Economics/Business Presenters

Debbie Allen, The Shameless Success Expert, has built and sold numerous highly successful companies and now shares her innovative marketing strategies ... more

After almost 20 years in senior business and client management roles for a top London finance company, Stephen Attenborough escaped a career in invest ... more

Stephen Bartholomeusz is an Associate editor of Business Spectator. His experience is unquestionable and his attention to the gritty details of busine ... more

Tamerlaine Beasley is a leading international management specialist with a focus on achieving business outcomes in Asia. She is founder and Managing D ... more

Peter Beattie was the 36th Premier of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years. Hi ... more

Fatima Bhutto is a highly accomplished and entertaining speaker. At fourteen-years-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her ... more

Ngahihi o te ra Bidois is an International Speaker who has been described as a Modern day Warrior. He has many years of speaking and leadership experi ... more

Some people have described Steven's victory as lucky. Winning Olympic gold took a lot more than just luck. The same as in business, strategy and plann ... more

The face, spirit, and entrepreneurial mastermind behind Virgin, one of the world's most dynamic brands, Richard Branson is known for his unique vision ... more

Jim Bright is Professor of Career Development and an Organizational Psychologist specializing in personal and corporate change processes. He has worke ... more

Sergey Brin and Larry Page invented Google: the technology, the company, the verb. How did their search business, relatively late to the game, come t ... more

For some time now, Ian has been recognised as one of Australasia's top business speakers. Each year, he delivers over 120 keynote addresses and semina ... more

Bruce Buchanan, CEO of Jetstar, participated in the establishment of airline and its subsequent launch and has been a critical driver of the expansion ... more

Mary Buffett is a highly popular and entertaining public speaker about financial investment strategies, and has appeared before a number of financial ... more

A multi award-winning retailer, Barry Bull founded Toombul Music, was one of Australia's largest independent music retailers. Legendary for using cele ... more

George Prescott Bush is the eldest of three children of former Florida governor Jeb Bush; the nephew of the 43rd President of the United States, Georg ... more

Peter had a long and successful career in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, commencing with Johnson & Johnson out of university. He held senior roles with m ... more

Jennifer Byrne has 26 years experience in television, radio and print journalism, which began when she started as a cadet with The Age newspaper in Me ... more

A visionary thinker, Margot Cairnes' presentations are dynamic, inspirational, challenging and sometimes confronting as she presents leading edge appr ... more

Liesl's strongest interest is in emerging trends, new forms of connectivity/technology interface between people, and how that impacts society and comm ... more

John A. Caslione is an expert on business globalization and China's economy. John appears as a guest speaker for CNBC Europe on its "Squawk Box" and ... more

During his time as host of Channel 9's Money program Paul Clitheroe enjoyed huge success in the ratings, and established himself as Australia's most r ... more

Mike Conway has a can do, passionate and often off the wall fun approach to life and his work. He is the Business leader and strategist for The Wiggle ... more

Simon Crowe, Managing Director and Company Founder of Grill'd, decided to do something about the lack of a decent, healthy hamburger in the Australian ... more

Li speaks from the heart and is able to effectively weave his own journey and experiences of transforming a life of unbelievable poverty into unparall ... more

Emmanuel Daniel is the founder of The Asian Banker. He is Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of the Company he founded in September 1996, and has l ... more

Satyajit Das is an international specialist in the area of financial derivatives, risk management, and capital markets. Since 1994, Das has acted ... more

In these troubled times of global financial crisis, it is unsurprising that Harry S Dent’s brand of simple, commonsense financial prognostication ... more

George is currently the anchor for Network Ten's Adelaide News, having been involved in radio and television for more than 20 years and is highly resp ... more

Called the "apostle of appreciation", Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books and is an in-demand speaker the world over. Be ... more

Saul Eslake is the Chief Economist at the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and is a member of ANZ's Group Asset and Liability Committee. ... more

If you want your sales people to have a unique experience that has the potential to change their lives, then hire Bruce. He has appeared 16 times on t ... more

Dr. Marc Faber is a leading investment advisor and fund manager. He is probably best known as the publisher of a widely read monthly investment newsle ... more

Few speakers know the global world as well as Thomas Faranda. His clients have included Siemen's Engineering Germany, IBM Europe, Siemens Medical Sout ... more

Professor Allan Fels is an Australian economist, lawyer and public servant. He was most widely known in his role as chairman of the Australian Competi ... more

Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration ... more

Keith Ferrazzi, is the author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller Who's Got Your Back. He is the world's foremost exp ... more

Timothy Ferriss, nominated as one Forbes Magazine's 'Names You Need to Know', is an angel investor (StumbleUpon, Facebook, Digg, Twitter, etc.), liste ... more

Vice president of business development for Harley-Davidson Motor Company for over 20 years, Clyde has been recognised as the marketing genius behind t ... more

Nic is an outstanding speaker and at once powerful and compelling. He specializes in issues such as leadership, change management and social issues b ... more

Luke epitomises the young, bold entrepreneur. At 11, Fryer started a car wash from his local garage, which at its peak had 14 people squeezing sponges ... more

Professor Geoff Gallop was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He was a graduate of the University of WA, Oxford ( as a Rhodes Scholar ) and Murdo ... more

Julie Garland McLellan has been described as one of the leading strategists working at board level in Australia. She provides her audiences with up to ... more

Tomer Garzberg, founder of Strongman Digital Media, born into a world of change, where others feared and rejected this change, Tomer embraced it from ... more

Frank is a forecaster, focussing on medium term analysis, sustainability and cycles in activity. His experience includes assessments of the effects of ... more

Combining real Life Saving skills with Business Saving training, to keep you swimming Between The Flags! Michael Gencher is a Sydney based - Corporat ... more

Rowan's big-picture insights, compelling observations, fresh business thinking and upbeat presentation style have impressed a wide range of audiences ... more

Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell's work is toppling the popular understanding o ... more

Virgin are a great example of a partnership community. Brett Godfrey was the man heading up a team that has brought Australia an entire new concept in ... more

As debt, the deficit and reigniting the global economic engine dominate conversations around the world, Austan Goolsbee—who served as one of Pres ... more

Mikhail Gorbachev has been one of the twentieth century's most pivotal leaders. As President of the Soviet Union, he ended the fifty years of nuclear ... more

Robert Gottliebsen is unarguably one of Australia's most experienced and insightful business journalists. Robert founded the flagship publication Busi ... more

Vijay Govindarajan is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. He is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of ... more

Pru Goward served as Executive Director of the Office of the Status of Women from 1997-2001. In July 2001, she became the Federal Sex Discrimination C ... more

Known for his ability to entertain, to inspire and to energise, Andrew Griffiths has become a highly sought after keynote speaker. Widely acknowledge ... more

Daniel Grollo is Chief Executive Officer of Australia's largest privately owned development and construction company, Grocon Pty Ltd. Daniel is curren ... more

When the Chairman of Dymocks needed a new leader to guide the iconic Australian bookseller into the 21st century, he didn't need to look far. Don Grov ... more

Anil K. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy a ... more

Dr. Stefan Hajkowicz has worked with government and industry leaders to help them make wiser choices about where to invest in how to steer their organ ... more

Vern Harnish "Growth Guy" syndicated coloumnist, author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase theValue of Your Fast Growth ... more

Craig Harper is a leading motivational speaker and educator. He is a highly sought-after corporate coach and is considered to be a leader and pioneer ... more

Ian Harper is best known as a commentator and public speaker on economic and financial issues. He has worked closely with governments, banks, corporat ... more

Michael Harrison works with people in business, who want to be more effective and make more money. He combines creative ideas with practical experie ... more

There are theory specialists and then there are those who have been there. Troy Hazard, recent Global President of the elite Entrepreneurs' Organisati ... more

John Howard's leadership, determination and vision are hallmarks of a career navigated during an era of unprecedented prosperity and change. As prime ... more

At the age of 24, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as a ... more

Dr. Fred Hu is Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, Dr. Hu was a staff member at the International Moneta ... more

Fiona Hunt spent the last ten years working across the Australian Tourism and Government sectors. Fiona is currently the Head of Industry, Governme ... more

Dare Jennings started and sold the mega-successful commercial clothing and textile company Mambo to co-found serious motorcycle shop, Deus Ex Machina. ... more

An accomplished speaker, Mark can explain how companies can capitalise on the opportunity for business model innovation in response to rapid industry ... more

"I remember sitting for hours in my father's office leather chair, dreaming of running a multi-million pound business." Peter Jones is proof that driv ... more

Mark Jones is a speaker, journalist and technology strategist. He is a respected subject matter expert on technology, internet and social media trends ... more

Maureen's knowledge of small business and the economy, combined with her legal skills, has enabled her to not only put a firm footing under her own lo ... more

WHEN Swedish born Kristina 'Kikki' Karlsson decided to set up a home office almost ten years ago, she couldn't have known where that decision would ta ... more

Lauded by Successful Meetings magazine as a man whose message supercedes his golden name, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers with earnestness and obvious ... more

Just Jeans was born in 1970. It was a time of transition, a time of restlessness, a time of rebellion. The original Just Jeans store opened in Chapel ... more

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax newspaper publishing group in August 2005, and formally assumed the position in October 2005. Prior to ... more

An expert in global economic trends, Rik Kirkland forecasts the world to come as the new global economy gives way to new economic realities, including ... more

Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad - USA Today's #1 Money Book and international runaway bestseller - is an investor, entrepreneur and educa ... more

David is the resident Business and Finance expert for the Seven and Prime TV Networks, co-host of Channel Seven's Sunrise program as well as other Cha ... more

Alan Kohler has been a financial journalist for over 32 years. He began as a cadet on The Australian covering the Poseidon boom and bust; has been a c ... more

Charles believes that bringing out the unique and extraordinary capacities of individuals, by accessing and harnessing their passion, is the fundament ... more

Prior to his retirement at the end of 2008, Hans Kunnen was Head of Investment Markets Research with a major bank and was previously Chief Economist a ... more

As creator of La Salle Matrix Thinking, Roger La Salle is someone that will open your eyes to the possibilities in business showing you how easy and r ... more

The Wall Street Journal has said, "If Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt." When Stephen Dubner (co-author of FREAKONOMICS) profile ... more

Anna leads CSIRO Futures, an initiative providing evidence based foresight to develop forward thinking strategic options. An earth scientist, Anna h ... more

In their recent book, Marketing Without Money, John Lyons and Edward de Bono have captured the real world experience and learnings of twenty of Austra ... more

Harvey Mackay is author of four New York Times bestsellers. His first two books -- Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware The Nake ... more

It's seldom that you find a really funny, clean comedian and it's seldom that you find a really good captivating speaker. It is nearly impossible to f ... more

Dr. Tom McKaskill, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Australian Graduate Sch ... more

Anne McKevitt has left an indelible mark on the face of television in the UK and in some 22 countries across the globe having created an unparalleled ... more

An ABC foreign correspondent for almost two decades, a prize winning Four Corners documentary maker, the longest serving Sixty Minutes reporter, and n ... more

A noted global Economist, Author and Futurist. Hamish McRae is one of Europe's leading futurists. He is the author of the acclaimed work on the futur ... more

Lisa Messenger is Owner and Creative Director of her own company and has worked globally in events, sponsorship, marketing, PR and publishing. On the ... more

Morris has an amazing array of future oriented keynotes, presentations, workshops, seminars and forums to choose from as well as hands-on and kiosk st ... more

Elaborating on what has formed the Peter Morrissey the world knows today, Peter speaks to corporate groups and functions on the incredible lessons tha ... more

David Murray AO spent 39 years at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) holding the role of Chief Executive Officer from 1992 until his retirement ... more

Jaime Nack is the President of a cutting edge sustainability consulting firm specializing in producing environmentally sustainable high profile events ... more

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan is co-author with C. Perry Yeatman of Get Ahead By Going Abroad: A Woman's Guide to Fast-Track Career Success. She became a v ... more

In the world of sober-suited business thinkers, Dr Kjell Nordstrom stands out for his passionate belief that in today's turbulent environment the old ... more

In his role as Vice President of the Economist Group, he advises global and regional managers of multinational companies on how to make the best strat ... more

Julia Palmer is a respected Networking Strategist best known for leading the face to face revolution! She has dedicated her career to cleaning up the ... more

Scott has been declared the Jamie Oliver of finance, He is a successful stockbroker, media commentator and author. Scott made headlines in 2004 with t ... more

Michael Pascoe is one of Australia's most respected and experienced finance and economics commentators with 36 years in newspaper, broadcast and on-li ... more

Lord Patten was appointed Governor of Hong Kong in April 1992, a position he held until 1997, over seeing the return of Hong Kong to China. He was Cha ... more

After spending twenty years on Wall Street, John F. "Jack" Perkowski founded ASIMCO, a successful manufacturing company in China. Mr. Perkowski is the ... more

Dr Clark Perry is a world leader in elite performance, leadership and team development. Clark Perry earned his international reputation following enor ... more

Michael Peschardt has a higher International profile than any other Broadcaster or Presenter living in Australia. He is the BBC's leading Internation ... more

Tim is the founder of Nudie Juice, also one of the most innovative marketers in Australia at the moment. Nudie really started out by building a 'Nudie ... more

Francois Pienaar, with twenty nine international caps to his name, reached the highest peak in rugby union: he captained his country South Africa, to ... more

Iggy Pintado is an accomplished and experienced business leader, adviser, author and speaker. Iggy is passionate about passing on his knowledge, le ... more

A brilliant analyst and award-winning commentator, Virginia Postrel speaks and writes about social trends and their economic implications. Her recent ... more

Dr. Pradeep, author of The Buying Brain, is the founder of the world's leader company in the fast-growing neuromarketing research field. Before this ... more

Presented by James Morrison & Professor Jim Bright Beyond Corporate Mastery, is Improvisation and Innovation for Successful Enterprises Introducing a ... more

At a conference in Mexico with a title that seemed almost surreal, Business & Spirituality, one of the conference speakers was Michael Rennie, a Manag ... more

One of the most well known and respected names in marketing. Siimon is currently the Chairman and co-founder of OMG, Australia's largest online networ ... more

Chris Richardson is a Director of Deloitte Access Economics and is one of Australia’s best known economists. As a renowned expert, particularl ... more

Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale is one of the world's most influential and respected business thinkers and speakers. Since bursting onto the international scen ... more

A dual Olympian, Australian representative in two sports, highly successful investment banker and sought after keynote speaker and coach! In his own u ... more

Julia Ross is the founding Managing Director of Australia's largest independent recruitment company. The company listed on the Australian Stock Exchan ... more

David is a macroeconomist specialising in retail forecasts, labour market analysis, project investment and government program reviews. His expertise i ... more

Phil Ruthven is the founder and Chairman of Australia's best known business information, forecasting and strategic services corporation. He is also a ... more

Perhaps the best way to describe Bernard is that he is one of Australia's best communicators. Bernard has established an international reputation as a ... more

Adam Salzer, Director/Greater China at PricewaterhouseCoopers, is an economist by education and practice, with 20 years experience in high level strat ... more

Passionate, committed, dedicated, inspiring, hungry are all words that could be used to describe Katherine Sampson the founder of Healthy Habits. Kath ... more

After twelve years at the World Bank, as senior economist and principal economist, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel - one of most regarded economists internation ... more

Ray Scicluna works with businesses and their team to get the best outcome! It's not how far he fell, it's how Ray Bounces back that is inspiring and t ... more

Amartya Kumar Sen is a distinguished economist-philosopher and a 1998 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences. He is best known for his contribution ... more

Born in Australia, Cliff began his learning journey with an Economics degree from Sydney University. With a lifetime of education from travelling and ... more

Peter Shergold is the Macquarie Group Foundation Professor at the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). CSI is a cross-university collaboration between the ... more

Silverstein knows how to get million-dollar results. His companies have sold upwards of $100 million in products and services, and he successfully sol ... more

Founder of two international corporations on two continents, Jack Sims offers the unique perspective of a transplanted Brit, who started the largest n ... more

Naomi Simson established the online experiential gift retailer RedBalloon in 2001. Now Australasia's most awarded gift retailer, Red Balloon has been ... more

Jim Soorley was born in northern NSW in 1951. He was educated at the local primary school and then as a boarder at Woodlawn, outside of Lismore, run b ... more

Best selling author, speaker and trainer with a personal success story that is sure to entertain and inspire, Peter Spann is the founder and CEO of ... more

Martha Stewart is one of the world's most recognisable brands and greatest entrepreneurs, having turned her personal passion for catering into the bil ... more

Simon Stokes is an essential source for anyone with an interest in the shifting balances powering China's economy today; and needing to know how to do ... more

Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and author best known for co-founding Twitter. A progenitor of social networking and blogging, Stone has been de ... more

Joe was based in Hong Kong from 1990 to 1993 and in Beijing from 1993 to 2000. In the course of the 1990s he wrote or co-wrote 10 books on China under ... more

Peter Switzer has been a money man for newspapers, radio and television for over 18 years. He is a former lecturer of economics at the University of N ... more

A graduate in Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, Marty Switzer is a director of the Switzer Group and co-founder of its coach ... more

Lindsay Tanner practised as a lawyer prior to serving as Victorian Secretary of the Federated Clerks Union and before entering Federal Parliament in 1 ... more

When Jeff Taylor has a vision, it becomes a reality. As founder of Monster.com, he envisioned it as a giant online job search board and turned it into ... more

Dr Shashi Tharoor is Chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures; a prize-winning author of ten books, both fiction and non-fiction; and a widely-published ... more

Speaker, Business Futurist, BRIC Expert, Entrepreneur, Facilitator & Global Networker, David Thomas is well known in the Asia Pacific region for his e ... more

Dominic's expertise when coupled together with his accessible and engaging style make him a powerful and provocative speaker, capable of shifting the ... more

Author of The New York Times Best-Seller, The Discipline of Market Leaders. Great companies sustain growth through disciplined execution, not just go ... more

One of the world's most recognisable and colorful figures, Donald Trump is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Indomitable: Donald Trump is a big, bold t ... more

Billy Tucker is the CEO of Cudo Australia and the Chairman of Cudo New Zealand. Previously Billy worked for Microsoft where he helped launch the Xbox ... more

With a comprehensive retail & franchise speaking background behind him, Brian Walker,The Retail Doctor will make a house call to your next event and l ... more

Max Walsh is one of Australia's top economic and political commentators. His career has encompassed positions with two of Australia's largest publishi ... more

Haiyan Wang is Managing Partner of China India Institute, a research and consulting organization with a focus on creating winning global strategies t ... more

Richard Watson is a speaker and consultant who advises organisations on the future, focusing particularly on the impact of trends on long-term strateg ... more

Don Watson, Paul Keating's former speechwriter and author of several best selling books including Death Sentence and Weasel Words has been a popular s ... more

Glenn Wheatly, an Australian music icon, recipient of the Advance Australia Award and inspiring speaker, relates his experiences in life and the enter ... more

Peter Williams is a Partner with Deloitte, CEO of the newly formed Deloitte Digital, and until recently, was CEO of Australia's largest online mobile ... more

International Public Policy Analyst, Media Commentator and Presenter Tim is one of Australia's most challenging opinion makers drawing on strong philo ... more

Described by the Media as straight talking and known to cut to the chase and actually say what everyone else is avoiding. He may be now known as a TV ... more

Yeoh Siew Hoon is one of Asia's most respected travel editors and commentators. She's covered the travel industry for more than two decades and knows ... more

The BBC's favourite commentator on the global economy Dr. Linda Y. Yueh is on the faculty of the Department of Economics, LSE, and a fellow of Pem ... more

Professor Muhammad Yunus is the founder and Managing Director of Grameen Bank which provides micro-credit to millions of poor people in Bangladesh. In ... more

Effie Zahos is the editor of Money, with over 15 years' experience in the finance industry. Starting from the ground up, as a graduate trainee for one ... more

Carla Zampatti is Executive Chairman of Carla Zampatti Pty Limited and Chairman of the SBS Corporation. She also holds Directorships with the Westfiel ... more