponsorship, marketing, PR and publishing. On the ... more

Anthony Mitchell is an international strategy adviser with a unique blend of skills. Sitting on Boards in the private, public and non-for-profit sec ... more

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

Andrew "Morello" who won the first Australian season of 'The Apprentice' credited his strong work ethic for his success. Andrew grew up with an intere ... more

David Murray AO spent 39 years at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) holding the role of Chief Executive Officer from 1992 until his retirement ... 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

Dr. Pradeep, author of The Buying Brain, is the founder of the world's leader company in the fast-growing neuromarketing research field. Before this ... 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

As a CEO Ron 'Rowdy' McLean has turned around ailing companies. As an entrepreneur he has built success from the ground up. As a socialpreneur he has ... 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

Brett Rutledge is taking the entertainment scene by storm with his astonishing repertoire of more than 200, on-the-money characterizations of some of ... more

Adam Salzer, Director/Greater China at PricewaterhouseCoopers, is an economist by education and practice, with 20 years experience in high level strat ... more

Passionate, committed, dedicated, inspiring, hungry are all words that could be used to describe Katherine Sampson the founder of Healthy Habits. Kath ... more

Todd is the CEO of Leo Burnett, one of Australia's top creative advertising agencies and the co-creator of the Earth Hour initiative - which won the Y ... more

Social entrepreneur Melina Schamroth is in the business of making a difference. Founder of m.a.d.woman (making a difference), creator of the unique S ... more

Claudia Schiffer has established herself as one of the biggest names in fashion and beauty in the world. Discovered in a disco in Hamburg at 17, Clau ... more

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

Ray Scicluna works with businesses and their team to get the best outcome! It's not how far he fell, it's how Ray Bounces back that is inspiring and t ... more

Robin Sharma is one of the world's top experts on leadership. The author of 11 major international bestsellers including The Leader Who Had No Title, ... more

Peter Sheahan believes that the riches are in the niches and that we are surrounded by opportunity, if we are only able to shrug off our conditioning ... more

Michael is a high-profile business leader who transformed an ailing set of bakery shops in the late 1990s to position Brumby's as the 2nd-largest bake ... more

Ann was the Chief Executive Officer, Westpac New Zealand and Group Executive, Westpac New Zealand and the Pacific until April 2007. Ann was the first ... more

USA TODAY recently named Russell Simmons one of the 'top 25 most influential people of the past 25 years', calling him a 'hip-hop pioneer' for his gro ... 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

Naomi Simson established the online experiential gift retailer RedBalloon in 2001. Now Australasia's most awarded gift retailer, Red Balloon has been ... more

Jack Singleton is more than a chip off the old block when it comes to creating an industry buzz. Jack Singleton, the son of larrikin adman John, s ... more

Adam is an inspirational and insightful Speaker, Consultant, Facilitator and Master of Ceremonies. Having addressed close to 100,000 people in more th ... 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

Martha Stewart is one of the world's most recognisable brands and greatest entrepreneurs, having turned her personal passion for catering into the bil ... more

Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and author best known for co-founding Twitter. A progenitor of social networking and blogging, Stone has been de ... 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

Cath Sutherland is a dynamic Australian businesswoman who began her successful career as a creative director for radio stations around Australia, and ... 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

When Jeff Taylor has a vision, it becomes a reality. As founder of Monster.com, he envisioned it as a giant online job search board and turned it into ... more

Bud Taylor is an author, speaker, and consultant who focuses on organizational transformation as driven by the customer. Bud has more than 30 years of ... more

Speaker, Business Futurist, BRIC Expert, Entrepreneur, Facilitator & Global Networker, David Thomas is well known in the Asia Pacific region for his e ... 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

Paul Tonich was born in Perth and together with his three sisters and younger brother grew up watching his entrepreneurial parents, create and run thr ... more

Author of The New York Times Best-Seller, The Discipline of Market Leaders. Great companies sustain growth through disciplined execution, not just go ... 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

Billy Tucker is the CEO of Cudo Australia and the Chairman of Cudo New Zealand. Previously Billy worked for Microsoft where he helped launch the Xbox ... 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

Peter Williams is a Partner with Deloitte, CEO of the newly formed Deloitte Digital, and until recently, was CEO of Australia's largest online mobile ... 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

Liz Wiseman teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the President of a leadership research and development firm. Some of her recent ... more

Graeme Wood Founder and Executive Director for Wotif revolutionised the travel industry in Australia in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Gr ... more

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than 30 years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's firs ... more

Sandra Yates is a consultant to business and government, and an executive coach. She was most recently the chair of the NSW TAFE Commission Board, an ... more

Yeoh Siew Hoon is one of Asia's most respected travel editors and commentators. She's covered the travel industry for more than two decades and knows ... more

Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook, a networking tool used by college students to meet people, reconnect with old friends and arrange events. ... more