Ovations' Entrepreneur and CEO Speakers come from the wide breadth of accomplished business leaders - the movers and shakers of commercial enterprise. These are the industry geniuses who have disrupted markets, blazed new trails and created commercial empires, highly sought after for their business acumen and vast experience. Give your guests the best advice available, directly from those accomplished leaders who know the most.
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'. Still in his twenties his career has spanned business, media and politics. From having his company listed in the Fastest 50 Start-Ups in Australia, to raising over $5m for his personal clients and acquiring businesses with his panel of investors, Jack D ...
After spending twenty years on Wall Street, John F. "Jack" Perkowski founded ASIMCO, a successful manufacturing company in China. Mr. Perkowski is the chairman and CEO of ASIMCO, which was named "one of the 10 best employers in China." John Perkowski knows how to do business in China, and shares his perspectives with his audiences. Additionally, John Perowski has insight as to what awaits Western ...
Founder of two international corporations on two continents, Jack Sims offers the unique perspective of a transplanted Brit, who started the largest number one-ranked marketing agency in America. His clients are some of the biggest and best brands on the planet, and his expertise lies in getting serious buesinss growth to apply to every person who has though about growing his or her business into ...
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, says that when the Jack Watts advertising agency started up in 1998 it was a small business. "Meaning we didn't have any clients," the 33-year-old laughs. These days it's a very different story, with their billings hitting the $52 million mark. ...
Legendary management expert, businessman and best-selling author Jack Welch has established himself as the one of the nation's most successful and respected business leaders of our generation. Since retiring from the General Electric Company, Jack has focused his efforts on sharing his wealth of knowledge. He is currently serving as Executive Chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute at Stra ...
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 the first, and only, globally recognized brand for careers, changing the face of employment and the Internet forever ...
Jen Geale is co-founder and General Manager of MTB Direct, Australia’s largest retailer of parts, clothing and accessories for mountain biking.
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 could handle and began taking on subcontractors. Because customer turnover made it difficult to build a major business on this basis, he gradually shifted his focus to building up and selling lawn-mowing rounds. And to sell these more effectively, he be ...
Joe Cross is an Australian entrepreneur and investor who invests in early stage high potential growth companies. These include investments in the fashion, transportation, private equity finance, derivatives trading, early childhood education, structural steel distribution and health and wellness sectors. Joe began his business career as a trader on the Sydney Futures Exchange. Joe founded several ...
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 operating throughout Europe, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The creation of Contiki is an incredible success story. When he sold the company a few years ago it was firmly established as an international 'brand' name. John's story is inspiration ...
