International Speakers Group

Graham Cornes OAM has spent his life in Australian Rules football as both a player and coach. In 2012 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Cornes played 390 games with Glenelg, South Adelaide, North Melbourne and South Australia. A brilliant coach, he had stints with Glenelg, South Adelaide and South Australia.[…] Read More

Gillon McLachlan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League. McLachlan has been with the AFL since 2000 when he started as a consultant in strategic planning and in 2003 was appointed General Manager of Commercial Operations. In 2006 McLachlan was given additional responsibilities for broadcasting and major projects and in 2008 was[…] Read More

Former AFL legend Nathan Burke played over 300 games for St Kilda, Nathan is now using the skills he learnt from elite sport and post sporting career being responsible for over 1000 staff members in the corporate World. “I’ve found over the years that too many people seem to allow the fear of failure to[…] Read More

Graeme Samuel AC is a corporate advisor with specialist expertise in competition and consumer regulation, communications and media, corporate governance, strategic planning and change management, public policy and dealings with government and regulators. Best known from his role as Chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission from 2003 to 2011, Mr Samuel’s professional and[…] Read More

Lydia Lassila has represented Australia in four Winter Olympic Games. She currently holds three world records, the latest being the first woman in history ever to perform the quad-twisting somersault. Lydia has always set the bar high and has been out of her comfort zone and pushing the boundaries since her Olympic dream spawned at[…] Read More

Regarded as the greatest basketballer Australia has ever produced, Andrew Gaze has played in a record five Olympic Games, is the highest point scorer in Olympic history, has played in four World Championships and is the second highest point scorer in world championship history. He holds the record for most Olympic Games for an Australian[…] Read More

Swimming star Brooke Hanson, OAM, an Olympic gold and silver medallist, remains one of Australia’s most recognised Olympians. Brooke made her debut for the Australian Swimming Team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games before going on to represent Australia over 25 times at major international championships. In 2004 Brooke climbed her Everest, when, after missing two[…] Read More

Transitioning from being an expert speed skater to an expert speaker has been an interesting ride over the last 10 years. Steven has presented at over 750 conferences and events in 15 countries and still loves it. He loves the adrenalin before going onstage and loves that his strategies for success in business and in[…] Read More

John Eales is the most successful captain of the Australian rugby team and a highly respected business leader. He debuted in 1991 and captained the Wallabies from 1996 until his retirement in 2001. He was part of two World Cup winning sides (captaining the second victory), three Bledisloe Cups, and two Tri-Nations victories. He captained[…] Read More

As well as being one of the most inspiring coaches Australian rules football has ever seen, David Parkin is one of the best business and motivational speakers in Australia. David’s career is littered with magnificent accomplishments as a player and coach. David captained Hawthorn to their second premiership in 1971 then later coached the club[…] Read More

Wasim Akram is a great of Pakistani cricket. A left-arm bowler and batsman, he is well-regarded as one of the greatest genuine pace bowlers in world cricket history. Wasim is one of the originators, and perhaps the finest exponent, of reverse-swing bowling. His 881 list-A wickets are a world record and his 502 one-day international[…] Read More

Darren Lehmann became the coach of the Australian Test cricket team two weeks before the 2013 Ashes tour of England. Although many viewed it as a very risky exercise, the team’s 5-0 triumph in the home 2013/14 Ashes campaign justified his appointment. Lehmann’s cricket philosophy is simple; play hard, respect the game, respect your opponents[…] Read More