Economics Speakers

Andrew Griffiths

Known for his ability to entertain, to inspire and to energise, Andrew Griffiths has become a highly sought after keynote speaker. Widely acknowledged as Australia's #1 Business Author, Andrew has ten books that are now sold in over fifty countries around the world. He is published by Allen & Unwin and Simon & Schuster, two of the biggest names in the publishing industry. Andrew is also an energetic and engaging presenter. His life story is one built around overcoming adversity in many forms. Today he provides profoundly simple insights that are changing the way tens of thousands of people think about their business and their life.

Andrew Griffiths

Known for his ability to entertain, to inspire and to energise, Andrew Griffiths has become a highly sought after keynote speaker. Widely acknowledged as Australia's #1 Business Author, Andrew has ten books that are now sold in over fifty countries around the world. He is published by Allen & Unwin and Simon & Schuster, two of the biggest names in the publishing industry. Andrew is also an ene ...

Andrew Morello

It's refreshing to find a successful face in business involved in day to day business and brand expansion. Winning the first season of The Apprentice Australia has set Andrew "Morello" well on this path. It was clear to see that Morello put the summation of his life, learning and impeccable work ethic into the series. Willing to "walk the talk" and standing behind his values he won the hearts and ...

Andrew Winston

Andrew Winston is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands and acting as a practical evangelist on how to navigate and profit from the world's biggest environmental and social challenges. A globally recognised writer and adviser on sustainable business - Andrew has advised some of the world's leading companies, including Bank of America, Bayer, Boeing, Bridgestone, HP, Johnson & Johnson, and Pepsi. His first book, Green to Gold, was hailed by Inc Magazine as one of the 30 books that all managers should own. Andrew's new book, The Big Pivot, explores how companies can thrive in a hotter, scarcer, more open world, and provides a new roadmap, helping executives create a more prosperous business, economy and world.

Angus Geddes

Angus Geddes is the founder and CEO of Fat Prophets. He has a wealth of experience acquired over more than two decades in both domestic and international financial markets. Aside from running the Fat Prophets group. Angus has broad investment responsibilities within the Funds Management division, which manages close to $100 million. Angus's investment track record began in 1982 at the young age of 13. In 1986 he received a "highly commended" award from the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce for increasing an initial investment of $200 to $35,000 on the world stock markets. During his career, Angus has worked as a money market dealer in New Zealand, a financial consultant in the United Kingdom and the United States. Moving to Australia in 1996, Angus worked for five years as a stockbroker at Bankers Trust and JB Were before co-founding Fat Prophets in June 2000. Majoring in Economics, Angus completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Otago University, New Zealand in1990. He is also a member of the Securities Institute of Australia having qualified for a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment in 1999. Angus is also a non executive director of Pie-face Holdings, one of Australia's fastest growing food franchises and Fitch Metals Engineering, a rapidly expanding industrial engineering and manufacturing company. Angus is also a director of the Australasian Investment Review, a fast growing online magazine with more than 35,000 subscribers.

Anil Gupta

Dr. Anil K. Gupta is the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy, Globalization and Entrepreneurship and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland at College Park. Anil also serves as chairman, The China India Institute, a Washington DC-based research and consulting organization. He has earlier served as the INSEAD Chaired Professor in Strategy at INSEAD and a visiting professor at Stanford University as well as Dartmouth College. He received a doctorate from the Harvard Business School, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur.

Anil is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy, globalization and entrepreneurship. Ranked byThinkers50 as one of the world's ?most influential living management thinkers,? he has also been named by The Economist as one of the world's 'superstars? in a cover story on ?Innovation in Emerging Economies.? He is one of only 3 professors in the world to have been elected by his peers as a Lifetime Fellow of all three of the most prestigious bodies in the field ? Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and Academy of International Business, with a combined membership of over 25,000 scholars worldwide.

Ann Sherry

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 female CEO of a bank in New Zealand, and had responsibility for Westpac operations in New Zealand and seven Pacific countries. In 2007 she assumed the role of CEO of Carnival Australia.

Anna Bligh

Universally praised for unwaveringly strong, decisive leadership during a devastating natural disaster, Anna Bligh is a leader with truly bipartisan admiration from constituents and politicians alike. The first female Premier of Queensland, she is also the first Australian woman to be elected whilst already the leader of her party. During her tenure she drove social, education and environmental reform whilst also implementing Australia's largest infrastructure building program. A speaker of depth, compassion and compelling real-world experience, her nearly two-decades as a political leader and her handling of post-political life makes for rich and varied presentations that keep audiences enthralled.

Anna Littleboy

Anna leads CSIRO Futures, an initiative providing evidence based foresight to develop forward thinking strategic options. An earth scientist, Anna has over 20 years experience in using science, social science and technology to address risk in the energy and resources sectors. She works towards solutions for the future. Anna was Deputy Director of a multimillion dollar National Research Flagship for the minerals sector. She is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of its Sustainability Committee. She was a recipient of a CSIRO Partnership Excellence Award, a CSIRO Medal for Business Excellence and is vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the future of mining and metals.

Austan Goolsbee

As debt, the deficit and reigniting the global economic engine dominate conversations around the world, Austan Goolsbee?who served as one of President Obama's key economic advisers?delivers a thoughtful look at where the economy is heading and what solutions are necessary to keep businesses competitive. Goolsbee is a distinguished scholar who has been an advocate for letting the market drive the Administration's policies. The New York Times called him a 'brainy economist, policy wonk and an amateur comedian'. Jon Stewart says he is 'Eliot Ness meets Milton Friedman'. Winner of the 'D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity' contest, Goolsbee vibrantly shares with audiences key insights on the challenges and issues that the US faces in a new economic reality 'from the deficit to the job market to the rising competition from around the globe' and how to sustain an economic recovery.