Are you looking for a high profile international speaker to add to your next event? Use this list as a resource to keep up to date on the thought leaders and story tellers visiting Australia throughout the year and take advantage of reduced travel rates.
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.
Meggie Palmer - Founder of PepTalkHer, Tech Entrepreneur, Journalist and Equal Pay Advocate.
Meggie Palmer is a confidence creator. Her infectious positivity motivates everyone she interacts with - the CEOs she coaches, the audiences she speaks to globally and the millennials she trains to overcome imposter syndrome. A high energy leader, facilitator and inspirational speaker, Meggie is on a mission to close the pay gap. She is the Founder & CEO of PepTalkHer - a passionate and devoted community of more than 15,000 people globally.
Meggie will be in Australia from late February to 10 March 2020 and is available for local Speaking engagements.
Margie Warrell - Live & Lead with Courage.
You’ve Got This!, Train the Brave, Make Your Mark, Stop Playing Safe and Find Your Courage. The titles of Margie’s books reflect her passion for emboldening people to lead braver and more purposeful lives. Margie has needed to find her courage many times since growing up one of seven children on a dairy farm in rural Australia. Personal adversity, backpacking solo around the world, starting a business with four children under five: all have taught her valuable lessons in building resilience, challenging norms and embracing change.
Today, Margie draws on her background in Fortune 500 business, coaching and psychology to equip people with the mindset, strategies and skills to lead themselves and others to better outcomes.
Margie will be in Australia from late February to March 2020 and is avaialble for local engagements.
Holly Ransom - Global strategist on Inter-Generational Leadership.
A specialist in disruptive strategy, a private company director and advocate for social and economic inclusion, Holly Ransom is recognized globally for her super-human ability to synthesize and simplify complex issues, and create engaging, thought-provoking conversation. Named one of Australia’s 100 Most Influential Women by the Australian Financial Review, Holly has delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, interviewed Barack Obama on stage and was Sir Richard Branson’s nominee for Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List’ of Future Game Changers to watch in 2017. In 2019 she was awarded the US Embassy’s Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Leadership Excellence.
Holly Ransom will be in Australia from 20 May to 23 August 2020 and is available for local events.
Bethany Hamilton - Soul Surfer and Shark Attack Survivor
Bethany Hamilton has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith, and hope. At the age of thirteen, the young surfer lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark. With resilience and tenacity, she returned to the water a month later; and within two years had won her first national title. Her remarkable story has been told in a best-selling autobiography and in the 2011 blockbuster sensation film, Soul Surfer. Not satisfied with mediocrity, Bethany has continually pushed her surfing ability and has proven to be one of the leading professional surfers of our time. She has been called the "Queen of Surfing" and her legendary status was confirmed when she beat two of the world's best competitive surfers during a women's pro event in Fiji in 2016. This year she is being inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame.
Erik Wahl - Internationally recognized graffiti artist & bestselling author.
Erik Wahl is an American graffiti artist, speed-painter, author, and entrepreneur who is re-defining the term 'keynote speaker.'
Pulling from his history as both a business strategist and an artist, he has grown to become one of the most sought-after speakers available today. Erik’s on-stage painting seamlessly becomes a visual metaphor to the core of his message, encouraging organizations toward profitability through innovations and superior levels of performance.
In the past ten years, Erik has shared his incredible message with the largest and most influential companies in the world, leaving behind his prized artwork as a reminder of his passion for breakthrough thinking.
Erik will be in Australia in March 2020 and is available for local events at reduced travel costs.
Richard Gerver - Innovator, Educator & Best-selling Author
Richard Gerver is one of the most celebrated speakers in the world. His insights into change, leadership and education are unique thanks to his own extraordinary journey, which has seen him go from being a struggling actor, copywriter and real-estate agent, to becoming an award-winning school principal and now, best-selling author, award winning speaker and advisor to high performing corporate and sports organisations.
Richard will return to Australia in February and June 2020 and is available for local events at significantly reduced travel costs.
Martin Lindstrom- One of the world's leading branding experts.
Martin Lindstrom is recognized as one of the world’s leading business, branding, and culture transformation experts. IME magazine named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people, and for the last six years, Thinkers50 has listed him among the world’s top business thinkers. His cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology and his New York Times-bestselling books are reshaping how organizations approach innovation, culture, and business transformation.
Martin will be in Australia in late May through the early June 2020.
HALO- Fantastic covers band.
HALO are a professional band based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Boasting 3 dedicated lead vocalists and a power-house live band, HALO are able to deliver an outstanding entertainment package, while at the same time covering a wide range of musical genres, feels and styles.They have a reputation for quality that is second to none. They perform with passion, feel, and expertise, and their wide variety of contemporary popular music is loved by audiences of all ages.
HALO will be in Australia in late May through the early July 2020.
