International Speakers Group

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

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

Ric Charlesworth is a chronic achiever – doctor of medicine and a former captain of the Australian Hockey Team, the Western Australian State Hockey Team and Cricket Team, and a Federal MP. Ric played hockey for Australia for a record 16 years before going to Parliament in 1983 and retired 10 years later, taking on[…] Read More

Peter “Spida” Everitt is a former Australian Rules footballer who played for St Kilda, Hawthorn and Sydney in the AFL. He made his debut for St Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2006. Following the club’s 2008 semi-final loss to the Bulldogs, he announced his[…] Read More

As the younger brother of Michael, David Hussey has copied his sibling’s talent for ridiculous scoring in the English county competition. Also like Michael, Hussey has been forced to pile up mountains of runs in Australia before gaining the confidence of the national selectors. It took his first 1000-run season in 2007-08 before he was[…] Read More

One of Australia’s most recognised sportswomen, Sharelle McMahon appeals to a range of audiences and is an enthralling and motivating speaker. First playing netball at the age of seven in a team coached by her mother, Sharelle debuted in the Australian Under-21 team in 1996 against Jamaica following a run of spectacular performances in the[…] Read More

This self confessed Westie hails from West Auckland and has caught they eye of the BLACKCAPS selectors and fans with his amazing top order batting displays. He’s had a good rise to the top and says it feels great to be part of the BLACKCAPS. He started playing at age five in New Lynn in[…] Read More

Kepler Wessels had a unique cricket career, before opening for Australia for four years, played in his native South Africa, in England and in World Series Cricket. He subsequently played for an Australian rebel team in South Africa, and then became SA’s first Test captain of the modern era post apartheid. A fit, lean, brave[…] Read More

The man who really put the reverse into swing. Waqar Younis bucked the 1980s trend of pitching fast and short by pitching fast and full. Not an obvious recipe for success until you factor in prodigious late inswing, which was designed to smash into the base of leg stump or the batsman’s toes. In his[…] Read More

Many cricket experts believe that had Barry Richards not been a victim of the circumstances that would blight his career, he might have earned the right to be mentioned in the same breath as Sir Donald Bradman. Tony Greig considered Richards to be the finest batsman in the world and expressed the view “that in[…] Read More