We know you're always looking for bold, fresh perspectives and insights from experts in their field, so we've signed some exciting voices on topics including; cyber and geopolitics, STEM, Emerging Technologies, AI and the Future of Work.
You can keep updated on the most exciting new voices on our website's New & Upcoming Speakers page.
If you'd like the opportunity to have someone who can provide fresh insights and inspiration at your next event, contact our expert team on 1300 799 823 or enquire here.
DR SANDRA PETER & DR KAI RIEMER
Dr Sandra Peter and Dr Kai Riemer are Co-Directors of Sydney Executive Plus and professors at the University of Sydney Business School. They are renowned experts in business, emerging technology, artificial intelligence, generative AI, and the future of work.
Together, Sandra and Kai form an exciting duo, combining their extensive knowledge and insights with an entertaining and accessible style, to tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities of the ever-evolving business landscape.
KIM ANDERSON
Kim Anderson has built a reputation for crafting bold ideas into tangible outcomes. From a winning World Cup bidding campaign to propelling the FIFA Women’s World Cup beyond greatness, Kim has been a creative and strategic force behind some of Australasia's most iconic recent sporting and cultural memories. With a 20-year career spanning Australia, New York, London and New Zealand as a brand and marketing specialist, Kim is an innovator’s secret weapon.
With a 25-year career at the leading edge of emerging technologies, cyber and geopolitics, Dr Toby Feakin is an outcomes-focused creative senior leader who combines innovative thinking, negotiation and practical delivery on the global stage.
From 2017 to 2023, he was Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology, leading the nation’s international approach to technology issues. This role placed him at the epicentre of global decision-making around technology and geopolitics.
Professor Georgina Long AO, a 2024 Australian of the Year and leading Australian medical oncologist, is a sought-after media commentator, inspiring public speaker and passionate advocate of women working in STEM.
Through her illustrious career to date, Georgina has pushed boundaries and taken on challenges that others shy away from resulting in a significant shift in the fight against melanoma here in Australia and across the world.
Melanoma is Australia’s national cancer, and Georgina is ranked the world’s equal 1st melanoma expert in all fields and disciplines.
Born in China, Cheng Lei came to Australia at age 10. Bilingual and bi-cultural at a native level, she switched from an accounting career with multinationals like Cadbury Schweppes and Exxonmobil in Melbourne to journalism, in which she worked for 20 years.She then took a 90% pay cut to start in television journalism in China, going from intern to presenter in three months. Within 18 months became a China Correspondent for CNBC, the world's most prominent business TV network, working in Shanghai and Singapore. Lei witnessed and reported on China’s economic leap for nine years, speaking to hundreds of Fortune 500 CEOs and major figures in politics, and economics.
Gina Chick is an international rewilding facilitator, helping people of all ages learn to be at home in the wild.
Her nature connection programmes weave ancestral hunter-gatherer technologies into modern life, mining strategies that kept Homo Sapiens alive for 350 000 years for lessons to enrich our lives now.
She recently spent 67 days surviving in the subzero Tasmanian wilderness in the middle of winter, completely solo and often barefoot.
Check out her feature in the Australian Story which was shared earlier this week.
Mark McGowan is a former politician, known for his tenure as the 30th Premier of Western Australia from 2017 to 2023.
With a distinguished background as a naval officer, Mark's journey began in regional New South Wales before finding his home in Western Australia. He studied at the prestigious University of Queensland, earning degrees in both arts and law.
Prior to his illustrious political career, Mark served as a legal officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
Diane Demetre is a luminary leadership expert, inspiring countless individuals to forge their own forward-facing futures.
As an award-winning business leader, keynote speaker, seasoned trainer, executive coach, and prolific author of over a dozen books, Diane wholeheartedly believes that life is a daring adventure or nothing at all. She knows that when we Fear Less, Dare More, our true potential shines through, revealing the exceptional leader within each of us.
