Keynote Women Speakers

Country & Region: Australia

Integrating her background in head-hunting, HR consulting, training, and coaching, Sandra has touched the lives of thousands of individuals through founding The Happy Mondays Co; an inclusion-focused career empowerment consultancy. She has been trusted by individuals and organizations to strategize, problem solve and empower through programs, workshops, and talks on inclusion, well-being, and culture. Sandra has a Masters in Business and Strategy Management and certificates in Diversity & Inclusion, Organisational Behaviour and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).    This corporate experience combined with her focus on well-being and bringing one’s whole self to work provides key insights for the nuance and complexity everyone is navigating at work today. Fluent in English and Spanish, she has delivered inspiring talks at TEDx Singapore, and many companies, NPOs, Universities, and Chambers of Commerce. Sandra has also shared her passion for empowerment on several podcasts and radio shows, and in newspapers and magazines. Besides her work at The Happy Mondays Co, Sandra is a Board Member of NPO in Singapore and a certified yoga teacher. 

Magdalena has over 15 years of diversified and multinational work experience in the EMEA, Asia Pacific, and Oceania regions. Currently based at Macquarie University, she oversees the design and implementation of the Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy, builds strategic partnerships, and fosters a culture of belonging. Prior to Macquarie University, she designed Diversity & Inclusion strategies and large-scale programs at AIG, HP, and EMC.

Magdalena seeks to transform workplaces and cultures through people, governance, and technology. She is passionate about empowering underrepresented communities and bridging the gaps of inequitable access to resources and opportunities. Magdalena is one of the Founding Members of KeyNote, a non-profit organization that aims to promote gender diversity on speaking stages and she founded the Two-Way Mentoring Program at PrimeTime, Business and Professional Women’s Association in Singapore.  Having lived in 6 countries, Magdalena is a global citizen who currently lives in Sydney with her partner and two children. In her leisure time, she mentors women globally leads KeyNote Women Oceania chapter expansion, and volunteers at a Polish Community Language School in Sydney. Magdalena likes staying active through aerial arts, yoga, and rock climbing, and she loves traveling around the world with her family.   
Katrina is the founder and CEO of Marketing to Mums, a marketing and research consultancy based in Australia. She is a Marketing Strategist who specializes in understanding mothers as a powerful market sector, through experience and research.     Katrina is the author of the best-selling book, Marketing to Mums, and is highly regarded for her creative growth strategies and her ability to negotiate strategic partnerships to increase sales and profits in selling to mums. Katrina is an award-winning businesswoman and mother of three, Katrina is a sought-after international speaker and regular contributor to business media. 
Anoushka is the former CEO of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, a leading global youth program. Anoushka speaks six languages, has lived and worked across Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia, with global brands such as la Oreal, Gide Loyrette Nouel. She is the Vice-President of the Australia India Business Council in Victoria and Chair of Women in Business Chapter. As a Board DirectorSpeakerFacilitator and Mentor, Anoushka combines her background as a CEO, Economist, Certified Coach with her 20 years of global work experience to help leaders and businesses become future-ready.    For Anoushka, the future is diverse and intersectional Recognising that we live in globalised societies, with increasingly diverse talent and consumer, Anoushka helps leaders and businesses build cultural intelligence and inclusive diversity to thrive in the modern world, through GlobalCQGlobalCQ has been recognised for its innovative vision and is the winner of the 2018 Westpac 200 Businesses of Tomorrow Award. 
Dr. Amy Silver ClinPsyD MPhil MA BSc (Hons) CATDip MAPS Amy is a psychologistspeaker, and facilitator with expertise in the management of emotions and communication for high performance at work. Amy’s work helps teams build psychological safety, trust, and courage to enable connected organisations with remarkable performance. She has decades (ouch!) of experience helping people to have more courage and have courageous conversations safely.     Amy has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Masters in Forensic Psychiatry, Masters in Performance, Bachelor with Honours in Psychology and further therapeutic training in cognitive therapies such as Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Compassion Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. She has published widely in academic journals and more accessible magazines and now publishes fortnightly in a popular business-focused blog/vlog called Silver linings    She is a contributing author in many books including the acclaimed Oxford Handbook of Behavioural Experiments (for Oxford University), collaborations Unite (ed. Julia Steel) and What’s Next? (Hagen et al). Amy is on Faculty at Thought Leaders Business School. She is the author of the book Conversations Create Growth and Brace for Impact (both available on her website). Her new book The Loudest Guest: How to change and control your relationship with fear is being published by Major Street Publishers in February 2021. 
Known as the Heart-Centred Doctor, Dr Olivia Ong is a professional speaker, author, and physician with a thriving medical practice in Melbourne, Australia. After a serious car accident in 2008, Dr Ong became a paraplegic but began walking again 3 years later. She resumed her career in 2013 and became an accomplished dual-trained rehabilitation and pain management physician.    She wrote her first book “The Heart-Centredness of Medicine” about physician burnout, and today Dr Ong also runs programs helping doctors transform their lives from burnout to brilliance. She speaks on burnout in the healthcare industry and has appeared in the media regularly including Sky News, Channel 10, Yahoo Finance, ThriveGlobal, International Business Times Singapore, and Australian Business Journal. She has been a guest on multiple podcasts and speaks about resilience, overcoming her spinal cord injury, and compassionate leadership, with which she leads her medical teams wholeheartedly.
Simone de Haas speaks internationally on The Future IS Exceptionality, The Spirit of Feminine Leadership, and Creative Leadership. Drawing on 30+ years of leading diverse groups of Exceptionals  Leading Lights as a multi-award-winning theatre director and producer, Simone brings intriguing, ground-breaking perspectives and possibilities to organisations who seek to become dynamically future-active. Simone is a masterful communicatorcoach, and mentor. Her unique and diverse portfolio of work creates a strong platform for developing transformational leaders and building exceptional organisations.

Her client base includes organisations in Finance, Real Estate, MLM, Creative Industries, Regional and Rural Business Development, as well as individual C-Suite Executives and Professional Speakers. Simone’s creative capacities move effortlessly and pragmatically between stage and boardroom. Whether she is singing, directing, telling quirky leadership stories, or displaying the power of creative improvisation, her presence brings extraordinary insights into the new world that is evolving. Intuitive, inspirational, and interactive, Simone is available for keynote presentations, executive coaching consultancy, media appearances, and podcast interviews. If you are seeking accelerated business growth, human-centered connection, and new paradigms for leadership and talent management, connect with Simone at www.SimonedeHaas.com.
Sandra has a wealth of experience including a decade managing sales teams, 15 years in corporate entrepreneurship, and more than nine years speaking at International events. She is also a Certified Master Practitioner of NLPSpeaker’s TrainerBestselling Author, and International Keynote Speaker. As single mother of two and owner of three businesses, Sandra believes deeply in the power of female empowerment. A self-motivated and ambitious leader, she emulates pure determination and will.     Establishing her own business – AmaSSSing – to support like-minded women, Sandra channels her energy into transforming female-led businesses and supporting their personal enrichment through public speaking. Having spoken in over 13 countries and trained over 15000 students, Sandra brings a wealth of knowledge and passion for her practice. With a Master’s in Business Management, Sandra’s passion lies in inspiring others to discover their voice, manifest their dreams, and take their businesses to the next level. She is fluent in both English and Spanish.