Business
Our business speakers have lived and led in the trenches. Some have started with nothing and built multimillion dollar businesses. Our speakers can provide insights and direction which will take your business to the next level.
Zac de Silva
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Zac is the secret weapon of many of New Zealand's successful businesses. He runs regular workshops throughout Australasia on planning & strategy, facilitates business sessions and sits on numerous boards.
Sir John Key
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
In his earlier years, Sir John Key established himself as one of the major players in the Foreign Exchange market. As the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand, he was renown for his international relations, fiscal policies and 8-year tenure at the helm of the National government.
Mike Brunel
Celebrity Speaker, Conference Speaker, Business Speaker
Mike co-founded NRS Media in Wellington, New Zealand, expanding into a global powerhouse in media sales and training, with offices in London, Atlanta, Toronto, Sydney, Capetown and Bogota.
Pallas Hupe Cotter
Business Speaker, Inspirational Speaker, Conference Speaker
Book an Emmy award-winning former tv news anchor and reporter for your next event. Now a professional speaker, broadcaster, writer and mentor, Pallas was named New Zealand’s Brightstar Emerging Speaker in 2017.
Bernard Hickey
Celebrity Speaker, Conference Speaker, Business Speaker
Bernard Hickey is one of New Zealand’s most experienced and sought after speakers about business, economics and politics.
Rob Waddell
Celebrity Speaker, Business Speaker, Sports Speaker, Conference Speaker
Rob was the first recipient to win the Sportsperson of the Year Supreme Halberg Award for three consecutive years, a feat only shared by one other person.
Rob McKay
Celebrity Speaker, Business Speaker
Rob McKay has an extensive background of 25 plus years in the New Zealand and Australian broadcasting industries. In the early 80s, he pioneered commercial FM radio in both Australia and New Zealand.
Mike Hesson
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker, Sports Speaker
Mike’s insights apply from managing organisations to international sports teams, from senior executives to captains, from employees to players alike.
Todd Scott
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Todd started at National Business Review in August 2008 with a focus to monetise the NBR online business, as director of sales
Otis & Sarah Frizzell
Business Speakers, Motivational Speakers
As passionate home cooks, Sarah and Otis thought it'd be cool to bring super cool, funky eateries on wheels to New Zealand.
Catherine Newton
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Over the past 2 decades, Catherine Newton has spoken to a variety of audiences around the globe, ranging from public sector, private sector to non-profit organisations.
Murray Thom
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Murray Thom is the man behind some of New Zealand’s most iconic and successful productions, including The Great New Zealand Songbook and The Great New Zealand Cookbook.
Bernard Powell
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Bernard’s personal BHAG is to change the world by helping people to build happy and engaged workplace cultures!
Ani Wilson
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Ani travels the globe mentoring and speaking to audiences about the merits of their own high performing personalities, teaching business owners and managers how to change their stress instantly.
Mike Jenkins
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Mike's first gig was loading Novell floppy disk sets onto Compaq machines in the 90s as an after school job.Mike is widely recognised as a rising star of the hi-tech industry - confirmed by taking out the Emerging ICT Leader of the Year award in 2016.
David Downs
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
David is an author, accomplished public speaker and communicator, and an award winning radio and TV actor.
Eliot Jessep
Celebrity Speaker, Motivational, Inspirational, Business Speaker
Describing himself as "incredibly independent", Eliot was in the workforce as a 14-year-old, and pursuing employment opportunities, now operating two successful e-commerce businesses.
Mike Beagley
Business Speaker
Mike Beagley, Rodd and Gunn CEO, is one of New Zealand’s most successful fashion entrepreneurs and retailers.
Mavis Mullins
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Mavis is well known in the business sector as a prosperous entrepreneur and an experienced governor of public and private business, government entities and not for profits.
Mike Hutcheson
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Mike co-founded leading advertising agencies; Colenso BBDO and Hutcheson Knowles Marinkovich, and culminated his advertising career in Auckland as Managing Director of Saatchi and Saatchi.
Graham Dockrill
Business Speaker, Inspirational Speaker
Graham Dockrill has made a name for himself as a successful entrepreneur, investor and company director, focusing on the technology sector for the past 25 years.
Angela Stone
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Stylist, fashion designer, author, lifestyle guru and full time mother are only some of the titles held by Angela Stone.
James Kemp
Celebrity Speaker, Business Speaker, Conference Speaker, Inspirational
James has helped ecommerce sites, online retailers, media companies, NGO’s and startups build growth systems to grow sales and increase revenue in 7 countries over 11 years.
Toss Grumley
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Toss is a business advisor and coach to over 80 fast-growing New Zealand and Australian businesses. Toss is currently a director and shareholder of three successful businesses and has exited two businesses to date in the e-commerce and marketing industries.
Alexia Hilbertidou
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Alexia is 19-years-old, just finished high-school, yet her love of Women’s empowerment and STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Math) has led her to a level of influence well beyond her years.
Mark Inglis
Business Speaker, Sport Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Mark specializes in Keynote Addresses using mountaineering as a metaphor for business and life, utilising his wide experience in the mountains, vineyards and boardrooms. Thousands have been inspired by his story of success in the face of adversity and have been motivated to achieve excellence in their own lives.
Joe Davis
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Profile coming soon.
Rob Campbell
Business Speaker
Rob Campbell is Chair of SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd, Summerset, Tourism Holdings and WEL Networks and a director of Precinct Properties.
Amber Peebles
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker, MC
Amber Peebles is one of Australasia’s best TV presenters, radio hosts, MC’s and influencers. Her career has taken her to many corners of the world - at age 22 Amber was awarded the title of Miss New Zealand and from there she has gone on to represent many national and international brands as an ambassador.
Brooke Howard-Smith
MC, Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
X Games Medallist and social entrepreneur Brooke Howard-Smith spent 11 years in the US founding some of action sport’s most successful companies.
Sam Hazledine
Business Speaker
Sam is an in demand keynote speaker, whose energy and enthusiasm combined with his proven and much decorated business experience form a winning combination. He truly epitomizes a speaker who can walk the talk!
Derek Handley
Business Speaker
Sir Peter Blake Leader, finalist New Zealand Herald Business Leader of the year, founder of The Hyperfactory, Aera Foundation, Aera VC and founding CEO of The B Team, Derek Handley is clearly one of New Zealand’s top entrepreneurs.
Carmen Huter
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker, MC
Carmen’s mission and greatest privilege is to inspire others to explore. Explore new places, learn more about oneself and notions of sustainability.
Hosting travel retreats and workshops, Carmen loves to share her tips and tricks of the trade.
Diana Thomson
Business Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Diana Thomson started off in your shoes as a nervous public speaker, hands shaking, sweating and losing her place. She didn't want to "make a fool of herself" so practiced, listened to more experienced speakers, read books and sought out advice, then practiced more.
Jordan Watson
Comedian, Conference Speaker
Comedian, content creator and author, Jordan Watson is a self-taught dad who over the past 3 years has helped bring much-needed laughter to millions of parents around the world.