International Speakers Group

John Brogden is managing director and chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was the State Liberal member for Pittwater from 1996 to 2005 and was the NSW Opposition Leader for 3 years the youngest person ever to hold the role and lead a major political party in Australia. Mr Brogden has[…] 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

The Hon Alexander Downer AC was appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in March 2014. Mr Downer has had a long and distinguished political career in Australia, and was until recently the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus. He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1976 and served at[…] Read More

Peter Beattie, AC served as the 36th Premier of Queensland from 1998 to 2007 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state from 1996 to 2007. His sweeping victories in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 state elections confirmed him as one of the most electorally successful politicians in Australia. He retired electorally undefeated[…] Read More

Phoebe Wynn-Pope’s work has taken her around the world. She has travelled to Cambodia, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, France, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sudan, Jordan, Yemen, the West Bank, Eritrea, Rwanda and Zaire. After majoring in International Relations and International Politics at university, Phoebe Wynn-Pope joined CARE Australia in 1989 as the Victorian[…] Read More

The Honourable Tim Fischer AC is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and was the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See for 3 years until January 2012. A former Australian Army Officer serving in Vietnam, NSW State Parliamentarian, Leader of the National Party and Minister for Trade, Tim Fischer is also a consultant, company[…] Read More

The Hon John Winston Howard OM AC John Winston Howard, born 26 July 1939, served as Australia’s 25th Prime Minister between March 1996 and November 2007.  He is the nation’s second longest serving Prime Minister, was a Member of Parliament for 33 years, and was Treasurer in an earlier government. Under his leadership Australia enjoyed continued[…] Read More

Dr. John Hewson is an economic and financial expert with experience in academia, business, government, media and the financial system. Dr. Hewson has worked as an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and Statistics), the Reserve Bank, the International Monetary Fund and as an advisor to two successive Federal Treasurers and the Prime Minister. Dr.[…] Read More