Mike Chinoy … CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent....
Mike Chinoy is CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent. Formerly Beijing Bureau Chief for eight years and Hong Kong Bureau Chief for five years, Chinoy has brought unique depth and perspec...
We could not have asked for more from Mike - his preparation before the event, the alignment of his presentation with the brief provided and his willingness to alter his speech as ...
Fidelity Australia Limited
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Roger Corbett …leadership in international business....
Roger Corbett is the retired CEO and Group Managing Director of Woolworths Limited, the largest retail company in Australia. He continues to work with Woolworths in a consulting C...
Following the HP Technology@Work event in Melbourne, we wanted to personally thank you for your contribution to the day.
Your keynote really was a high point of the event. It w...
Hewlett-Packard
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Michael Coyne …wherever it is, whatever it takes....
Exclusive to Saxton
Michael Coyne has worked for 30 years as a photographer covering wars, revolutions and international events in places like, The Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesi...
The audience sat transfixed throughout Michael’s presentation and he was just right for this particular audience.
Abare Economics
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Tracey Dale …versatility and professionalism....
Tracey Dale is one of the most-recognised media personalities in Australia. A former Miss Australia and co-presenter of the hugely successful Our House info-tainment series, she sp...
Delightful person. Great presenter - relaxed easy-manner and popular with delegates
Housing Industry Association
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Peter Ellyard …creating the future....
Dr Peter Ellyard is a futurist and strategist who lives in Melbourne. Peter is a graduate of Sydney University (BSc.Agr) and of Cornell University (MS , Ph.D ).
He is currently ...
Very personable and helpful to our association. It's amazing that he can speak for so long without notes … His passion is infectious, his ideas and concepts provocative. Thank you, Peter
AACC
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Nicolas Frances …leading social entrepreneur....
Nic Frances is a world renowned social entrepreneur and an award-winning writer. Born in England, Nic made his home in Melbourne, Australia, in 1998 and is father to two children, ...
A dynamic speaker that got everyone talking; his controversial views and no holds barred expression was just what was required to get everyone energised. His enthusiasm is contagio...
Coolnrg International
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Barry Jones … a national icon....
Hon. Dr. Barry Jones, AO, FAA, FAHA, FTSE, FASSA, FRSA, FRSV, FACE, FAIM is a writer, broadcaster and former Labor Minister.
A Member of the House of Representatives for the Vic...
Dr Jones, was very professional to work with prior to and during the conference and he is an excellent presenter.
Australasian Cemeteries and Crematoria Association
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Jason Yat-sen Li …a passionate Australian....
Jason has an Arts/Law degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School, where he was Australia’s Hauser Global...
Thank you so much for your help with yesterday's event. You really helped to pull the event together and keep it flowing - exactly what we were after. A lot of people a lot of pe...
AMP Australian Financial Services
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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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Jimmy Pham …Founder and MD, KOTO International....
Jimmy Pham knows his purpose; to make a difference, and through knowing one and teaching one, he has.
Twelve years ago, the Founder and now Managing Director of KOTO internatio...
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Hugh Riminton …first-class journalism and reporting....
Hugh Riminton is the news anchor for CNN based in Hong Kong. Previously he was a Senior Journalist and Broadcaster for the Nine Network.
He began his career as a Finance report...
As Spencer Johnson already told to you during your resent encounter in HK, the feedback from the Sydney delegates was extremely positive. In fact you scored the highest mark out of...
Leading Minds
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Gregory David Roberts …adventure and achievement....
Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne in 1952 and there began a remarkable life affirming story.
When the brilliant writer and philosophy student’s marriage broke up, he t...
His life is testimony to power of love. Gregory is most exciting new speaker to hit the circuit in years . Unbelievably inspiring story brilliantly told. Gregory is not your usual ...
AMP
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Marilyn Waring … an alternative socio-economic view....
Meeting Dr Marilyn Waring will change your perceptions of justice, economics and the worth of your own work forever. David Suzuki has said of this world-renowned political economis...
Marilyn Waring was amazing, not just as a speaker but as a person.
Illahee
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Gough Whitlam …the art of leadership...
(Edward) Gough Whitlam, AC 1987, QC 1962, MHR 1952-78, was Prime Minister from December 1972 to November 1975. When Whitlam became Prime Minister in 1972 he abolished conscription,...
Gough was truly amazing for his age !
C and R Walter Enterprises Pty Ltd
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Bob Feldman ...improving your personal and professional life. ...
Bob Feldman is an international professional speaker, corporate trainer, executive coach and management consultant for communication and presentation skills. Born and raised in Ch...
Bob Feldman is an excellent performer, uses theatrical techniques to bring life to the class. Unusual and very enjoyable!
Ministry of Education (MOE) (Singapore)
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Molly Harriss Olson … internationally recognised leader on sustainability....
Ms Olson earned her Bachelor Degree in Environmental Studies and Natural Resource Economics with Honours from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a distinguished Bate...
Molly was really good at the Q&A session. Very interesting ideas for the future of accountants.
CPA Australia
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Paul Keating …outstanding political leader....
Paul Keating is one of the great Australian political leaders. His continued high international standing reflects his political and social achievements, his knowledge of world aff...
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Alan Oxley ... developing a global perspective....
Alan Oxley maintains that in the global context Australia stands on the threshold of a new era of prosperity. A former career diplomat, he was also one of Australia's most successf...
...we certainly enjoyed a most stimulating and interesting evening's entertainment.
Committee for Economic Development of Aust.
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Peter Ryan … counter-terrorism expert....
Peter Ryan was the top British police chief who arrived in Australia in 1996, with the toughest job in the country; to reform the NSW police service – considered to be one of the m...
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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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Frank Abagnale …catch me if you can....
Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world's most respected authorities on the subject of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For twenty-two years, he has lectured to, and consu...
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Michael Adams … leading market researcher....
Michael Adams is one of Canada's leading market researchers. Since co-founding Environics in 1970, he has guided the firm's growth from a two-person consultancy to one of Canada's ...
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Patch Adams …medicine with a very human difference....
Patch Adams, whose extraordinary life became the subject of a film starring Robin Williams, graduated as a medical doctor in 1971, convinced of the powerful connection between envi...
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Alison … courage beyond belief....
Alison led a quiet life in Port Elizabeth, South Africa until one fatal night everything changed.
Alison became a household name with national Television, Newspaper and Radio c...
we have had many speakers over the 20 years including the likes of Nelson Mandela and Margret Thatcher, and no one has gripped us as you did.
Mount Nelson 100 Club
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John Amatt … Canadian conqueror of Everest....
For over 30 years, John has led expeditions to remote regions of Northern Norway, Peru, Nepal, China, Greenland, and has explored areas of Arctic Canada on six occasions, making ma...
One veteran senior executive described your presentation as the best he had ever heard.
American Express
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Kare Anderson … exciting, idea-packed keynote and breakout programmes....
Kare Anderson, MA, is editor of Say It Better, a monthly e-zine covering the latest research and ideas on how to communi...
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Ken Annandale …been there, done that, got the tattoo....
Founder and the director of various companies including the Vulindlela Consortium which won the contract to all the ceremonies for the 1999 All Africa Games and a promotions compan...
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David Avrin ...the visibility coach....
David Avrin is known internationally as the “Visibility Coach.” A popular speaker, trainer and executive coach, David has spent over two decades on the front lines of Marketing, Pu...
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Bill Bachrach … value based selling....
Bill Bachrach, is the author of the best-selling book "Values-Based Selling, The Art of Building High-Trust Client Relationships for Financial Professionals". He is the creator of...
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Gary Bailey … former footballing great and tv personality....
Gary Bailey is a well-known TV persona in South Africa, presenting football on Mnet°s SuperSport. Most people know that Gary was a successful English football player, and the son o...
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Ben Baldwin … life insurance expert....
A nationally known speaker and writer in the area of variable universal life, Ben Baldwin is president and owner of a RIA firm. He is involved in financial education, consulting, a...
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Rick Barrera … the value of Intellectual Capital....
In 1981 Rick Barrera founded his consulting and training firm to identify and teach the distinctions Peak Performers make to produce exceptional results. He first applied these pri...
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Alan Bean … fourth man to set foot on the moon....
Captain Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot, became the fourth man in history to set foot on the moon. As Commander of Skylab Mission II, he lived 59 days in space, 270 miles a...
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David Bellamy …one of the world's great naturalists....
Environmentalist, botanist, ecologist, author and broadcaster, Professor David Bellamy is one of the most widely recognised and respected naturalists in the world. The Special Pro...
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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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Sheila Murray Bethel … one of the 21 top speakers for the 21st century....
Sheila Murray Bethel is a globally acknowledged lecturer specializing in Leadership, Change and Personal Excellence. With humble beginnings and only a high school education, Sheila...
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Rod Biasca … international change management guru....
Rod Biasca is founder and principal of R. Biasca & Associates, a small and prestigious Argentine consulting firm in the Business Improvement field. His book “Productivity” gave him...
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Harold Dickie Bird … one of the best ever cricket umpires....
Harold 'Dickie' Bird is considered one of the best umpires ever in cricket. By the time he retired from International cricket in June 1996, he had stood at 66 Test matches, well ov...
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Raymond Blanc …one of the finest chefs in the world....
Raymond Blanc is acknowledged as both one of the finest chefs in the world and a tremendously skilled entrepreneur.
He quickly gained two Michelin stars for Le Manoir aux Quat’...
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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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Henry Blofeld …one of cricket's legendary voices....
Often assumed to be as dotty as his trademark bow-tie, Henry Blofeld’s quaint obsession with London buses and pigeons has ensured him a place alongside John Arlott and Brian Johnst...
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Nate Booth …thriving in times of change....
Dr. Nate Booth received his DDS degree from the University of Nebraska in 1991. He received his master’s degree in counseling from the same school in 1983. From 1987 through 1997, ...
I cannot begin to tell you how much you have positively impacted so many employees through this one event! In fact, my boss has been inundated with notes and phone messages thankin...
Bank of America
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Nicholas Boothman …rapport by design, thinking without thinking....
Nicholas Boothman is the author of How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less and How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less.
A former fashion and advertising phot...
Entertaining and enlightening - a phenomenal hit.
AT&T
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Roger Bootle … prominent economic forecaste and commentator....
Roger Bootle is one of the City of London's most respected economists, Roger Bootle now runs his own consultancy, Capital Economics and is also Economic Adviser to Deloitte & Touch...
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John Bruton …former Prime Minister of Ireland....
John Bruton is a former Prime Minister of Ireland, one of the fastest growing economies in Europe, and a former President in Office of the European Council (from June – December 19...
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Marcus Buckingham ... one of the world's best business speakers....
Marcus Buckingham is one of the world's most sought-after consultants and speakers. As the Global Practice Leader for The Gallup Organization's Strengths Management practice, he ha...
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Geoff Burch …the alternative business guru....
Geoff Burch is one of the most sought after business speakers worldwide. On almost any business subject, Geoff can thrill, challenge and amuse. Some call him a motivator, others an...
... Absolutely wonderful job you did at our corporate conference with your entertaining and inspiring talk. I have never heard such good feedback about a guest speaker in my entire...
Adia Alfred Marks
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Peter Burwash …motivated to achieve....
Davis Cup star, winner of 19 international tennis titles, Canadian champion, founder of the world's largest international tennis management firm and best-selling author, Peter Burw...
This was the best presentation on leadership I have ever heard.
3M Corp
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Richard Butler …Australia's most influential diplomat...
Richard Butler is widely recognized internationally as Australia's most influential diplomat in contemporary times. For the last three years following his Australian and United Na...
“...your session was one of the highlights. Your presentation showed the big
picture.... was thought-provoking and excellent and it made us think beyond
the normal or expected an...
AICD 2002 Conference
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Phillip W Byrd … Director General of the American Importers Association....
As Director General of the American Importers Association, Phillip W Byrd knows the ways that importers in the USA want to be contacted and marketed to, and part of his job as dire...
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Chris Cairns …one of the greatest all-rounders of all time....
Chris Cairns was widely acknowledged as one of the best all rounders in world cricket. During his career, he was the corner stone of the New Zealand cricket team.
The 2000 Wisde...
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Jack Canfield … compelling and empowering coach....
You probably know Jack Canfield as the founder and co-creator of the New York Times #1 best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, which currently has over fifty-one titles...
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Williams Carling OBE BA …England's most successful rugby captain....
David Williams Charles (Will) Carling, England's youngest and most successful rugby captain was 22 years old when we took the position of captain and steered the English side to a ...
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Richard Carlson ... happiness and stress reduction expert....
Richard Carlson is considered one of the foremost experts in happiness and stress-reduction. He is the author of fifteen popular books including the runaway best-seller, Don't Swea...
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John Cassidy ...staff writer at the New Yorker for six years...
John Cassidy, one of the United State's leading business journalists, has been a staff writer at the New Yorker for six years, covering economics and finance. Previously he was bus...
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Jim Cathcart …professional speaking at its peak....
Jim Cathcart is founder and president of Cathcart Institute, Inc. and one of the most widely recognized professional speakers in the world. As the author of 13 books and scores of ...
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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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Tony Christiansen …strength, wisdom and inspiration....
Tony is one of Australasia’s leading inspirational and motivational speakers. He is humorous, bold and straight talking as he brings you a story you will never forget. He tells of...
Tony is a true inspiration and had the audience hooked on every word.
Commonwealth Bank
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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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Graeme Codrington ...intellectual capital expert....
Dr Graeme Codrington is an international speaker and best-selling author. He is the founder of a business strategy consultancy known as TomorrowToday.biz (NOTE: pronounced "Tomorro...
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Sebastian Coe …world champion athlete....
Winner of two Olympic gold and two Olympic silver medals, Sebastian Coe is one of the greatest middle distance runners of all time.
He is Britain's most prolific world record s...
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Quinton Coetzee … finding your natural potential....
Quinton was born in the Namib Desert and having spent most of his young life in the bush, he began his working career near there as a hunter. He later attained a university degree...
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Gerald Coffee …beyond survival....
Named one of America's top ten speakers, Coffee is considered by many of his audiences to be their most memorable presenter. His stories stir emotions as he makes them relevant to ...
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Justin Cohen … the psychology of success....
What are the psychological drivers of success? A Harvard study found only one key factor present in the star performers in sport, business, art and science - motivation. The proble...
Justin gave a stunning performance! The consensus in the group was that he was the best speaker.
Academy of Chief Executives
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Donald Cooper …Canada's leading retailer....
Today's sophisticated audiences want to hear from speakers who have actually done it … and done it well! Donald has done it. Winner of seven awards for marketing, service and bus...
You received the highest ranking of all the presenters at our National Conference. Here are just a few quotes from our people…
- Excellent! The best motivation session I've ever...
AT&T
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Ronnie Corbett … a giant of the comedy world....
Edinburgh born Ronnie Corbett's first ever performance with Ronnie Barker was on the The Frost Show and started a comedy pairing which was to go on to be one of the greatest and lo...
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Patrick Cordingley ...leadership, control, team-building and decision-making....
Patrick Cordingley commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade (the Desert Rats), comprising 5,000 men and equipped with tanks, armoured infantry, artillery, engineers and support services....
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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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Russell Coutts …successful skipper of America's Cup in 2003....
Russell Coutts is the winning skipper of the America’s Cup in 1995 and 2000 (for Team New Zealand) and 2003 (for Alinghi). Russell began to sail when he was 6 on a P-Class, New Zea...
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Stephen Covey … the seven habits of highly effective people....
Dr Stephen Covey is Vice Chairman of the board of Franklin Covey Company, created in 1997 by a merger of Covey Leadership Centre and the Franklin Quest Company.
The organisatio...
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Lynne Cox …swimming to Antarctica....
Determination, Bravery, Adventurousness - these concepts are the hallmark of Lynne Cox's spectacular career. A bold risk-taker who has explored the far territories of human enduran...
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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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Robert Davies … strategy, innovation and leadership....
Dr Robert Davies has held faculty appointments at the London Business School, the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York and in Canada at the University of British Columbia ...
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Edward de Bono … leading thinker on thinking....
Born in 1933, Edward de Bono attended St Edward's College, Malta, during the war, and then Malta University. Having obtained a degree in Medicine, he then proceeded as a Rhodes Sch...
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Frederik Willem (F.W.) de Klerk …South African President and peace maker....
Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936, the son of Senator Jan De Klerk, a senior Cabinet Minister. Mr De Klerk joined a firm of attorneys in Vereenigin...
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Roger Douglas …international economic reformer....
Sir Roger Douglas is internationally known as the strategist and driving force behind New Zealand's economic reforms including the deregulation of its financial markets and the flo...
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Alexander Downer ...leadership, an international perspective....
Alexander Downer retired from politics in 2008 after an amazing 24 years and prior to that was a highly successful career diplomat. In every respect Alexander Downer has served his...
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Drum Cafe …communication through drumming...
Imagine the power of your whole company making music together!
Music has the power to transform, inspire, move and motivate us both as individuals and groups. This is because we...
Thank you on behalf of Joe and myself for helping making our function extremely special. The drums were a huge success and were the highlight of the night. We were really impressed...
ANZ
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Philip Emeagwali ...a father of the Internet....
Philip Emeagwali (born in Nigeria, Africa in 1954) is a mathematician and computer scientist. Africa. President Bill Clinton called him "one of the great minds of the Information A...
One of the great minds of the Information Age.
Bill Clinton
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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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Clyde Fessler …the Harley Davidson phenomenon....
Clyde Fessler, the former vice president of business development for Harley-Davidson Motor Company played an integral part in their dramatic turnaround over the past 24 years. Fess...
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Ranulf Fiennes …the greatest living explorer...
Described in 1984 as the 'World's Greatest Living Explorer' by the Guinness Book of Records, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been at the forefront of some of the greatest exploratory exped...
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David Foot … a lively presenter with a must hear message....
"Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift" reflects Professor Foot's research interests which lie in the many relationships between economics and demograp...
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Mark Gallagher ...running the most motivated team in motor-racing....
Head of Marketing, Jordan Racing. Mark is right hand man to Eddie Jordan, described by Murray Walker as running the most motivated team in motor-racing. Mark is responsible for pul...
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Tim Gard …comic visions....
Tim Gard is a nationally recognized humorist and authority on stress reduction through humour. During the last decade, Tim has delivered his entertaining and informative lectures b...
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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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Bob Geldof … musician, businessman, humanitarian and activist....
A self-styled campaigner Bob Geldof is tremendously well informed on a broad range of global and national issues. His presentations are highly provocative and he uplifts and inspir...
Brilliant fit for the audience. Integrated all the briefing messages seemlessly whilst still maintaining "Sir Bob".
Ci Events
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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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