Adversity Presenters

In one of the greatest comeback stories of all time, Lance Armstrong wins cycling's most grueling race less than three years after being diagnosed wit ... more

Sam Bailey's life changed forever at the fork in a road in the Northern Territory. A road accident turned the schoolboy sporting hero and outback jack ... more

Eric Bailey is one of the leading international speakers. He utilises his experiences taken from professional sport, executive management, sales and g ... more

Peter Baines is one of Australia's leadership experts having road tested leadership the hard way. Peter spent 22 years with the NSW Police leading tea ... more

Kevin Biggar is a modern day adventurer, author and an award winning speaker with a passion for sharing the insights from him experiences. Drawing on ... more

Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan and Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout were held hostage for 462 days in Somalia. Four days after arriving i ... 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

Gregory Burns is an internationally acclaimed platform speaker and artist. Also, despite or perhaps because of his disability, which requires the use ... more

Julian Burton, like everyone, is the sum of his experiences to date. His experiences are many and varied and include pursuing a career in a profession ... more

Sam Cawthorn Young Australian of the year for Tasmania 2009 will take you on a journey... discover Sam for yourself as a speaker for your event in 2 ... more

Not many people can say they have reached the summit of Mt Everest. Sharon Corhs has and in doing so, she became the 1st Breast Cancer survivor in th ... more

Jacqui is Australia's foremost aerial freestyle skier. She has won 15 World Cups, been World Champion in 1999, and World Cup Freestyle Champion in 199 ... more

Allana Corbin's story is a thriller of adventure, danger, tragedy and love. Allana is an inspirational speaker who delivers a message, which touches t ... more

A rugby tackle in 1994, at the age of 19, left Perry Cross a profoundly disabled quadriplegic, unable to move and on a life support machine... with a ... more

Li speaks from the heart and is able to effectively weave his own journey and experiences of transforming a life of unbelievable poverty into unparall ... more

Paul's experiences in overcoming adversity, obstacles and pre-judgements have already inspired many Australians. His ability to motivate and inspire ... more

Dynamic presenter, host and racing car driver, Grant Denyer fast became one of Australia's most recognisable faces. Denyer won the fourth series of Da ... more

It's been over 10 years since the miraculous rescue and survival of Stuart Diver captured Australia's attention. The ski instructor was trapped for 65 ... more

Will has climbed, trekked and travelled to some of the highest and isolated rugged places in the world, with only the use of one leg and his crutches. ... more

Cadel Evans is arguably Australia's greatest cyclist, but he is by no means a typical sporting hero. Born in the Northern Territory, he became one o ... more

Sophie Falkiner's life couldn't get much better. Having grown up watching Wheel of Fortune, Sophie never thought she would one day spin the letters on ... more

Kurt Fearnley is a world champion wheelchair athlete with a can do attitude that makes the impossible possible. His infectious energy and passion for ... more

Born in Canada, Michael J. Fox is an award-winning television and film actor who has created characters audiences have fallen in love with: Alex P. K ... more

Author of Jungle and Laws of the Jungle, Yossi Ghinsberg is one of the most compelling speakers of his generation. His messages are inspirational and ... more

Karla Grant has dedicated a huge part of her career to working in Indigenous news and current affairs, witnessing and reporting on the shifts in polic ... 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

Bear Grylls, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest at only 23, has a natural talent for communicating and entertaining which has made him a popul ... more

Lincoln Hall is one of Australia's best known mountaineers and has a unique Everest experience to share. He is the author of Dead Lucky, the just-pub ... more

Instead of covering the Sydney Olympics Craig was confined to a padded cell in a mental institution and later diagnosed as suffering bipolar disorder. ... more

There are few people who can speak about a tragic event in such an engaging and uplifting way as Gill. Gill's entire story, from surviving a terrori ... more

Miles has been blind since his early twenties, but has not let that stop him from challenging barriers. He has sought adventure and succeeded on exped ... more

Dr John Hinwood is an Australian speaker, mentor and author. He is a former long serving President of the Australian Spinal Research Foundation. Joh ... more

Paul Hockey had his right arm amputated at the shoulder on Anzac Day , 1963 due to bone cancer. He was just three weeks old. At age eight, Paul began ... more

Before October 12 2002, Peter Hughes was in many ways an ordinary Australian. Born the youngest of eight children to Irish immigrants, Peter was raise ... more

If there is one thing that is constant in our personal and professional lives, it is CHANGE! In an era of unprecedented change and constant challenges ... more

Matina Jewell is a remarkable woman by anybody's standards. Speaking Arabic and Bahasa Indonesian, having attained a Bachelor of Science and a Masters ... more

Krystel Keller is a professional singer songwriter/ Keynote Speaker. When Krystel was 6 months old she was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma (ca ... more

Dr. Mohamed Khadra is having a successful and varied career as a leader in Education and Medicine internationally and in Australia. He has a degree in ... more

Until the announcement of his retirement from test cricket in 2007 Justin was one of Australia's great top-order batsmen. Originally playing at numbe ... more

On Saturday 12th August 2000 Vinny Lauwers returned to Melbourne after seven months and two weeks at sea. It had taken seven years of preparation for ... more

The collapse of Barings in 1995, and Nick Leeson’s role in it, is one of the most spectacular debacles in modern financial history. How could one ... more

Karni Liddell has already established herself as one of Australia's most successful and well-respected Paralympic swimmers of our time. Karni's journe ... more

In 1988 John Maclean was a promising rugby league player with the Penrith Panthers in the then NSW Rugby League competition. On a fateful day in 1988 ... more

Paul Martin’s life changed for the better in 1992 when car accident claimed his left leg. His new-found form led to a lifestyle many people only ... more

The hero and face of the Bali Bombings, and a person who epitomises the Australian Fighting Spirit. His story is one of humanity overcoming adversity. ... more

Matt has travelled to the ends of the earth. He has sailed to Antarctica and on 2 occasions has skied to the North Pole three times. Taking a 43-foot ... more

An ABC foreign correspondent for almost two decades, a prize winning Four Corners documentary maker, the longest serving Sixty Minutes reporter, and n ... more

Ex-Google employee Tristan Miller completed the incredible feat of running 52 marathons in 52 weeks. The adventure saw him travel the world, from Mumb ... more

Major General Jim Molan has been an infantryman, an Indonesian speaker, a helicopter pilot, commander of army units from a thirty man platoon to a div ... more

Rhett Morris is passionate about building Bulletproof people. Crisis Resilient People - Bulletproof People - deal effectively with the ups and downs o ... more

"Never, ever stop believing in yourself. You never know where you might end up". Bonita Norris is the youngest British woman to climb Mount Everest at ... more

John O'Leary began speaking in 2005, he inspires audiences to rise above challenges, discover passion, and fulfill potential. He reveals it is necessa ... more

Aaron Pedersen moved into acting after initially training as a journalist at the ABC in Melbourne. His television credits include Wildside, Water Rat ... more

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

All he had was a flimsy pocketknife, but it worked. Aron Ralston will share his harrowing survival story and the leadership lessons learned in his rec ... more

Scott Rankin, best described as a Social and Cultural Innovator. Scott, his projects and Big hART Inc - the not for profit charity he founded - have r ... more

At a conference in Mexico with a title that seemed almost surreal, Business & Spirituality, one of the conference speakers was Michael Rennie, a Manag ... more

Rachael Robertson presents real leadership. Real stories and real insights - the highs and lows and the ups and downs of being an authentic leader. ... more

A dual Olympian, Australian representative in two sports, highly successful investment banker and sought after keynote speaker and coach! In his own u ... more

Jessica Rowe is one of Australia's best known television presenters. She began her career in 1993 and has held various positions including a decade as ... more

Martin Seligman, the founder of the Positive Psychology movement, best selling author and a brilliant speaker.He's doing a lot of work on culture, hap ... more

Joe Simpson has drawn from his experiences as one of the world's most successful and respected mountaineers to become a leading author. "Touching the ... more

From God's house to the school house, Gemma Sisia has given many children the gift of education in Tanzania. With only $10 in her bank account, the fo ... 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

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

Born in Melbourne without arms or legs, Nick has had to learn to adapt to this, and has achieved the seemingly impossible. Nick brings a refreshing po ... more

Jonathon Welch is the inspiration and conductor behind the wildly successful ABC TV series, 'Choir of Hard Knocks' now known as the 'Choir of Hope and ... more

Commando Steve is a highly qualified and inspirational fitness coach and athlete, who served within the Australian Special Forces, where he was a coun ... more