Nick O’Hern Golf, Motivation
Nick O’Hern played a variety of sports growing up in Perth, Australia but his passion for golf won over. After completing a traineeship to become a golf professional, his journey to play the game for a living began at the age of 22. Struggling to break 80 in his early years as a pro, he[…] Read More
James Sutherland Cricket, Leadership, Motivation
James Sutherland joined Cricket Australia, then ACB, as GM Commercial in 1998. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2001, a role he has held for more than 17 years. In June 2018 he announced his intention to step down as CEO by mid-2019. A former first-class cricketer for Victoria, Sutherland is also a qualified[…] Read More
Jonathan Brown AFL, Media
Regarded as one of the best power forwards of the last decade, recently retired Jonathan Brown is a three-time Premiership player and Brisbane Lions Club Champion, dual All-Australian and Coleman Medallist in 2007.and Brisbane Lions Club Champion, dual All-Australian and Coleman Medallist in 2007. Jonathan’s retirement places him perfectly for availability for speaking engagements[…] Read More
Naomi Simson Business, Entrepreneur, Inspiration
Naomi co-founded the Big Red Group (BRG) with business partner David Anderson in 2017. BRG is all about serving experiences to different audiences through its various brands: RedBalloon, Adrenaline, IfOnly.com, Redii.com. BRG also include Marketics AI the exclusive distributor of Albert AI in ANZ. BRG is experiencing double digit growth and serves an experience every[…] Read More
Matt Rockman Business, Entrepreneur, Technology
Matt Rockman is an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded SEEK.com, one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. Matt is passionate about developing ideas and working with outstanding people. Matt spends his time managing a portfolio of investments within the ROCKcorp group. These range from start ups to more traditional investing. Matt also runs a charitable[…] Read More
Michelle Bridges Education, Health, Inspiration
In today’s weight conscious society where childhood obesity, meal replacements and lap band surgery dominate the social conversation, the uncluttered message delivered by Michelle Bridges comes as a welcome relief. Best known as Australia’s most influential personal trainer having appeared on nine successful series of Channel Ten’s ‘The Biggest Loser’, Michelle mixes her tough love[…] Read More
Kate Sheahan AFL, Diversity, Motivation
Kate Sheahan is the Richmond AFLW football operations manager, a professional tennis coach noted for helping Daria Gavrilova return from a knee injury, and a former Australian rules football player who played for Collingwood in the 2017 AFL Women’s season. She is the daughter of sports journalist Mike Sheahan. Sheahan played Australian football until she was fourteen as the only girl in a boys’[…] Read More
Liza Pavlakos Inspiration, Motivation
If you’re looking for someone exceptional on the topic of inspiration, motivation, and change, then Lisa Pavlakos is the speaker for you. She has authenticity and conviction on stage that stirs people’s hearts and inspires change. Her message is deeply actionable, and proven–and it’s changing lives around the world. She will tailor my message about[…] Read More
Robert de Castella Inspiration, Olympian, Sport
Robert de Castella is Australia’s greatest ever marathon runner. He set the world record in 1981, became Australia’s first Track and Field World Champion in 1983, won two Commonwealth Games marathons in 1982 and 1986 and dominated the event worldwide for most of the 1980’s. While he represented Australia at four Olympic Games, finishing 5th,[…] Read More
Steve Simpson Business, Communication
Steve Simpson’s global presence is a demonstration of the demand for his insights: Steve has featured at conferences across the globe. His talent lies in helping teams to differentiate their cultures—assisting organisations to create cultures that enable future success while at the same time making them great places to work. Typically, Steve will share his insights[…] Read More
Andrew Lock Inspiration, Motivation, Teamwork
Why use Andrew Lock to inspire and motivate your team? Andrew specializes in creating, leading, and managing teams in highly adverse and uncertain environments. Precisely what organisations are facing in today’s constantly and rapidly changing financial, political and technological world. Andrew Lock is not just a mountaineer. In addition to being the only member of[…] Read More
Steve Waugh Cricket, Leadership, Sport, Teamwork
Steve Waugh AO is Australia’s most successful and beloved Test cricket captain. Steve’s accomplishments have been recognised with the 2001 Allan Border Medal and, under his leadership, the Australian Test Cricket team was named the ‘Best Team in the World’ at the prestigious Laureus Sports Award in 2002. In 2003 Steve was honoured with the[…] Read More
