Leader Talk - By Brainiact

Matt is the current CEO of IVE Group, Australia’s leading holistic marketing company, and leads over 1800 staff across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. He recently won the 2021 Power 50 award at the ProPrint Awards, marking him as one of the top leaders in Australia's print industry. Matt is a remarkable senior executive with extensive sales, new business, and customer relationship...

Jose is the CEO of Quantum Motors South America, the first Bolivian company dedicated to manufacturing electric cars. With a focus on environmental and regional sustainability, Jose aims to make Quantum Motors SA a leader in the electric transport industry, contributing to solving problems caused by combustion vehicles. With a background in metalworking production for construction and mining machi...

Shannah Kennedy is one of Australia’s leading strategic life coaches and co-founder of Human Elevation. She has consistently been ranked Australia’s top 10 business coaches, with over 15 years of experience in executive strategy, transition, values, vision and life planning. As the co-founder of Human Elevation, Shannah’s mission is clear: to elevate humans. Through leadership courses, she teaches...

Greg Gillies is the founder of The Evolved CEO. He is a highly acclaimed intuitive advisor, transformational healer and coach for high-achieving CEOs and businessmen. After 20 years of experiencing the highs and lows of executive roles in the corporate world, Greg had achieved material success but found himself unfulfilled and empty inside. Drawing from his experiences and the lessons he learnt th...

Sara Batalha is the CEO of Media Training Worldwide (MTW) Portugal, one of the world's leading authorities on the teaching of media training, public speaking and presentation. With 25 years of professional experience in communications, she was a former journalist at Expresso, writing coordinator for RTP and also worked in radio. Additionally, Sara worked as a communication consultant for seve...

James is the founder of Prosperity Media, a specialist SEO agency, recently awarded best SEO Agency in Australia by SEMrush. Having specialised in SEO and online marketing for the past 20 years, James is passionate about helping companies grow their presence online. After becoming intrigued by the world of online marketing in the early 2000s, James became a self-taught expert in coding, SEO and so...

Aga is a culture strategist, coach, and Founder and CEO of CultureBrained. Over the past 20 years, Aga has been helping companies strengthen their culture in a way that brings the best results. Scaling a business is not all about the figures. Company culture plays a pivotal role in getting your team to roll at top speed. Having worked in the start-up, scale-up and corporate world herself, Aga know...

Roger Jowett is the former CEO of Motion Asia Pacific, the leading force in industrial engineering product distribution in Australia and New Zealand. Over the past decade, Roger has held various leadership positions as a Board Director, CEO and COO of notable enterprises across the world. With board-level experience in the fire protection, electronic security, air conditioning service and industri...

Mike is the founder of Sustainability Revolution. Prior to establishing Sustainability Revolution, Mike was the National Chief Creative Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia for eight years and part of the Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide Creative Board. He also worked within the Worldwide Toyota Creative Leadership Team.   With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Mike has been a lead...

Vanessa Stoykov is CEO of the award-winning financial education media company, Evolution Media Group.   For over 22 years, Vanessa has been helping Australians get real about money through her business. She knows how important it is to have courageous conversations in order to achieve financial freedom.   Vanessa has a deep understanding of the finance world and has the unique ability to communicate...

Amanda Rose is the founder of Business Woman Media, Founding Director of Western Sydney Women & Western Sydney Executive Women, Managing Director of Western Sydney Advisory, Founder & CEO of Small Business Women Australia. As one of the most influential people on LinkedIn, Amanda has been quoted as an “internet winning blogger” by TIME.com and regularly contributes to ABC The Drum, Huffing...

Ian Mills is the CEO and Founding Director of Transform Performance International, a global advisory firm offering solutions to business performance challenges. He has worked with world-renowned brands such as Virgin Media, HP and American Express. Ian has extensive industry experience of over 20 years. He has been known for successfully creating ‘distinctive customer experience’ strategies and de...

Pratik Thakker is the Co-Founder and COO of Testlify, a popular pre-employment talent assessment tool, and Founder and CEO of Webzoly, an outsourcing and offshoring consultancy. Pratik has achieved great success in his career, yet his hunger for more knowledge and growth never ceases. From being a young kid that sells firecrackers to becoming a stock trader and analyst sailing from India to Israel...

His Excellency Prof. Dr Ambassador Tal Edgars is Group Executive Chairman of GBSH Consult Group Worldwide and Chairman of the National Master Plan Task team in South Africa in Social Entrepreneurship and Social Development. H.E. Prof. Dr Ambassador Tal Edgars, Q.C. is a global multi- award-winning, well-known business authority, mentor, erudite speaker of note, diplomat and a cutting-edge strategi...

Adrian Fadini is the founder and head coach at TradesFormation, the training and coaching organisation helping tradies to learn today and earn tomorrow. Adrian is one of Sydney’s most reputable trade businesses. He is passionate to help tradies with business strategies and processes to grow, and become more profitable. Over 10 years, he experienced the highs and lows of owning a small business and...

Trent Lines is the Chief Executive Officer at Access 2 Place Housing, a leading not-for-profit community housing provider of affordable and accessible housing for people living with disabilities in South Australia. With a concentration on residential properties, Trent has more than 25 years of expertise working on construction projects and developments. Trent spent 12 years as an equity partner wi...

Dan Ratner is the Founder and Head of Strategy at Uberbrand. From rebranding and repositioning to communication planning, Dan has applied his passion for strategy to solve significant challenges for brands such as Suncorp, Wesfarmers, Parramatta City Council, TAFE NSW, Charles Sturt University, ZipCo, Equifax, Domain, MoneyMe and many others. Dan is also a long-standing board member of Clean Up Au...

Kenny Tosh is the Company Director at Eco Walling Systems. Kenny Tosh is the talented director behind Eco Walling Systems. He boasts an impressive creative career by bringing luxury as well as a new and unique walling solution to the housing market. His expertise is predominantly focused on CFC Walling Systems, flooring and AAC Party Wall Systems. Customer-oriented, he ensures every custom home an...

Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian footballer hailing from the Carlton Football Club. Considered by many as one of the most powerful and athletic players of all time, he played all positions effectively and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer. Throughout his life, Anthony has always believed that staying fit and healthy determines one’s overall success and general well-...

Irene Ochem is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), a not-for-profit and pan-African women empowerment organization that works to promote and support women's enterprises and innovations across Africa. Irene is an expert in entrepreneurship, commerce, and innovation. Irene is passionate about helping women-owned businesses t...

Damien Sheehan is the Country Head of IWG Australia Pty Ltd. He is an engaged, result-oriented individual with extensive international experience. Damien is an expert in eCommerce, logistics, sales, and marketing. Damien worked in the transport and logistics industry for over 20 years spanning Asia, the Americas, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, which made Damien a multi-nationally rec...

Tauran Black is the owner of Tradie Design Co - a social media phenomenon for tradies! Tauran and Tradie Design Co specialise in making Australian trades businesses look great online and offline through great brand identity, websites, signage and vehicle wraps. Tauran is a passionate and engaged individual who is driven to help tradies grow their businesses through simple and smarter design and br...

Marcell Donnelly is the CEO of FlatRateNOW, an Australian-made quoting solution for Trade Service Businesses. Prior to becoming the CEO, Marcell was the director of Sales and Marketing of the company. As the Director of Sales and Marketing, Marcell developed incredible communication skills, allowing him to generate great outcomes for tradies across Australia by coordinating his team to an exceptio...

Angela Orsaris is the Managing Director at The Market Intelligence Co, a leading, Australian-owned and independent company that specialises in business-to-business and industrial market intelligence and research. Angela is a professional in her field. She is passionate about helping her clients to better understand their opportunities in new or current industries. Angela is degree qualified. She g...

Annette Slunjski is the Managing Director at the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia and the founder of Lucidity Marketing Communications. Annette is a professional in her field with a passion for data-driven business and analytics. With over 20 years of experience in marketing and communications, Annette specialised in B2B marketing, growth and technology to enhance the strategic po...