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Global KeyNote Speakers

All the KeyNote speakers on our directory are screened by our recruitment team. They are inspirational thought-leaders, and experienced and accomplished speakers. Our teams are here to advise you on the most suitable speaker for your event. You can rest assured that you will get the inspirational subject-matter expert that you are looking for. Our speakers have typically spoken to large audiences (hundreds of people). In addition, we are training experts and thought-leaders to inspire from stage.

Are you looking for thought leaders and experts in the areas of leadership, marketing, HR, diversity and inclusion, technology, finance, sustainability, transformation, politics, mindfulness, or sexual health? We have them all! You can have a diverse and balanced speaker panel at your next conference, convention, or corporate gathering.

Global

Yasmine Khater

Yasmine is on a mission to develop trustworthy leaders in hopes that we transform the global trust crisis and accelerate the speed of problem-solving. An adventurer, storyteller, B Corp Ambassador, podcast host and producer of Asia's first documentary series around climate change. People buy from people they know, like and trust.     Backed with 14 years of experience in psychology, communication, and mixed heritage, Yasmine has helped Danone craft the story to launch the first 100% circular bottle and enabled ClubMed employees to amplify their story. Focusing on building trust, her Sales Story Labs enable leaders to have greater influence, visibility, and impact on their business. During her show, the Sales Story Podcast, she interviews CEOs from across Asia on how they utilized storytelling to sell ideas, raise funds, and inspire teams to scale their business.     An adventurer, Yasmine has embarked on an Arctic expedition, cycled, and hiked through some of the world's toughest mountain terrains. She is currently working on raising funds to produce a documentary with UNDP and the World Bank to feature new Asian sustainable innovations. She is passionate about more inclusive conversations and is a certified interfaith facilitator that helps leaders in education be more innovative. Her program, Panels that Inspire, instills women leaders with confidence to increase female representation on industry panel. 

Sales

Branding

Storytelling

Global

Susan Heaton-Wright

Susan Heaton-Wright is a Virtual impact, communications, and speaking expert for rising leaders and the creator of the Superstar Communicator™ methodology. She is an international speaker; the MD of award-winning music company, Viva Live Music, podcaster, and a former prize-winning international opera singer. Susan has delivered virtual seminars, workshops, and training for many companies including AstraZeneca, Deloitte, RBS, Shell, Microsoft, AXA, the NHS, and Quintiles. As a CPD accredited speaker, she regularly delivers remote speeches and seminars to lawyers, accountants, and finance professionals, as well as leaders and rising leaders in organisations. Her clients have gone on to be interviewed by Sky News and the BBC as well as speaking at industry conferences.   She is regularly interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live and BBC2, as well as on local radio stations and international podcasts. Susan has contributed to articles in Forbes, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Thrive Global, The Scotsman, and numerous other trade publications. In 2020, she was named as an #ialso 100 Top Inspirational Female Entrepreneurs in the UK. Susan is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, The Royal Society of Arts, and the Incorporated Society of Musicians. She leads a project of musicians in Greece annually, to deliver music workshops to refugees in Athens as part of the ‘Love without Borders’ charity. 

Management

Success

Communication

Global

Frederike Probert

Frederike Probert is the Founder and CEO of Mission Female. Over the past 15 years, she has made a name for herself as a successful entrepreneur in the Digital Tech industry and as an expert in gender diversity issues.    Her stated goal is to empower women in business, culture, and politics. For this purpose, she develops concrete strategies and initiatives. Since the beginning of 2019, Frederike offers a network for top female managers with Mission Female. 

Leadership

Diversity

Digitization

Global

Carolyn Chin Parry

As a Digital Leader and Transformation expert with over 20 years of experience, Carolyn Chin-Parry has fulfilled senior roles such as Chief Digital Officer for a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate and a KPMG Director in the transformation and change management practice. Carolyn is passionate about future-proofing companies for Industry 4.0+ and Change Leadership to create an innovative culture.     A Future of Work strategist and keynote speaker, she has been engaged by Fortune 500 clients across a wide variety of industries such as Banking, Insurance, FinTech, Mining, Oil, Gas, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Health, Logistics, Real Estate, Security, Aviation, Consumer Goods, Education, IT, Legal and Government. Carolyn is a Board Director for a Singaporean charity and on the International Advisory Committee for the prestigious Australian Institute of Company Directors.     Previously nominated for a National Teaching Award in Australia for Innovative Teaching, she also served on an Australian University Advisory Board for ten years. Carolyn believes in lifelong learning, growing and sharing knowledge, as well as bringing closer ties between industry, government, and educators to prepare for The Future of Work.   

New work

Digitization

Global

Dr. Lalitaa Suglani

Dr. Lalitaa Suglani is an award-winning Psychologist, renowned leadership coach, international speaker, and co-author of two bestselling books on "How to live a happy and successful life". She believes that the key to achieving lasting success and happiness in all areas of our lives lies within our own minds and takes into consideration cultural and ethnic minority differences in her work.     She is committed to supporting individuals to achieve emotional and psychological wellbeing and has worked with adults, children, and families as well as within organisations, such as schools, charities, and private organisations. Through supporting personal growth and self-awareness, Dr. Lalitaa has witnessed first-hand how individuals learn to harness their thought patterns, gain control of the voice in their heads, cultivate a positive mindset, and create the life and career of their dreams.     Her mission is to help transform lives by helping people understand and accept emotions, their attachments, and create healthy relationships. Having spoken at both business and mental health conferences, her expertise has led to key insights across organisations in the public and private sectors alike. 

Leadership

Self-help

Culture

Global

Mollie Jean De Dieu

Mollie Jean De Dieu is the General Manager of the French fashion and accessory company, Longchamp, in Singapore & Malaysia, a keynote speaker, and an avid promoter for wellness in the workforce. Over her one-and-a-half-decade long career in the fashion industry and listening to hundreds of stories of people who have navigated work whilst facing the ‘perfect storm’, Mollie realized the ‘realness’ of the subject matter and the urgent need to advocate a safe platform in the corporate world, where emotions can be heard, recognized and dealt with, for enhanced business productivity.     A self-proclaimed citizen of the world, Mollie grew up between Africa, France, the United States and has made Asia her home for the past fourteen years. She spent 9 years in Hong Kong and 5 years in Singapore where she currently resides today. Founder of the ‘Emotional Inclusion’ tagline and movement (http://www.emotionalinclusion.com), Mollie draws her passion in life through sharing conversations with captains of industry to break down archaic business stereotypes and lead the way to a better emotionally accepting corporate ecosystem. Mollie’s mission is here to shatter the status quo of today’s business landscape and lead the way to a wholesome new mindset in the workforce. 

Leadership

Inclusion

Health/Well-being

Global

Sofia Nordgren

Sofia Nordgren has been in the health industry for over 25 years visiting over 100 workplaces, she has experienced first-hand how lack of routines, unstructured systems, and failing communication, affect employees. The result is increased absence due to sickness and low motivation. With her background as a registered nurse and with knowledge from the Indian meditation centre, she combined eastern and western knowledge. She has a holistic view as she has lived in Sweden for many years.     She shares learning from her personal development experience such as Tony Robbins. Sofia has a presence that captures the audience in an outstanding way and she has the ability to inspire a new mindset through unique storytelling with elements of stand-up -comedy. She has been a moderator at the City Hall, performed stand-up- comedy in New York, and been published in different media such as the Huffington Post, interviews, TV shows, and short films. 

Leadership

Success

Creativity

Health/Well-being

Global

Chantelle Brandt Larsen

Chantelle grew up as a second-generation immigrant in the UK, who then herself became an immigrant, successfully integrating from the UK to Switzerland. From day 1 she never fitted into any box and was grateful for every opportunity her parents never had. The journey came with hurdles, as a woman, mother, person of colour, and foreigner. She is one of the most curious leaders you will ever meet.     She has a degree, two masters’, a Doctorate in Business Administration, and is now completing a Ph.D. She lives her life with an impact with the ethos that “no one is free until everyone is free”. She openly shares her knowledge and experience and connects the dots. To do this, she dedicated time as an Executive Advisory Board Member for Impact in Tech, STEM, and Future of Work. She works on leading orchestration and changes globally as Director of Corporate Programs. Impact matters! 

HR

Digitization

Technology

Global

Cécile Bastien Remy

Cécile Bastien Remy is a TEDx - award-winning speaker, and an international presentation skills trainer. Her previous career was selling risk management software globally. She moved to Switzerland in 2007 and started to dive into the world of communication where she published two guide books for ex-pats. In 2012, thanks to this experience, she gave a Keynote on the need to re-invent your career while on an international assignment.     This was the very beginning of articulating an inspiring speech on the topic of resilience. The topic of resilience has a much bigger meaning to her. At 21 she was in a car crash that took away a lot from her. While developing deep expertise in communication skills, she also articulated what resilience means, how to trigger it, and how it leads to a happier life. When she is not on stage, Cécile helps her clients become the speaker they want to be. She works with corporations, universities, and professionals. 

Self-development

Health/Well-being

Communication

Global

Anna Kopp

Anna Kopp studied international communication at Stockholm University before moving to Germany. She has worked in the IT industry since 1993 in sales, operations, and management roles and has been at Microsoft for 16 years. She was responsible globally for customer satisfaction in the online division before switching to IT 6 years ago and now drives business processes and technology in Germany. With a focus on efficiency and simplification, she leads digital transformation from an IT perspective.     She is also Head of Office for the Munich HQ, where she is responsible for the modern world of work from a cultural perspective. She believes firmly that the human being is the focal point for all the changes in today’s world. She has won multiple leadership awards, and is also a rock singer with her own band, and has released several albums. She is also an avid biker and has completed a number of adventure expeditions and desert rallies on her BMW 1200. 

New work

Digitization

Culture

Global

Susanna Hasenoehrl

Susanna Hasenoehrl works as Director Asia at Yara International, the crop nutrition company for the future. She is responsible for growth & commercialisation of the company’s digital farming solutions aimed at the 350 million smallholders in Asia, and the Sustainability Lead. Her previous career spans global leadership roles at Siemens, Nokia, and leading start-ups, including the world’s 1st free mobile operator Blyk, the world’s largest migraine patient community, and the healthy nutrition recommendation engine Joice.    Susanna delivers talks in English, German and Finnish, her mother tongue. Holding a Masters in International Business from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and SKEMA France, she is also a certified leadership coach and an Associate Member of the Asian Professional Speakers Singapore (APSS).

Climate

Sustainability

Digitization

Technology

Global

Shehara Viswanathan

Engineer by nurture, feminist by nature; Her first award-winning keynote, aged 20, was titled “Am I Being Too Ambitious?”, referring to comments she received for studying engineering. Her decades of keynote and panel moderation experience range from Cloud Asia and TechXLR8 to teaching Cloud and AI at the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisation’s ITHub.   She was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Australia, and now resides in Singapore. Shehara’s relentless passion for innovation enabled the design of game-changing digital experiences. She has taken leadership roles at SingTel, Telstra, and Cisco, in Cloud Computing, Security, and Software. She was the Head of International Cloud Portfolio at Telstra, helping the company create award-winning differentiation in Asia Pacific’s highly competitive cloud market, resulting in 6 industry awards.   Shehara recently served as Vice-Chair of the Asia Cloud Computing Association and is now a Lead Advisor for Cisco APJC.   

Innovation

Creativity

Technology

STEM

Global

Marianna Pascal

Marianna speaks about global communication. As a child struggling with dyslexia, Marianna developed a lifelong passion for simplicity in communication. She brings this value to diverse workplaces, where she helps professionals and teams to collaborate and communicate clearly.   With 25 years in Asia, Marianna has served over 100 organisations in 14 countries. An award-winning speaker, Marianna’s TEDx is one of the 50 most viewed TEDx talks worldwide with over 25 million viewers globally. She was selected as one of the 10 Favourite Female Speakers Worldwide by Toastmasters International, along with Oprah Winfrey, Brene Brown, and Indira Gandhi. Marianna is also the author of the popular book series, English Fast & Easy, which was a #2 bestseller on Borders Bestseller List for Non-fiction.   Marianna is widely known for her humorous, high-energy interactive style. Married to a Chinese Malaysian, with a Chinese-educated daughter, Marianna is a true authority on what works when it comes to raising the communication standards in the Asian workplace. 

Empowerment

Storytelling

Change Management

Communication

Global

Liana Attard

Liana is a Partner with a multinational consulting business, based in Singapore and is the Multinational Client Group Leader for Asia. She has worked for 19 years in the insurance, broking, and consulting industry in both Asia and Australia, with 15 years of experience focused on international consulting in the HR and employee benefits space.   She is an ambassador for diversity and inclusion in the workplace across Asia, driving thought leadership and related solutions on mental wellbeing and an aging workforce and structuring inclusive rewards programs. Outside of her day job, Liana is the Lead Chair for Women@Mercer BRG for Asia, is a member of the women in business group at Britcham and the MMC Asia Pacific Risk Committee, looking at issues impacting Asia and organisations from risk, workforce, aging & automation and climate change/reliance perspective.   

Diversity

Equity

Inclusion

Gender

Health/Well-being

Global

Monica Hornung Cattan

Monica is Head of Programs at QS Quacquarelli Symonds, delivering global education and digital transformation events and publications. Originating from Chile, she graduated in International Relations, and studied further at Bologna, SOAS, and INSEAD, undertaking her MBA at Politecnico di Milano. Her international career has focused on public-private partnerships and convening multiple stakeholders to tackle urgent societal issues. Her expertise and interests lie in regional policy ecosystems and partnership strategies in Asia and Europe.    Monica’s passion for women’s empowerment and digital innovation guides her. She facilitated Google’s #IamRemarkable initiative, while her sustainability focus includes championing impactful initiatives in organizations including the UN. Other work includes Global Initiatives, World Economic Forum’s Grow Asia, Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.     Monica believes women empowerment is not an equity need, but a crucial economic imperative for climate action and sustainability. 

Sustainability (Sustainable Development Goals)

Climate Action and Empowerment

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