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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.

Dalia Feldheim

Dalia Feldheim- the founder of Flow Leadership Consultancy, draws on her own extensive corporate leadership experience and her passion for championing others, to enable organizations to promote a more authentic, happy, and psychologically safe working culture.  Before founding Flow Leadership Consultancy, Dalia spent over two decades as a C-suite global marketing executive at Procter and Gamble where she led work on some of the world’s most iconic ad campaigns two of them being 'Tampax Mother Nature' and ’Always like a girl’ ranked Forbes most influential campaign of the decade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs  Dalia holds an Executive Master's degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change from INSEAD business school (Organizational Psychology) along with a Happiness Facilitator diploma from the ‘Happiness Studies Academy’ in partnership with Miami University.    Dalia is on a mission to share her insights and learning, successes, and struggles to help shape the new generation of leaders. She teaches ‘The Science of Happiness and Resilience’ as an Adjunct Professor at the Singapore Management University and works with the top tech companies to bring resilience and joy to work. To complement her training program, she recently founded a small startup- “Uppiness- Up your game at work”- an online game designed to help employees solve daily challenges through the use of positive psychology interventions in a fun and engaging way building skills, teamwork and growth mindset.     She is also an ICF accredited coach, a qualified psychodynamic group therapist, and yoga and meditation trainer- including personal and group coaching and mindfulness practice in her corporate programs. Finally, Dalia is a passionate advocate of women and feminine leadership- encouraging women (and men) to lean into their feminine leadership traits and “Dare to lead (more) like a girl”. Her standing ovation Ted talk speaks to the power of this idea Dare to Lead Like a Girl    Her book Dare to Lead like a Girl is scheduled for release in 2021 with proceeds dedicated to lead like a girl programs for underprivileged women around the world. 

Happiness and resilience at work

Emotional bravery / managing emotions at work

women empowerment

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

Erika Balzarelli

Erika is a purpose-driven thought leader in agriculture, ex-corporate marketeer, entrepreneur, and consultant. With over 20 years of experience in agriculture, she has worked in corporates, NGOs, governments, consultancy, and start-ups. Erika holds an MBA (Netherlands) and an MPA from Harvard University.   Erika has worked across Europe, Africa, and APAC developing and implementing impactful projects in climate-smart agriculture.  Mid- 2021, Erika founded The Sustainable Smallholder consultancy studio offering services to the private sector, social enterprises, and start-ups to help transition to sustainable, profitable, innovative agriculture models. Erika also serves on the Board of Advisors for many other social enterprise start-ups that bring regenerative agriculture to smallholder farmers across ASEAN, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa.    Prior to this, Erika leads the rice business at Corteva Agriscience; she has worked in different capacities for IFAD (Ethiopia), Agricultural Transformation Agency (Ethiopia), Dalberg (India), and Syngenta (USA, Switzerland, Singapore, Indonesia).

Sustainable / climate smart agriculture

Smallholder farmers

Business Model innovation (in ag)

Sandra Quelle

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. 

Inclusion

Gender

Health/Well-being

Jodie Goulden

Jodie Goulden is the Founder of Orgdesign Works, Board Member of the Organization Design Institute and Organization Design Forum, and Faculty for the European Organization Design Forum. As a Consultant, Jodie guides senior leaders to design organizations with impact. She loves, lives, and breathes big companies, and believes that corporations can be a force for good.       During a global HR and communications career in multinational companies, she lived and worked in Shanghai, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Perth, and Toronto. She has led international teams in corporate, strategic, and operational HR management roles. Her adventurous career is matched by her personal life; she has completed countless wilderness expeditions to Mt Everest base camp, sea kayaking in Alaska, and horse trekking in Mongolia. 

Organization design

Hybrid Working

Future of Work

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

Cindy Tien

Impactful, authentic, and inspiring, are a few words to describe Cindy Tien, a professional speaker who has worked with global clients including American Express, Citibank, and S&P.  Growing up in a household of 20 people, Cindy battled with addictions, traumatic health problems, and self-destructive behaviours, but learned through her difficult circumstances that we all have the power to transform our reality. Her personal stories inspire authenticity & awakening with life-changing strategies for individuals to achieve higher levels of consciousness, connect deeply with their inner self, and develop the courage to pursue their desires purposefully.    As an advocate for personal development, she is certified in Public Speaking, Neuro-linguistic programming, Confidence coaching, Emotional quotient, Social Intelligence, and Visual branding. Her upcoming book – “True Presence – Empowering you to Influence with a Purpose”, stems from her study of human behaviour over 2 decades. Cindy is sought after as a thought-provoking, entertaining, and edgy influencer who delivers results.  

Empowerment

Authenticity

Courage

Resilience

Mrinalini Venkatachalam

Mrinalini Venkatachalam is the Regional Director for Southeast Asia and Oceania at WEConnect International, a global nonprofit network that works with multinational corporations and multilateral organizations to generate market-access opportunities for women’s business enterprises in over 125 countries through supplier diversity.     The organization identifies, educates, registers, and certifies women’s business enterprises based outside the U.S. that are at least 51% owned, as well as managed and controlled, by one or more women, and then connects them to qualified buyers across the globe. WEConnect International’s network of corporate members, primarily Fortune 500 companies, represent over $1 Trillion in annual purchasing power. Over the last twelve years, Mrinalini has engaged with large corporations, government agencies, SMEs, and community organizations to provide them with a platform to create measurable social impact.     She speaks regularly at community events, corporate events, and conferences about the role that gender equality plays in achieving a more sustainable world for everyone. Mrinalini has been awarded the Singapore Women's Weekly's Great Women of Our Time award in the Public Service and Education category and has been nominated as one of Cleo Singapore's 2016 top ten Changemakers. 

Inclusion

Empowerment

Gender

Adele Hung

Adele Hung is a global commercial director at GSK, one of the largest biopharmaceutical companies. She is an international keynote speaker based in Singapore. Her professional journey includes founding a social enterprise in Hong Kong, founding a healthcare consultancy in China's Greater Bay Area, and working in investment banking. Adele has forged a successful career holding key leadership positions across marketing, digital and strategy functions.   Having lived and worked in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Adele believes in cultural authenticity. In 2017 she established the Women Leadership Initiative in Singapore to support diversity and encourage active allyship in the workplace. She regularly speaks about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Adele inspires people to overcome self-limiting beliefs by relating her transformational leadership stories and cultural experiences. Her speech is backed by not only her first-hand leadership experience but also her professional understanding of how humans communicate and how leaders transform.   Adele holds a BSc in Speech Pathology and Behavioural Psychology, and an M.B.A with Strategy and Finance majors. She lives with her loving husband and their two young daughters.   

Leadership

Diversity & Inclusion

Culture

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

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

Claudia Winkler

Dr. Claudia is a Harvard-trained lawyer from Austria and the founder of Negotiation Academy LLC, a leading Negotiation Training company recognized for extensive experience in devising and delivering Bespoke Training solutions for Fortune 500 companies and Tier 1 law firms globally.    With her outcome-oriented and creative training solutions and interactive talks, she has helped more than 5,500 individuals online in 147 countries and in-person across Europe, the US, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia boost their negotiation skills and gain an edge in their businesses or careers.    Dr. Claudia holds a Master's and Doctor's degree in European and International Law and received her LL.M. from Harvard Law School as a Fulbright Scholar, where she trained extensively with the Harvard Negotiation Project.    As a frequent speaker at legal and business conferences around the world, she has shared a stage with leading personalities like Hugh Hilton, Michael Douglas, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, inspiring audiences of 2,500 people and above to leverage the power of negotiation skills for their personal and professional goals.    

Negotiation

Client Satisfaction

Business Development

Communication

Bhavna Toor

Bhavna Toor is the Founder and CEO of Shenomics, a mindful leadership platform supporting women to live and lead with authenticity, mindfulness, and impact. Under Bhavna’s leadership, Shenomics has positively impacted over 100,000 women from all walks of life. As an internationally trained mindfulness and women’s leadership coach, Bhavna has spoken on various platforms including TEDx and has trained and coached high-potential leaders at leading Fortune 500 companies around the world.   Bhavna’s prior experience includes mentoring leaders and entrepreneurs as the CEO and Director of the National Social Entrepreneurship Forum and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the GSF Global Accelerator. Prior to that, Bhavna had a 9-year celebrated career on Wall Street, most recently as a Vice President and Client Portfolio Manager for a portfolio of hedge funds at a top investment firm in New York.   Bhavna has lived and worked in over 8 countries and has an MBA in Social Impact from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Bhavna is the recipient of multiple awards, including WEF’s “Iconic Woman Creating a Better World for All”

Mindful (or Conscious) Leadership

Women in Leadership

Diversity & Inclusion

Murshidah Said

Murshidah has run successful businesses for more than 20 years expanding throughout Asia as well as teaching entrepreneurship to teenagers and adults. Murshidah has over 18 years of personal grooming and personal image transformational training experience to teenagers, corporate executives, and government level executives.     Prior to training, she owned a convention organizing and event management company and has organized over 150 projects spanning the Asia Pacific region (including Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Sydney) since 1993. Murshidah: In a nutshell, I am a speaker, corporate trainer, life coach, Love and Respect advocate, social entrepreneur, humanitarian, mom and wife, I help press the Re-Set button on people (only if allowed to). 

Leadership

Management

Business

Social

Dr. Stacey Ashley

To lead this marathon of change, leaders must navigate the complexities of globalization, technological advancement, social interconnectivity, hybrid work, massively accelerating change, a multi-generational workforce, and more.  With over 30 years of experience, Stacey has helped 1000 to develop their leadership competence, confidence, and credibility.  The author of six Amazon #1 best-selling books about leadership, Stacey has a talent for translating complex concepts into simple & practical ideas for immediate application. Obsessed with elevating the practice of leadership, and equipping leaders globally to create a future of possibility. Stacey typically speaks at conferences, develops leadership strategies and programs, consults, and coaches.  Stacey helps CEOs and their teams:   Build the practical foundations for effective leadership  Get out of the trenches, to lead strategically and with influence  Transition quickly and effectively to leading larger, more complex portfolios  Effectively lead change and transformation  Develop a coaching toolkit and approach  Create a leadership coaching capability

Leadership

Coaching

Change Management
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