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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.

Mahal Rajan

Mahal is the founder and voice behind MetaDestiny, through which she advocates Well-Being, specializing in Resilience, Change Management and Self-Care. As a Speaker, Trainer and Author, she is dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations in spreading awareness and need to cultivate well-being.   After surviving a critical medical condition, she emerged from it stronger and with a renewed perspective of life and purpose. She is a firm believer in the simple philosophy that, by taking care of ourselves, we can better care for those around us and create a more positive future for ourselves and our communities.   She is the Amazon Best-Selling Author of 'Repurposed - Finding the New You' and co-author of 'Shaken, Stirred but not Deterred.’   A highly experienced educator, Mahal holds a Masters in Education and has served in the Ministry of Education in Singapore for more than 20 years. Mahal is currently an Associate Lecturer.   

Resilience

Change Management

Self-Care

Sandra Bravo

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 NLP, Speaker's Trainer, Bestselling Author, and International Keynote Speaker. As a 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. 

Leadership

Empowerment

Gender

Karin Barry

Karin is an Executive with 20+ years of experience in Operations, Finance, and Strategy across the International Development, Banking, and Professional Services Industries. She is passionate about driving transformation and innovation at an individual level and across corporate culture. With her diverse background, she has a special talent for consolidating learnings from across multiple domains.     Her corporate experience has included leading change initiatives, defining and leading strategic transformation alongside Boards and Executive committees, and conceptualizing corporate reorganization plans.  Karin has lived and worked in Africa, the Middle East, Singapore, and the USA. Originally hailing from the USA, she leverages her international experience to craft cross-culturally compelling leadership and change initiatives.   

Leadership

Management

Diversity

Anoushka Gungadin

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 Director, Speaker, Facilitator 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 GlobalCQ. GlobalCQ has been recognised for its innovative vision and is the winner of the 2018 Westpac 200 Businesses of Tomorrow Award. 

Diversity

Inclusion

Culture

Batya Shulman

Batya is a chartered accountant and licensed financial adviser with over 22 years of international banking and financial services experience. Prior to moving into wealth management, she was a CFO at an Australian Bank. As a full-time working mother to 3 young kids, Batya understands that people may have the best of intentions in managing their finances, but often put themselves last.     She is passionate about empowering and educating people on financial well-being and helping individuals, families, and business owners reach their long-term financial goals. Batya skillfully breaks down financial concepts so they are accessible to all and has spoken at many MNCs, Chambers of commerce, and NPOs in Singapore including Google, KPMG, Aviva, Britcham, and PrimeTime Business & Professional Women's association. 

Finance

Health/Well-being

Anupama Murali

Anupama has spent over 15 years as an IT consultant in multiple roles across Asia, Europe, and North America. She has led transformation projects for global financial institutions, constantly raising the bar in the way clients implement change within their organisations. It was during her successful professional life, combined with evolving family life, that she discovered that living life being inspired and relaxed at the same time is not so much about adopting new strategies, it is rather about realigning oneself.   She now empowers professionals to shift from reactive to intentional living through her 'Achieve with Equilibrium' coaching, transformational talks, and leadership development programs. She is a specialist in enabling highly accomplished individuals to overcome imposter experiences through the ‘Ignite the Leader Within’ coaching program. Her mission is to empower people to discover their personal resilience comprising resilient thinking, emotional balance, and recovery through personal congruence. She has spoken at several universities in Singapore namely NUS Medicine, Duke NUS, and NTU, and given talks at HP Enterprise, Swiss Re, and Alcon, to name a few.

Self-Awareness

Self-Leadership

Well-Being

Emotional Balance

Self-Empowerment

Priyadarshini Sharma

A senior female leader with over 21 years of multi-country, multi-industry experience in blue-chip organisations, Priyadarshini Sharma has personally experienced several rites of passage including juggling career and family, dealing with discrimination, and helping other female leaders to thrive within their organisations. With that in mind, she became a professional speaker to share her wisdom and give back. She is a passionate and eloquent speaker on topics including Marketing & Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Coaching, and Leadership and can connect with and inspire diverse audiences.   Having lived and worked in 6 countries, Priya speaks four languages fluently and calls Singapore home. She is a certified coach and is dedicated to helping people achieve their potential. Priya is an accomplished writer with articles published in various international publications, and she is currently working on her first book. She is also a recipient of the “Campaign Asia Women to Watch” award. Priyadarshini holds a certification for Advanced public speaking and professional presenting from the Harvard extension school.

Marketing and Strategy

Leadership

Coaching for success

Raquel Ark

Raquel Ark (MA, CPC) is a podcast host, speaker, mentor, and trainer. She has over 25 years in multinational corporations and academia. She is the founder of listening ALCHEMY, a communication training and coaching organization including foundational evidence-based listening programs.   Raquel has spoken on the TEDx stage, as well as at conventions, organizations, and schools both in person and remotely. Her clients include HelloFresh, hotjar, commerce tools, Codility, BASF, Fairtrade International, and more. She is the podcast host for, “listening SUPERPOWER podcast” which focused on listening in teams and organizations beyond what we typically consider. She is the Vice President of the International Listening Association and a university instructor at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.   Raquel was born and raised in Puerto Rico and Ohio, USA, and is now living in Germany.    

Listening

Communication

Leadership

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

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test

Gabriela Christian-Hare

Gabriela is a leader in the social justice sector, lawyer and speaker, with a career spanning Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Pro Bono Centre, Australia's government-funded center of leadership for pro bono legal services. Gabriela practiced corporate finance law in Sydney, London, and Tokyo with top tier law firms and as in-house corporate counsel with a leading investment bank. Mid-career, she made a decision to dedicate her career to social justice and swapped life in the City of London to work in the field for UNHCR in Damascus.     She was then appointed Special Advisor to Head of Mission of Tony Blair's Office of the Quartet Representative in Jerusalem, helping to support Palestinian economic development and institution building. Gabriela now bridges the private and social justice sectors, dedicating her career to guiding private sector organizations on a similar journey to work with a social purpose. Gabriela holds a Master's in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. She also has a keen interest in film and television production, has executive-produced a number of productions, and is a Voting Member of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 

Management

Purpose

Social

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth is a knowledgeable and accomplished Digital Marketing Specialist with over 25 years of experience in business training and execution. She loves to find clarity in the ever-changing world of digital marketing and uses this to educate professionals about strategies and techniques they can use to grow their businesses. Elizabeth is a fully qualified trainer, holding an ACLP training certificate and also a postgraduate diploma in education for adults.    Elizabeth launched her own training and consultancy business, ELIZABETH TAYLOR COACHING, in January 2020. She provides business and marketing audits, digital marketing training, and 121 business coaching. Elizabeth supports professionals and entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing clarity and direction on their goals, target market, communication channels, and content. Previous to this, the majority of Elizabeth’s early career was within the entertainment industry, focused on marketing DVDs for Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, and MGM.

Communication

Marketing

Branding

Katja Forbes

Katja is a seasoned leader in the digital industry with a proven track record of driving growth and innovation. As an expert in areas such as CX, UX, data science, and product design, as well as emerging technology, she is a highly sought-after keynote speaker. She has been recognized as one of the top 50 Australian professionals, Top 10 Women Disruptors, and as one of Westpac/Australian Financial Review's '100 Women of Influence'.   Currently, as Head of Client Experience at Standard Chartered Bank, she leads a team to create high-impact products and services that promote financial inclusion and contribute to a net-zero carbon future. She has also served as an International Director and Vice President on the Global Board of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).  As a published author and regular media commentator, she is not only known for her professional achievements but also for her determination and sense of purpose as a thought leader and inspiration for women around the world.

Ethical Navigation of AI & Emerging Tech

Customer Experience

Human-Centered Design

Dr Sarah Whyte

Dr Sarah Whyte has a doctorate in emotional intelligence, for which she created an emotional intelligence intervention for change and gained the specialist skills to create new knowledge and become an expert in her field. She remains a massive research geek, updating her knowledge with emotion, psychology, and neuroscience research.   With more than twenty years experience of supporting thousands of people with tough emotions, first as a teacher and then as a speaker and facilitator, she now works with leaders and teams in high-pressure environments which expect peak performance. Dr Sarah helps people understand the power of emotion in building psychological safety. Through relatable stories which distill complex research into simple but powerful takeaways, she supports people to boost their performance, productivity, and communication. 

Psychological safety through emotions

Emotional Safety

Resilience & well-being

Aarathi Arumugam

With her humor, authenticity, and matter-of-factness, Aarathi manages to take a topic that is typically a taboo and uses it to empower other women and couples to be brave on their journey towards building a family. Based on her personal experience of building a family, Aarathi speaks about resilience and finding alternative ways to go after what you want to achieve in life.     Aarathi is an entrepreneur and mother, passionate about being in business and connecting communities through causes close to her heart. With a career trajectory that has taken different paths from corporate, volunteer organizations to start-ups, Aarathi sees the knowledge, experiences, and skills gained from these roles as her personal MBA, and harnesses this power to help nurture families and individuals on their journeys, so that they may thrive and celebrate their own growth. 

Diversity

Empowerment

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