Prof John Croucher

Speaker Profile

One of Australia's leading academics, Professor John Croucher is an outstanding communicator with multiple national awards for his presentation skills and an international track record of invited seminars on a wide variety of topics. With two doctorates - in statistics and history - John is an acclaimed author with 15 books and over 1000 newspaper columns to his credit. His seven years as a television presenter on rugby league telecasts made him a household name. John's extensive media involvement includes his extremely popular column 'Number Crunch' appearing in both the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age since 2000 and read by up to 1.7 million people each week.

John is a passionate presenter who is in high demand as a keynote speaker and is a practitioner in many fields. He is also a valued consultant to business, industry and the government. In 2003 he was made a Visiting Professor at the University of London and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, the Australian Mathematics Society along with his admission to the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.

His broad range of expertise provides many exciting presentation possibilities, including law, medicine, sport, gambling, fraud and business. He is an ideal after-dinner speaker demonstrating the power of numbers in challenging and intriguing ways. Particularly popular are his number quizzes, blending competition and fun for a unique brand of entertainment.

Of special interest to business is the way in which John Croucher demonstrates how management can get the best out of an organisation through the strategic use of information. With topics that include data analysis, forecasting and project management, he incorporates inspirational stories and case studies to stimulate and captivate his audience. John's easy to understand talks are a must for managers who want to motivate their staff while providing a scientific basis on how to run their operation more effectively.

John Croucher also has a collection of inspirational and motivational stories that he delivers with enthusiasm and passion to demonstrate the heights of human behaviour and achievement. These fascinating accounts allow the audience to tap into their own motivation and self-esteem, challenging and arousing their own sense of worth in reaching their desired goals.