Keynote Speakers
The opening keynote sets the tone for everything that follows. It's the one session everyone attends — it frames the day, gives the audience a shared reference point, and if it lands, gets quoted back to you months later.
We represent keynote speakers across business, innovation, wellbeing, motivation and sport. Gus Balbontin on adapting when the ground shifts under a business. Sam Bloom and Mitch Wallis on resilience and mental health. Gilbert Enoka on building teams that hold under pressure. Michael McQueen on disruption and what comes next. Tracey Spicer AM, Sarah Wilson, Rabia Siddique and James O'Loghlin — broadcasters, authors and advocates who can carry a room as well as inform it.
Browse below, or tell us your date, audience and theme and we'll shortlist three or four worth your time.
Choosing the right keynote
Three questions do most of the work.
Where does the keynote sit in the program? An opener needs to lift the energy and set the frame. A closing keynote needs to land something people carry out the door. Different jobs, and not every speaker is equally strong at both.
What does the audience already know? A room of specialists will disengage from a talk pitched at general business. A mixed audience needs someone who can make a technical subject land without flattening it.
What should be different afterwards? If the honest answer is "nothing — we want them energised before the awards dinner," that's a legitimate brief. Say so. If you want a specific shift in how people think or act, the speaker needs to know that before they write a word.
Formats and fees
Most keynotes run 45 to 60 minutes, often with 10 to 15 minutes of Q&A afterwards.
Many of our speakers also deliver workshops, facilitate panels, or take an MC role across a full day — usually more cost-effective than booking separate people for each.
Fees vary by speaker, session length and location. Tell us your budget range and we'll be straight with you about who fits it. We'd rather say so early than send a shortlist you can't book.
Lead time: eight to twelve weeks is comfortable for a specific speaker on a specific date. Shorter is often possible and we'll tell you honestly what's realistic.
Before the event
Every speaker we represent is briefed properly — audience makeup, objectives, what's happened in your organisation recently, anything to avoid. A keynote that references the room it's standing in is a different experience from one delivered off the shelf.
We're a member bureau of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus, bound by its global code of ethics.