Travelling Speakers are international Keynote Speakers who are already in Australia for a tour, a major event or another speaking commitment, and who have room in their schedule for more bookings. Engaging one while they are here gives your audience access to global Talent without the lead time and cost of flying someone in for a single date. This page lists the international Speakers Saxton Speakers currently has touring Australia, with their dates, cities and the formats they're available for. We update it as new tours are confirmed. If a name suits your event, enquire early. Touring windows are fixed, and the best dates go first.
If you'd like the opportunity to have any of these heavyweights present at your next event contact our expert team for more information and someone will get back to you within 24 hours to discuss your event.
Aiva Anagnostiadis: Racing Driver and F1 Academy Alumna
Location and Dates: Australia, 28 October to 9 November 2026. Open to additional bookings during her return, with cities and dates to be confirmed on enquiry.
Availability: Fireside Chat, Panel (Participant), Q&A Session, Private Event Appearance
About Aiva:
Fresh from a rookie GT4 season that brought several podiums, a maiden win at Monza and fourth place in the championship, Aiva is home for a short spring window. She has already raced on Formula 1 circuits around the world, represented Australia at the FIA Motorsport Games and relocated to the UK with her family to chase a place at the top of the sport. On stage, she speaks plainly about pressure, injury and expectation, and what it takes to keep backing yourself. Organisations with emerging leaders, young people or fast-moving teams will find the conversation lands with real weight.
Lydia Lassila: Five-Time Winter Olympian and Olympic Gold Medallist
Location and Dates: Australia, May to November 2026. Available for select engagements across this period.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel
About Lydia:
Five-time Winter Olympian, Olympic Gold and Bronze medallist, and the first woman in history to land a quad-twisting triple somersault in competition. Lydia Lassila knows what it takes to perform under pressure when the margin for error is zero, and she has built a Keynote around the frameworks that actually made it possible: deliberate preparation, fear management, recovery from injury, and the discipline to compete again when everything in you says not to. In Australia from May through November 2026, with genuine flexibility for engagements across that window.
Shane Michael Hatton: Leadership, Communication and Culture Expert
Location and Dates: Australia, September and October 2026. Available for local engagements across both months.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Workshop, Fireside Chat, Executive Briefing
About Shane:
A two-time author and Gallup-certified coach whose work spans Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and The Australian, Shane Michael Hatton has spent a decade building a practice at the intersection of leadership, psychology, and team culture. His approach is grounded in both commercial experience and behavioural science, and his focus on how people communicate, connect, and collaborate makes him a practical, evidence-based choice for organisations investing seriously in their leadership pipeline. In Australia across September and October 2026, available for local engagements.
Richard Gerver: Educator, Reformer & Expert on Human Potential
Location and Dates: October 2026. Available for local engagements across these windows.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel, Workshop
About Richard:
The turnaround of a failing school in under two years earned Richard Gerver a reputation that governments and global corporations have been drawing on ever since. An adviser to Google, Microsoft, and multiple national governments, his work sits at the intersection of curiosity, learning, and human potential, and his ability to connect ideas across very different environments consistently expands how audiences understand their own capacity for change. His delivery combines intellectual substance with genuine warmth. In Australia in October 2026, available for local engagements.
Hari Budha Magar: Former Gurkha Rifleman and First Double Above-Knee Amputee to Summit Everest
Location and Dates: Australia, 10-30 November 2026. Open to keynote and event bookings across the country during this window.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Q&A Session, Private Event Appearance
About Hari:
Fifteen years in the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles built the discipline. Losing both legs above the knee to an IED in Afghanistan tested it. What Hari did next redefined it. In January 2026 he completed the 7 Summits, becoming the first double above-knee amputee in history to stand atop the highest peak on every continent, a challenge fewer than 500 people have ever finished. His Australian tour follows this achievement, and audiences get the account first-hand: not a story about overcoming disability, but a working method for treating limits as decisions rather than facts.
Dr Ayanna Howard: Robotics Pioneer, NASA Alumna and AI Innovator
Location and Dates: Australia, November 2026. Available for select engagements during this window.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Executive Briefing
About Ayanna:
A robotics pioneer who began her career as a team leader at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr Ayanna Howard has spent three decades at the frontier of artificial intelligence and human-robot interaction. She is the co-founder of Zyrobotics, a company designing AI-driven STEM education and therapy tools for children with disabilities, which places her at a specific intersection of deep technical expertise and real-world social impact. For audiences grappling with where AI and robotics are genuinely heading, she brings the kind of grounded authority that is hard to replicate. In Australia in November 2026.
Chris Barton: Founder of Shazam, Inventor and Tech Investor
Location and Dates: Australia, November 2026. Available for select engagements during this window.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat
About Chris:
He didn't just build a successful app. He built something that didn't exist, was told it couldn't exist, and watched it become a verb used by 300 million people a month. On stage, Chris Barton is specific where others are vague: speaking from the exact moments where the idea nearly died, and the solution emerged from somewhere unexpected. His Keynotes don't traffic in inspiration. They shift how audiences think about what is actually possible, and what innovation looks like when it's happening in real time. In Australia in November 2026.
Campbell Macpherson: Leadership and Change Expert and Author
Location and Dates: Australia, late November to early December 2026. Dates are flexible within this window.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Workshop, Executive Briefing
About Campbell:
Leaders who want a straighter conversation about change will find one in Campbell Macpherson's sessions. His work starts with the leader, then extends to the team around them, so the thinking carries back into the business. Campbell has held senior roles at Zurich Life, Virgin Wines and the AMP Group, and served as Senior Adviser to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He is an Executive Fellow of Henley Business School, and his book The Change Catalyst was named 2018 UK Business Book of the Year. He is in Australia from late November to early December 2026.
Chanel Contos: Consent Education Advocate and Campaigner
Location and Dates: Australia-wide, December 2026 to March 2027. Open to bookings across the window, with flexibility on city.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel (Moderator or Participant), Q&A Session
About Chanel:
A campaign that started on Instagram ended in national law reform. Chanel Contos founded Teach Us Consent after former students began sharing their own experiences of sexual violence at school, and turned that groundswell into mandated consent education across Australian classrooms. She built support across the political divide, from state premiers to prime ministers, to get there. Touring Australia through September and October, Chanel is available for corporate and conference keynotes, and for schools wanting her to speak directly with students and staff on consent education. She brings a first-hand account of building a movement from nothing, and what that means for any organisation or institution serious about culture change.
Lord Ian Botham: English Cricketing Legend
Location and Dates: Australia, mid-December 2026 until the end of March 2027. Available for select engagements during this window.
Availability: Fireside Chat
About Ian:
Lord Ian Botham is one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, having represented England in both Test and One-Day International formats. He played first-class cricket for Somerset, Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland. Ian has fundraised for over 40 years, completing 18 long-distance charity walks and raising more than £20 million for a range of causes. He established Beefy’s Charity Foundation in 2013, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Ian was named the first-ever President of Blood Cancer UK in 2003.
Sir Clive Woodward: World Cup-Winning Coach & High-Performance Leadership Expert
Location and Dates: Australia, January 2027. Open to keynote and event bookings across the country during this window.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Executive Briefing, Panel (Moderator or Participant)
About Clive:
Few coaches have built a winning culture twice, in two different sports, on the world's biggest stages. Sir Clive Woodward took England's rugby team from sixth in the world to World Cup champions in 2003, then went on to lead Team GB's Directorate of Sport through London 2012, delivering the nation's most successful Olympic Games in the modern era. His January visit to Australia gives audiences a rare chance to hear the model first-hand, in the country where his England side won it all. Clive speaks with the authority of someone who has built high-performance teams from the ground up, not studied them from the outside.
Martina Navratilova: 18-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion
Location and Dates: Melbourne, 11-31 January 2027. Available for select engagements around the Australian Open.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel (Moderator or Participant), Q&A Session
About Martina:
Few athletes carry authority beyond the record books quite like Martina Navratilova. Winner of 59 Grand Slam titles and more than 200 weeks as world number one in both singles and doubles, she has turned that same discipline toward causes she cares about deeply, from LGBTQ+ rights to breast cancer awareness. In Australia for the Australian Open, she brings decades of insight as both a competitor and broadcaster, along with the candour that has made her one of sport's most recognised voices. Audiences leave with a first-hand account of resilience, reinvention and speaking up when it counts.
Carl Richards: Author, Visual Artist and Financial Commentator
Location and Dates: Australia, January to March 2027. Available for engagements around Australia.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Panel (Moderator or Participant), Q&A Session
About Carl:
With a marker and a few simple lines, Carl makes money's most tangled ideas impossible to misunderstand. For more than a decade his sketches in The New York Times did exactly that. On stage he draws live as he speaks, pairing honest storytelling with 25 years of experience in finance. Audiences laugh, often tear up, and leave ready to have the money conversations they have been putting off. His visit early in 2027 coincides with the start of the Australian conference season, a strong window for financial services, wealth and superannuation events.
Dave Stewart: Musician, Producer and Creativity Strategist
Location and Dates: Australia, early March 2027. Dates flexible within this touring window, confirm availability on enquiry.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Executive Briefing
About Dave:
Co-founder of Eurythmics, his creative instincts have shaped four decades of platinum records, award-winning soundtracks and some of the most recognised songs in modern music. Bob Dylan once called him "lightning in a box," a description that says as much about his unpredictability as his brilliance. Beyond music, he has built brands, produced films and worked at the intersection of art and technology, more recently turning his attention to what artificial intelligence means for the future of creative work. His March 2027 visit to Australia gives organisations a direct line to that thinking, on their own stage.
Dr Margie Warrell: Leadership Advisor, Courage Strategist and Author
Location and Dates: Australia, first week of March 2027 and second week of November 2027. Open to additional bookings during both windows. Cities confirmed on enquiry.
Availability: Keynote Presentation, Fireside Chat, Executive Briefing, Conference Opening or Close
About Margie:
Leaders have never had more information or faster tools to process it, yet many are growing more hesitant at the decision making table. Margie works on the gap between insight and action. Her flagship message, Make the Brave Choice, shows leaders how to turn uncertain moments into defining decisions made with clarity, conviction and values they can stand behind. A former Senior Partner at Korn Ferry and the author of five bestselling books, she has advised boards and executive teams worldwide. Raised in rural Australia, she returns home twice in 2027.
Sir Bob Geldof: Live Aid Founder and Humanitarian
Location and Dates: Across Australia, 19 September to 2 October 2027. The nine tour dates are ticketed public shows. Sir Bob is available for corporate engagements on the days around them, in most cities on the routing.
Availability: Fireside Chat, Q&A Session, Private Event Appearance
About Bob:
In conversation, Sir Bob Geldof is direct about courage, institutions and what collective action actually costs. He organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8, each one using music to apply political pressure, and in 2025 published Live Aid: The Definitive 40-Year Story with Paul Vallely. Audiences get the person behind “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” on how public awareness turns into action. He tours Australia with The Road Out Here across late September and early October 2027, and is open to select corporate bookings around the shows.
