International Speakers Group

Kevin Walters is a former Australian and Queensland Maroons representative Rugby League player and premiership-winning captain of the Brisbane Broncos, currently working as an assistant coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League (NRL). Following his former coach Wayne Bennett from the Newcastle Knights he joined the Broncos coaching staff ahead of the[…] Read More

Ricky Stuart jumped to the top of rugby league’s world coaching ladder in 2002 with his spectacular first-up success with the Sydney Roosters and then the World Club Challenge crown. Throw in being voted Coach of the Year in the NSW Sports Awards in 2002 and it all added up to a tumultuous few months[…] Read More

Darren Lockyer is one of the modern-day greats of Australian Rugby League, becoming only the second player in to win the Golden Boot award twice. Lockyer retired as the Brisbane Broncos highest scorer and most-capped played. Lockyer captained the Brisbane Broncos, the Australian Kangaroos, and the Queensland Maroons. Lockyer spent his early career at full-back[…] Read More

Wayne Pearce had a magnificent Rugby League career between the Balmain Tigers, the New South Wales Blues and the Australian Kangaroos. Between 1980 and 1990, Wayne was a tough but fair athletic footballer who was the face of Rugby League for much of the decade. He was voted the best player of the 1982 Kangaroos[…] Read More

Graham Lowe is an inspirational and highly accomplished rugby league coach who is the only person to have coached championships in three countries (New Zealand, Australia, and Great Britain). Graham commanded respect from his players and league fans. He turned the fortunes of Wigan and the Manly Sea Eagles and was the first non-Queensland born[…] Read More

Jason Taylor has experienced a career of many highlights and many disappointments but says he wouldn’t change a thing. The tough times made the successes that much more enjoyable. A veteran of 12 seasons, and holding a career that has included 276 first grade games across four clubs, (Western Suburbs, North Sydney, Northern Eagles and[…] Read More

The title of Peter Sterling’s biography, Sterlo: The Story of a Champion (1990) best sums up the career of the P’matta and Australian Test halfback. Queensland-born but raised in the Riverina, the blond-haired teenager came to Fairfield Patrician Brothers on a scholarship in 1978. Sterling was a five-eighth then but incredibly, made his first grade[…] Read More

An integral member of the Australian Wallabies who captured the 1999 World Cup, Phil Kearns was at a time the best hooker in the world. Phil debuted for Australia in 1989 and would go on to play 67 Tests and in the process become Australia’s most capped hooker. His leadership was recognised by Australian Rugby,[…] Read More

Sandy Hollway AO is highly regarded for his exceptional record of achievement as a CEO in the public sector. He served as a diplomat in four overseas postings – the USA, Canada, Germany and Pakistan. In government he served as Deputy Secretary for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Later Sandy was Chief of[…] Read More

Tony Blair served as prime minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). He was the youngest prime minister since 1812 and the longest-serving Labour prime minister, and his 10-year tenure as prime minister was the second longest continuous period (after Margaret Thatcher’s) in more than 150 years. He is responsible for moving the Labour Party from[…] Read More

Paul Keating was born in Sydney on 18 January 1944. He was educated at De La Salle College in Bankstown where he obtained the Intermediate Certificate in 1958. Mr Keating left school at 15, joined the Australian Labor Party at this time and in 1966 became President of the NSW Youth Council, the predecessor to[…] Read More

Nick Greiner was Premier and Treasurer of New South Wales from 1988-1992. Since his retirement from politics he has been heavily involved in the corporate world. Nick is currently Chairman of Bradken, The Nuance Group, QBE Australia and Accolade Wines as well as Deputy Chairman of CHAMP Private Equity. He is also Chairman of the[…] Read More