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 former accountant, Chris has been buying property since the age of 22 and turned $35k into a $3.5m personal property portfolio in under 9 years and retired from full time work at the age of 31. He's since tripled his portfolio to over $10m yet has never earned more than a $100k salary. His latest book describes how you can do it too. ?The Effortless Empire. The time-poor professionals guide to building wealth from property? Chris will inspire you to set yourself a similar dream of freedom and choice and to build a plan to achieve it, in less time. He will explain how it really can be possible for you and will come up with ways you can overcome the reasons that have held you back in the past.

Belinda Green is one of Australia's most recognisable faces. Having begun her modelling career in 1972, she went on to win the coveted title of Miss World before continuing her modelling career in Europe and the United States. Now a sought-after media personality and public relations specialist, her down-to-earth approach facilitates the learning skills to cope in a high-pressure modern business environment.

Award-winning British comedian Jeff Green has become a well known face and voice on Australian TV and radio since arriving for his first Melbourne International Comedy Festival performance. Now an Australian resident (he has an Australian wife), Jeff is greatly in demand here and in the UK, Europe and Asia as a highly entertaining after dinner speaker, MC and keynote speaker. An ex-Chemical Engi ...

Nancy Greene is one of the best known names in Canadian skiing. Her success at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France made a lasting impression on Canadian skiers and non-skiers alike, and Nancy has stayed in the public eye ever since.
Nancy was born in Ottawa on May 11, 1943 but has always considered herself to be from British Columbia. Both Nancy's parents were from B.C., and her fathe ...

One of the UK's leading communicators of science, Professor Baroness Greenfield is a distinguished scientist, broadcaster, writer and best selling author of 'The Human Brain: A Guided Tour' and 'Brain Story' among others. She is a Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford, which she holds jointly with her position as Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. She has presented numerous TV and radio programmes, but is probably best known for "Brain Story," a major six part series on the brain and mind, broadcast on BBC2 in July 2000. Susan Greenfield is the first female director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and in April 2001 she was made a people's peer.

Ross Greenwood is the Nine Network's Finance Editor. Ross was editor of Business Review Weekly (BRW), Personal Investor and The Age's money section. In Australia, Ross was editor of Business Review Weekly (BRW), Personal Investor and The Age's money section. Ross was responsible for the creation of Shares magazine, of which he was managing editor. In television he was a presenter on Network 10's Healthy Wealthy and Wise, and was the finance presenter for Good Morning Australia. He also hosted finance programs for ABC radio. His journalism in Australia has also won numerous awards.

It was in the late 60's that a young feminist, anarchist and academic penned her first book, which would capture the attention of the western world.
The Female Eunuch sold more than one million copies and to date has never been out of print.

Germaine Greer's call for women to live their own lives on their own terms - controversial as it was - struck a chord.

Germaine applies a ...

George Gregan AO is Australia's most capped Wallaby and a dynamic keynote speaker on leadership, resilience and peak performance. A Rugby World Cup veteran and successful entrepreneur, George shares high-impact lessons from elite sport and business. His story of grit, teamwork and iconic moments on the field continues to inspire audiences across Australia and beyond.

Dan Gregory is an expert on Human Behaviour & Engagement. A Behavioural Strategist, he works as a leadership speaker, author & social commentator, helping leaders, individuals and organisations drive:

• Performance - Personal Engagement
• Purpose - Team Engagement
• Persuasion - Customer & Community Engagement.

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 company. In May 1995 Marcia won the Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year Award and in November 1995 was a keynote speaker in Chicago at the Arthur Andersen 1995 Enterprise Best Business Practices Symposium. Her book "High Heeled Success" was a b ...

Channel Seven mega-personality, face of the Olympic coverage, Better Homes and Gardens, Sportsworld, you name it. The former world ranked backstroker was one of Australia's youngest Commonwealth Games swimmers winning medals at the Auckland Commonwealth Games and Perth World Championships. After retiring, Johanna joined the Channel 7 network in 1993 and has since become one of Australia's most pop ...

As a former national level 400m hurdler in Russia, Tatiana took up pole vaulting when she migrated to Australia in 1997. Her greatest sporting achievements to date have been winning a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Tatiana has also been the face of the Spring Racing Carnival and Rexona. She has appeared on countless magazine covers. Tatiana is ...

Tracy Grimshaw is one of Australia's most popular and recognisable faces, with a television career that spans 25 years. Since the 80s Tracy Grimshaw has graced our TV screens in many forms. From the hard hitting journo to breakfast TV personality. Tracy Grimshaw has proven that talent survives in the hard world of TV ratings ...

Want to be more authentic? AND be seen as confident and credible? Then an event with Michael Grinder is not to be missed! Michael walks you and your audience through his ground-breaking communication, group dynamics and influence practices that have allowed thousands to change their lives by changing how others perceive them while staying true to their message. Michael has spent his life worki ...

Currently the weather presenter on Sydney's No 1 television news service, she has been reporting on meteorology and environmental issues for Seven News at 6pm since January 2007 and regularly fills in to present the Seven Late News.Sara is an accomplished speaker and MC, having hosted such events as the Lavazza Most Majestic Launch, International Youth River Health Conference, Fashion Targets Brea ...

"Supply your clients with the dynamic & punchy presentation of Pauline Grogan "We found Pauline Grogan's delivery innovative and entertaining, leaving a powerful message with our top corporate audience...." ...

Daniel Grollo is Executive Chairman and sole owner of Grocon, Australia's largest private property investment, development and construction company. Daniel assumed the role of Executive Chairman in February 2014, having been Chief Executive Officer for the 14 years prior, as well as an Executive Director and member of the Grocon Board since 2000. In his role as Executive Chairman, Daniel continues to have strategic oversight of the business whilst also leading the company's growth and diversification into new markets. During his time as CEO, Daniel led Grocon to become an industry leader in safety, a global champion in the field of sustainable design and construction, as well as implementing a robust governance framework with the appointment of an independent Board of Directors and investing heavily in establishing the organisation's strong values-based culture. Daniel is a Non Executive Director of UBS Grocon Real Estate, Grocon's joint venture investment and asset management platform with UBS Global Asset Management. Daniel is also a Non Executive Director of Blue Scope Steel, former Chair, and a founding member, of the Green Building Council of Australia. and a former national President of the Property Council of Australia. In December, 2013 Daniel was one of 12 business leaders appointed to the Australian Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council.

Michael Groom is unquestionably one of the world's greatest 'big' mountain climbers. In 1999 he successfully climbed Makalu, the smallest and for Michael, the last of the 'big five' - the five highest mountains in the world. Makalu, Lhotse, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Everest - Michael climbed them all without the assistance of bottled oxygen, and all but Kangchenjunga he climbed without the front third ...

Dr Fred Grosse provides the strategies that have assisted super-achievers to achieve a further level of results even they have found elusive, and to realize more goals and dreams. Dr Grosse is a business psychotherapist, corporate consultant and systems designer, personal coach, mentor and trainer, now in his 25th year of sharing his business techniques. He has the critical edge which gives his cl ...

A popular media personality, Guy is currently in production co-hosting a special Food Safari series for SBS, he makes regular appearances on David and Kim, MasterChef, A Current Affair and across all networks as the fun, flamboyant, skilled and entertaining Chef. ...

Natalie travels the globe in search of adventure for Getaway and in contrast to her jet-setting lifestyle, Natalie has hosted her fourth series of The Farmer Wants A Wife. A role that has endeared her in the hearts of viewers and showcases her empathetic and sensitive interview skills. She continues to be a favourite across the network and enjoys fill-in roles such as co-hosting on Weekend Today ...

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 popular personality in his own right. He is not only one of the youngest motivational speakers on the international business circuit but is a keen environmentalist and an author; one of Bear's books, Facing Up soared into the best seller list and has sold over 50,000 copies.

Niki has taken the sport of mountain bike riding by storm. She has fast become one of the most highly regarded female competitors in mountain biking and is one of a few athletes who are competitive in both Down Hill (DH) and Cross Country (XC) disciplines.
Within less than four years in the sport, Niki finished 2003 ranked one and two in the National Series for XC and DH respectively. At the r ...

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.

She is an expert in 💍Using Engagement Strategies to help business leaders and entrepreneurs retain key talent

World's only Electrical Engineer turned Entrepreneur turned Educator

Shivani has presented to 250,000 in 19 countries, coached 1500 leaders and authored 8 books

She has scaled many of her own businesses to over $1M, and recently, she successfully exited a business she grew from $0 to $5M

She is an 🥇Award Winning I 🌎 Global Thought Leader I 🎤 Speaker I 💬 Coach I 📚 Author

Merge Gupta-Sunderji has been turning managers into leaders for over 20 years. Tens of thousands of audience members from around the world have participated and enjoyed the experience of learning through Merge's presentations. As a professional speaker, author, consultant, and radio commentator, she delivers real-world, practical tools and solutions to ensure her clients have what they need to L ...

Grant Hackett's (aka Captain Fantastic) professional swimming career has been interspersed with achivements which extend well beyond the pool deck. He has been named Swimming Australia's Male Distance Swimmer of the Year on many occasions, Australian Swimmer of the Year (jointly held) and took out the Telstra People's Choice Award in 2004. Grant was awarded the Centenary Medal and the Australian S ...

AJ Hackett is best known as the founder of Bungy Jumping, establishing the first bungy bridge in New Zealand in the late 80s, the extreme sport craze that has popularised itself at sites from Acapulco to the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Some of AJ's career highlights include his "unofficial" Eiffel Tower jump, Auckland SkyCity Casino Tower Jump, television series "Can U Hackett?" and the presentati ...

As a media "identity", Steve is best known for his uncanny renditions of Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Rolf Harris, Bob Hawke, Russ Hinze, Arthur Beetson and Stefan Ackerie and others. He also performs an hilarious live cabaret show and develops humorous industry-related characters for major corporate clients world-wide. Steve is uniquely equipped to open your next conference wit ...

Peter Hadfield is a person, like many high achieving Australians, whose achievements have remained largely unnoticed. He has been described as "Australia's greatest all-rounder".
His all-round abilities in athletics are unquestionable. Peter competed in the gruelling decathlon event - 10 athletic events contested over 2 days of competition.

He represented Australia in two Olympic Games ...

When Sir Richard captured his 374th test wicket in 1988 against India in Bangalore, he became the world record holder. He went on to become one of the greatest all rounders in the history of the game, as he captured 431 test wickets and scored over 3000 test runs. Sir Richard Hadlee lives by his motto in life - "A quitter never wins and a winner never quits". He is a firm believer that you shou ...

Ray Hadley has been named Australia's best Radio Sports Broadcaster for 5 of the past 10 years. The radio industry awards are known as the "Rawards" and Ray's most recent win came for his coverage of the Sydney Olympics. ...

Dorinda Hafner is an international TV chef, best-selling author, actor, and speaker whose vibrant career spans over 25 years. Known for her infectious energy and cultural storytelling, her TV shows have aired in 40+ countries. Based in Adelaide, she continues to inspire through books, speaking, fashion, and creative projects.

Freelance motoring journalist, broadcaster and author. Motor racing commentator, in Australia and England for 32 years. Worked for all free-to-air TV channels, as well as Foxtel and Optus. ATN 7 for 11 years at Bathurst, SBS when Wayne Gardiner won his world championship, Ch 9 motoring segments on Midday with Ray Martin. Currently with ABC Radio nationally for both motor sport (Grandstand) and ...

Former International Cricket Council Elite Cricket Umpire Darrell Hair is an Australian icon known for his ethics and upholding the spirit of the game. Darrell umpired 78 Test matches, 139 One Day Internationals, and was a full time umpire for ten years. Darrell specialises in leadership and people development, motivational events, and coaching people to achieve their potential. He is also an acc ...

Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, Principal Scientist
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz (hi-cove-ich) is a senior principal scientist working in the field of strategic foresight at CSIRO. Stefan leads the Data61 Insight Team which is a group of researchers and consultants helping organizations navigate digital disruption. Stefan's research and consulting work helps companies, governments and communities explore plausible futures and make wise strategic choices. Stefan is a world leading scholar in the field of decision theory and has published seminal works on the use multi-objective decision support. His research has contrasted structured versus intuitive approaches to decision making. His decision models have guided investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars and have been used by Australia's State and Federal Governments to make critical policy choices. Stefan is widely published in the international research literature and his most recent book titled ?Global Megatrends? is available through CSIRO Publishing. Stefan has a doctorate in geography from the University of Queensland and postgraduate qualifications in economics from the University of New England. He is a current and recent member of the OECD and World Economic Forum global strategic foresight communities.

Dateline presenter and video journalist Yalda Hakim came to Australia after her father smuggled his young family out of Afghanistan on horseback to escape the Soviet invasion. Yalda was just six-months-old. The emotional return to Yalda's Kabul was the subject of her first report for Dateline. Since then, she's reported from across the world for Dateline and SBS's World News Australia, winning the United Nations Media Peace Prize for best Australian Television News Coverage. She's also been a finalist for the Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award. Yalda can speak languages Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Dari and Pashto...and she's also currently trying to master Mandarin.

Sydney-sider, Jane Hall, has been described as 'the world's most accomplished female expedition racer.' In captaining 'Team Aussie' to success in six EcoChallenge Adventure Races, she has succeeded in an event which has even beaten the world's greatest living adventurer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Everest climbers and Ironman Triathletes. Jane is a high achiever, with a PhD in Marine Ecology, an Honor ...

Healthy you, healthy business is Martin Hall's firm belief. Martin believes our society today is driven by 'edutainment', and is also craving a firm foundation of mind body balance life skills. He drives his audience as he drives his staff and students with passion, determination, humour and example. He has the special talent of understanding his audience, actively communicating with them and brin ...

Vanessa Hall is the Founder and Director of Entente Pty Limited, an award winning Author, Speaker and Adviser to business leaders, and individuals alike. She has accepted the challenge to re-establish the trust paradigm as a core value on which any successful business and personal relationship must be built. ...

Since his retirement as a Canterbury Bulldog in 2000, goal-kicking ace Daryl Halligan has been helping other kickers lift their performances. In his 230 games with the Bears and the Bulldogs, Halligan kicked 855 goals, four field goals and 80 tries. His success rate was a staggering 80 per cent. In all senior matches, including 29 appearances for the New Zealand Kiwis, former Kiwi international ...

Ed began cooking at 15 while still at school. He had a weekend job as a kitchenhand in a local bistro, when the chef walked out during Sunday lunch service and the owner told him to start cooking! Never straying too far from his passion Ed has now joined the refurbished Cru Restaurant as Head Chef. Amongst all this, he continues his work on Better Homes and Gardens and specialises in bringing to t ...

Ken Hames is one of the UK's leading motivational speakers; he provides a fascinating insight into pressure, survival, teamwork and motivation. His main focus is on attitude, leadership and competence training. He is a real life action man who leads from the front; he is passionate about empowering people to transform their lives for the better. He has an impressive 25 year military career, which ...

Marathon rowing champion Rob Hamill has been a New Zealand International rowing representative since 1986. Rob's numerous rowing achievements include World Championship Silver, Commonwealth Gold and a world record on the Concept 2 rowing machine. Rob represented New Zealand at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics then teamed up with the late Phil Stubbs and captured headlines around the world winning the gr ...

Craig Hamilton is a much sought after Motivational Speaker on Mental Health.
Based in Newcastle, Craig travels nationally and internationally to speaking engagements. In his keynote presentations Craig covers a range of topics including his experience with Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety and Depression.

He is one of Australia’s leading health advocates and believes that good Mental Health and good Physical Health go hand in hand and are integral in achieving overall well-being.

In sharing his story and experiences of living with Bipolar Disorder, Craig offers hope and motivation to others.

Roger is also the Chairman of XL Results Foundation, consisting of the largest entrepreneur network in Asia Pacific and publisher of XL Magazine, the world's first magazine dedicated to social enterprise. XL Results Foundation also manages Asia Pacific's largest online business network and directory, connecting Asia Pacific with over 1 million entrepreneurs and business professionals world wide, w ...

Maree is passionate about helping women in business to grow their businesses & help develop their skills. Her presentation style has been described as both captivating and empowering. Maree connects with her audiences from start to finish with a powerful mix of facts, ideas and thought provoking quotes and shares her life experiences which result in her audiences retaining & connecting with the information in her presentations. Maree also helps achievers who are experts in their field attain national and international presence and success by unlocking their potential. As an entrepreneur, Maree's vision to propel businesses to new heights is realised via inspirational events, training and coaching workshops that ignite the quest for self mastery while offering practical and proven techniques to rise above challenges and realise goals. Maree holds a degree and professional designations in accounting & taxation. Her style and technique have been influenced by some of the world's leading speakers and business minds, including Robert Kiyosaki & Rhondalynn Korolak. Maree is a member of the National Speakers Association. She owns & runs two businesses - an accountancy practice & a Women's business network developed with the aim of inspiring, connecting & supporting women in business.

Hamish and Andy have become semi regulars on Channel 10's 'Thank God You're Here' and the ABC's 'Spicks and Specks' and have appeared on celebrity specials including 'World's Brainiest Comedian' and 'Joker Poker'. They have presented at the Arias, the Logies and hosted 'Australia's Funniest Man or Woman... In September of 2006 the guys released their own mocumentary style show 'Real Stories' for N ...

Carl Hammerschlag, M.D. is a master storyteller and internationally recognized author, physician, speaker and healer. A Yale trained psychiatrist; he has spent more than twenty years working with Native Americans. He is an expert on how to survive in rapidly changing cultures. His speech 'The Way It Was, Is Not The Way It Is, and Your Experience Could Be Your Worst Enemy!' is about meeting today's ...

Ray Hammond is a world-renowned futurologist, technology analyst and commentator on the digital age. He is a best-selling author whose titles have been published in 44 countries and in 23 languages. Ray Hammond is also a regular contributor to 'MIT Technology Review,' 'Computing', 'Business and Technology' and 'New Media Investor'. Today, Ray provides keynote lectures, workshops and seminars on ...