International Speakers Group

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 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

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’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

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 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

Tim Watson is a beloved hero and favourite son of the Essendon Football Club. He played 307 games for the Bombers between 1977 and 1994 and was known for his bursting pace and skills by hand and foot. His career was decorated with countless awards and his manner earned him a reputation as a gentleman[…] Read More

Sunil Gavaskar is the most successful opening batsmen world cricket has seen. He accrued runs through a flawless technique and disciplined concentration. His defense was so perfect that it was virtually unbreachable. He had a knack for picking the line and length of delivery and played the full range of cricket shots equally well off[…] Read More

Simon Madden has been a heavyweight performer in elite sport, education and business. With 15 years as a teacher in the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne and 14 years in information technology, media and marketing industries, Simon knows what it takes to be successful. Between careers in education and business, Simon somehow managed to[…] Read More

Paul ‘Big Fish’ Salmon’s career has spanned 30 years of football, media and business. His successful works in each field have earned him the reputation as the Salmon, complete professional package. His football career saw him play 324 games. His accolades include being named in the Hawthorn Football Club Team of the Century and dual[…] Read More

In 2005 Rodney Eade was an inaugural Legend inductee into Tasmanian Football’s Hall of Fame. Catching the eye of mainland talent scouts while playing with Glenorchy, Eade was voted the Tasmanian Football League’s best first year player. The following year he was recruited by the Hawthorn Football Club where he remained until 1987, finishing with[…] Read More

Robbie Deans is a former coach of the Australian Wallabies and the most successful coach in Super Rugby history. He is the only man to be part of two tri-nations titles with two different countries. As coach of the New Zealand All Blacks he won 22 Tests, lost four, and drew one – all up[…] Read More