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.
Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax newspaper publishing group in August 2005, and formally assumed the position in October 2005. Prior to Fairfax, David Kirk was the CEO and Managing Director of PMP Limited, the largest magazine and commercial printing and media services company in Australia. The company was publicly listed and had revenue of approximately A$1.4 billion and 4,000 empl ...
David Meerman Scott is a master of the new rules for growing business, spreading ideas and generating attention in our always-on, Web-driven world. Advance planning is out – speed and agility are IN! Scale and media buying power are no longer a decisive advantage. Instead, Real-Time is the mindset for the future where content is king! Those who embrace these new ways will leap ahead of competition.
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 in 2005. Mr Murray has substantial experience in the finance and banking sector and considerable knowledge of financial markets. He also has strong corporate governance credentials having guided CBA through a number of major changes, including priv ...
Daymond John is the personification of the American Dream. From his humble beginning on the streets of New York, to a self-made multimillionaire with over $4 billion in global product sales, and a starring role on the ABC business reality TV show Shark Tank, Daymond John continues to set standards of excellence while expanding his interests in fashion, branding, marketing, consulting, entertainmen ...
Denis Horgan founded the Leeuwin Estate winery in Margaret River 30 years ago. Committed to achieving excellence, Leeuwin Estate is recognised internationally for producing premium quality varietal wines ranking alongside the worlds finest. Denis speaks about the dynamics of having family business, growing team depending on strengths and weaknesses and taking the business through good and bad tim ...
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 special space - a sanctuary, to enjoy regular exercise to reach their health, fitness and wellbeing goals. With the first franchise opening in 1994, there are now 65 franchisees across Australia with a further 23 clubs due to open by June 2006.Tod ...
Called "a master in the art of the relationship", Parsons has been lauded for his ability to steer organizations to success - even in difficult economic times. One of the most influential and respected executives of our time, he is the current chairman of Citigroup and a former chairman and CEO of Time Warner, as well as a senior advisor at Providence Equity Partners. He has regularly appeared on ...
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, he fell in love with the pizza industry and took up a Store Managers Position. Since then Don has moved his way through becoming an owner in the Master Franchise to CEO/COO. Following his appointment Domino's Pizza Australia & New Zealand has lifte ...
Doug Daft, 60, the former high school maths teacher from Cessnock who became one of the highest-paid Australian executives in history, stepped down from the helm of the world's biggest soft drink group, The Coca-Cola Company, in 2004. Doug, who joined Coca-Cola at 26 as a planning officer in Sydney, was the first non-American to lead Coke and part of a small club of Australian executives to have l ...
When you want your organisation to thrive, when you want your brand to become iconic, when you insist on owning your industry, there is no alternative: Douglas Kruger helps you to position yourself so that the business comes to you. He is an internationally renowned speaker and business author, who is passionate about growing brands, equipping sales teams and creating thought-leaders. Dougl ...
