Marianne Broadbent …developing exceptional 21st century leadership....
Dr Marianne Broadbent is an executive advisor, specialist in leadership and executive capabilities, and commentator on global business and workplace developments. She combines a di...
Dr Broadbent’s knowledge and strategic thinking on truly complex IM/IT issues is exceptional. Her insights illuminate the present situation and anticipate directions for organisation.
Health Canada
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Bob Carr …a master orator....
One of Australia's most popular and respected political leaders, Bob Carr made his political reputation through public speaking.
"There is no doubt Carr is a master orator," acc...
The Hon Bob Carr delivered an informative and thought provoking presentation. Our client ACCA, the event sponsor KPMG and other headline speakers all agreed that he set a high leve...
CIMBIO
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Peter Fisk …author, marketing genius and the complete CEO....
Peter Fisk is an experienced strategist and marketer, a leading business advisor, and an inspirational speaker, author and coach. He was recently described by Business Strategy Rev...
The presentation was thoughtful and provocative. An excellent bringing together of our business challenges that left our people energised and inspired
Accenture
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James Hardy …an adventurous life....
Sir James Hardy is a sportsman, wine maker, raconteur, businessman and community leader. A highly respected businessman who has gained international respect for his outstanding con...
“Sir James was the ideal speaker for our Annual Governor's Dinner- his presentation was most entertaining and he was very well received by our members and guests.”
Brisbane Polo Club - Brisbane
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David Jenkin …the nexus between vision and ethics....
David Jenkin is the author of the Best Selling Book “What Great Retailers Do – 50 Keys to Make Your Shop a Winner”. *
David was Regional Chief Executive and a Board Member of Th...
Would definitely recommend David to other clients - he was a delight to work with.
AMP Insurance Company
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Rod McGeoch …inspirational leadership....
With a remarkable career at the forefront of business, sports administration and the legal profession, Rod McGeoch unites exemplary senior level management experience with an unpar...
Thank you for your valuable contribution to the AIG bancassurance BDM conference. The positive feedback on your session is overwhelming … well done and thank you!
AIG
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Matthew Michalewicz ...CEO, serial entrepreneur and angel investor....
Do you know anyone in his twenties who’d have the boldness to invite former president of Poland Lech Walesa to sit on his company's board as an advisor? Matthew Michalewicz has tha...
At an event that drew over 300 people, Matthew spoke with great eloquence and conviction about the business and life journey that culminated in the writing of his first book. He is...
American Chamber of Commerce SA
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Linda Nicholls …leading director and corporate advisor....
Linda Nicholls is a corporate adviser and Director of a number of leading Australian companies and organisations. She has more than 30 years' experience as a senior executive and c...
Ms. Nicholls' presentation at the 67th Annual Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at George Moscone Conference Center in San Francisco was very well received. ...
Stanford University
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James Strong …the nexus between business and the arts....
James Strong has been responsible for a formidable list of achievements in both business and the arts.
He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Woolworths; Chairman of Insura...
The general consensus of the seminar participants was that James' presentation was excellent and that the message to management was totally practical in its simplicity. Everyone c...
Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd, Melbourne.
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Herb Elliott …the greatest miler....
Australian sporting icon Herb Elliott burst onto the international athletic scene in 1958 when he became the youngest athlete to break the four minute mile.
At the Rome Olympic...
An excellent presenter and presentation. 10/10
Local Government Managers Australia
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Ann Sherry …the forefront of business....
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 Ze...
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Bert van Walbeek … expertise in the asian travel industry....
Bert “Bow-Thai” van Walbeek has been an Hotelier for 35 years and Marketer of Tourism for 25 years, a Motivator for 15 years and a lecturer for 15 years.
He arrived in Thailand...
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James Bellini …outstanding futures analyst....
Dr James Bellini is a futures analyst, business consultant, facilitator and broadcaster specialising in: Long-term trends for the world economy; national economic growth and globa...
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Seddik Belyamani … former executive VP of sales for Boeing Aircraft....
Seddik Belyamani retired as executive vice president of sales for the largest division of The Boeing Company, Boeing Commercial Airplanes on July 1, 2002. He was named to this pos...
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Ken Blanchard … eminent author, speaker, and business consultant....
Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought after author, speaker, and business consultant K...
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Elizabeth Bryan … one of Australia's most successful businesswomen....
Elizabeth Bryan was the first woman appointed to run a large financial institution in Australia, when, in 1992 she was hired as general manager of the $25 billion superannuation f...
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Jung Chang … author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China....
Jung Chang’s book "Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China" has been translated into 30 languages and has sold over 9 million copies world-wide, reaching no. 1 in over a dozen countr...
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Chin-ning Chu … master of strategic thinking....
Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Yuan-Zhang Chu, the pauper who became the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) by defeating the Mongol rule of Genghis Khan. At the age...
I know that all in attendance found your presentation on "Success Without Stress" to be extremely informative, as well as very entertaining. Thank you once again for contributing t...
Director Programming, AUSTEREO LIMITED
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Melissa Clark-Reynolds …Chief Executive,
PayGlobal Ltd....
Melissa Clark-Reynolds was appointed the Chief Executive of PayGlobal Ltd, a high profile Payroll and Human Resources company, based in Christchurch in February 2006.
She is wel...
Melissa was inspirational and down to earth. She meet all our objectives and expectations for the day.
ANZ Bank
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Pierce Cody … the spirit of entrepreneurship....
Born in Melbourne, Pierce Cody started his career in advertising. In 1986, Pierce founded CODY Outdoor, developing a network of over 600 billboards and outdoor advertising placem...
… the delegates really enjoyed his presentation. One comment was that it was a real education. Pierce Cody's session was perfectly placed with another of our presenters who were bo...
Diversified Exhibitions Australia
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Mike Conway … business strategist for The Wiggles Group. ...
Mike Conway has a “can do”, passionate and often “off the wall” fun approach to life and his work. He is the Business leader and strategist for The Wiggles Group of Companies with ...
He really displayed passion for his business.
AMP Services Limited
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Bruce Cotterill …attaining business fitness....
From launching his own computer company at the age of 22, and through leadership roles in a European strategic consulting firm, an Australasian commercial real estate services comp...
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NormaLynn Cutler … President, Cutler Enterprises....
Profile will be available shortly.
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Emmanuel Daniel … Asia's most incisive financial services industry commentator....
Emmanuel Daniel is the founder of The Asian Banker. He is Managing Director and Editor–In–Chief of the Company he founded in September 1996, and has led it to become the leading re...
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Nicholas Davie ... CEO, Publicis Mojo....
Nicholas was born and educated in Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) degree from La Trobe University. He began his career in marketing with Unilever in 1979 and went on...
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Andrew Demetriou ... CEO of the Australian Football League....
Andrew Demetriou is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League recently taking over from Wayne Jackson who held the position for 6 years. For three years prior t...
Very good
Landmark
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Ian Elliot ...former Chairman, George Patterson....
Over 30 years in the highly competitive advertising industry, Ian Elliot rose from mail boy to CEO and Chairman of Australia’s biggest agency, George Patterson. He’s a master strat...
This was a presentation that made our team think deeply about who they were and what they could achieve with the rest of their lives.
Citibank
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Tony Faure …Managing Director of Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand....
Tony joined Yahoo! Australia & NZ in July of 1997 as general manager and headed up the local service's launch two months later. Managing a fast growing team, he continues to be res...
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Tony Fernandes …founder, AirAsia Berhad....
Tony Fernandes is the Director and Founder of Malaysia’s second largest airline, AirAsia Berhad, which commenced its operations in December 2001.
Also the Group Chief Executive...
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Stephane Garelli … competitiveness, international trade and investments....
Stephane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and at the University of Lausanne. He is an authority on World Competitiveness ...
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Michael Gerber … business visionary, entrepreneur and noted author....
Michael Gerber is leading a Small Business Revolution. He calls it The E-Myth Revolution, and over the past two decades he has indelibly touched hundreds of thousands of small busi...
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Nick Greiner …dynamic negotiator....
Nick Greiner was Premier and Treasurer of New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. His government was a world leader in public sector reform, including privatisation, private infrastruct...
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Richard Hames …futurist, author and corporate philosopher....
Dr Richard Hames is a strategic foresight practitioner and one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. As founder of globally distributed think-tank The Hames Group, Richard...
Richard’s ability to rapidly understand our culture and impart a strategic thinking skills-set to groups with little previous exposure to this were crucial to our very survival.
Datacraft Technologies
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Fred Hilmer …the business of media....
Fred Hilmer, AO is a challenging and powerful businessman whose thoughts on business and society can be quite provocative. He is the former CEO of Fairfax Holdings and currently De...
Fred was very well-received by the delegates… we thought he had excellent content in terms of his messages.
Investec Bank
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Peter Ivany … former CEO, Hoyts Cinemas....
As Chief Executive of Hoyts Cinemas (1988-1999), Peter grew the company from a small cinema chain with 40 theatres in Australia to a global business with over 2,000 theatres operat...
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Gary Jackson … making IT transform your business....
Mr. Jackson is an experienced IT executive who has been involved in the industry in Australia and Asia for over 30 years. He joined Sandz Solutions as CEO in June 2005 to work with...
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Jeffrey Kennett …vision and leadership....
Jeff Kennett entered the Victorian State Parliament in 1977. He served in the Liberal Government in the early 1980's as Minister for Housing, Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Af...
Excellent presentation delivered with passion…
Awesome man, awesome presentation. 10 out of 10. A real professional…
A most inspiring and informative session. Excellent presentation…
2005 National public sector Speaker evaluations
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Craig Kimberley ... Founder of Just Jeans. ...
Just Jeans was born in 1970. It was a time of transition, a time of restlessness, a time of rebellion.
At the time, Craig Kimberley was working for the sportswear manufacturing ...
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Ian Lovett … unconventional and highly profitable banker....
Ian is the Deputy Chairman of Dunbar Bank, part of the Zurich Financial Services Group of which he is a Director. Apart from running what is an unconventional and highly profitable...
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Frank Maguire … absolutely, positively overnight....
Francis X. Maguire's great gift is his ability to find the hidden treasures in every endeavour's most important asset, its people. One of corporate America's proven achievers and i...
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Bob Mansfield … leading management strategist....
Bob Mansfield was born in Rabaul, New Guinea and educated at Barker College, Hornsby. He attended the University of NSW and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree wit...
Bob Mansfield's presentation was considered the highlight of our conference, receiving an average rating of 4.72 out of 5—the highest rating of all conference sessions. Comments in...
Nortell
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Nigel Marsh ...best-selling author, renowned CEO and performance coach....
Best-selling author, renowned CEO and performance coach, Nigel Marsh is an impactful and distinctive speaker.
In his career, Nigel has worked with an enormous variety of busines...
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Karen Matthews …CEO, Ella Baché....
Karen Matthews was recently awarded the PWC National Franchise Woman of the Year 2007. She was also awarded the Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year 2004 and PWC NSW Franchise W...
Karen was a particularly good choice for this market as she is so down to earth and approachable which allowed the audience to relate to her more than some other 'CEO's'. Her prese...
Westpac Banking Corporation
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John Maxwell … entrepreneur, author, and dynamic speaker....
As a cutting-edge entrepreneur, best-selling author, and dynamic speaker, Dr. John C. Maxwell has cultivated an extensive following among the most highly respected and influential ...
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Alan Patching …leadership, negotiation and management....
Alan Patching is regarded as one of Australia's most internationally recognised leaders, consultants and business presenters in his field.
He has been described as the Australi...
Alan was terrific...He went out of his way to contribute to the success of the event, by offering improvements and ideas.
AITD
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Walt Pavlo ...the inner-workings of white-collar crime....
Exclusive to Saxton in Australia and New Zealand.
Recently released from prison, Walt Pavlo is a former executive, who now specialises in speaking to corporate audiences ...
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Andrew Peacock … an outstanding career in politics and business....
The Hon Andrew Peacock AC commenced duties as Chairman of MFS Limited on 19 March 2007. Prior to that he was President of Boeing Australia, beginning July 2002.
Andrew Peacock ...
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Tim Pethick …nudie founder and non-executive director....
Following the successful launch of nudie, Tim stepped aside from day-to-day involvement with the business in March 2005 and is now an entrepreneur and brand guru who is working on ...
Tim was excellent! Out of a fantastic line-up of speakers, all of whom did a great job and kept the audience interested and engaged, Tim was still a stand out speaker.
He was ...
Chamber of Commerce & Industry of WA
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Lou Pritchett … one of corporate America’s living legends....
Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America’s living legends—an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher, and highly rated speaker. He is recognized worldwide as the foremost leader in chan...
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Howard Putnam … former Southwest Airlines CEO....
A down-to-earth and entertaining speaker, Howard Putnam's ultimate object is the "bottom line improvement." He believes companies that place "people" as their #1 priority have the ...
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Mary Quin …covering business and social issues....
Mary Quin is perhaps best known as one of a group of 16 tourists taken hostage in Yemen by local militants. Mary’s dramatic escape during a gun battle between the militants and the...
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Neville Roach … leading IT policy maker....
Neville Roach is Chairman and CEO of Fujitsu Australia and has been head of the company since 1989. He has had an extensive career in the IT and telecommunications industry in both...
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Mary Robinson … former President of Ireland....
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson was the first woman elected to this office. As Ireland's Head of State, Ms. Robinson represented her country internationally, developing ...
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Robert Savage … leadership in a networked world....
Bob Savage is one of Australia's most authoritative speakers on global IT strategy. With 35 years international experience with IBM in marketing, finance, software development and ...
You delivered exactly the presentation we discussed, and our delegates appreciated your experience and point of view on technology and partnerships.
Rothschild Australia Asset Management Ltd
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Peter Schutz … former president and CEO of Porsche AG....
Peter W. Schutz was born in Berlin, Germany on April 20, 1930. After leaving Germany in March of 1939, his family settled in Chicago, Illinois where Peter grew up and received his ...
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Cameron Schwab …CEO, Fremantle Dockers Football Club....
Cameron commenced his career as a junior administrator/office boy at the Melbourne Football Club at the age of 18 in 1982. He was later appointed Recruiting Manager. In 1987 the De...
A quality presentation delivered in a relaxed manner using specific examples relating to the topics discussed made this a thoroughly enjoyable experience for all of our management sales team.
Celebration Homes WA
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Judith Slocombe …understanding the jungle of business....
Dr Judith Slocombe graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Melbourne, and after practising in Australia and overseas commenced a small veterinary pathology business from...
Dr Slocombe presented a range of challenging ideas for veterinarians to consider, in an interesting and engaging way. We received very positive feedback from several of her audienc...
Australian Veterinary Association
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Brian Waldron … CEO of the Melbourne Storm....
Brian began his professional life working in Secondary Education. In 1991 he commenced a Sports administration career when he was appointed Development Manager with the Richmond Fo...
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Graeme Wood …founder of Wotif.com....
Graeme Wood revolutionised the travel industry in Australia when he created the concept for, and cofounded, Wotif.com in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Graeme has grown...
Graeme was not only an enthusiastic and comical speaker, but possessed a strong business acumen and expertise of his business and technology. An engaging speaker who held the crowd...
AM Breakfast Club
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Zig Ziglar ... hard work, common sense and integrity....
A talented author and speaker, Zig Ziglar has an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation. Since 1970, he has travelled over five million miles across the wor...
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