Luke Anear
Luke founded workplace safety software company SafetyCulture from his garage. Today, it’s used by more than 65,000 organisations worldwide.

Jessica Sepel
3 times best-selling author, Jess built JSHealth to provide high quality supplements to her community.

Ben Thompson
20yrs in finance and employment law, Ben thrives on disruptive people management offerings that redefine markets.

Adam Jacobs
After Australia’s largest online fashion retailer, Adam turned to building global tech that positively influences society.

Erin Deering
Erin grew Triangl into a USD$200m company through a hunger for success and savvy social media use. One year alone saw a $50m revenue jump.

Tim Fung
From an idea to capital raising and global brand – Airtasker is a success story that empowers people and impacts the future of work on a global scale.

Kim Jackson
Former investment banker and rock musician, Kim founded and runs Skip Capital. Skip invests in high-growth tech companies (incl. Canva, CultureAmp and SafetyCulture) as well as future-aware infrastructure projects.

Chris Eigeland
Go1 is the largest online professional education provider in the world and recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in Australia. 

Rick Baker
A VC firm focused on the best global tech startups in Australia and NZ. Rick has led the firm’s investments into companies such as Canva, Baraja SafetyCulture, and Gilmour Space.

Emma Weston
A multi-awarded platform, AgriDigital is leading the way in digitizing, connecting and securing global agricultural supply chains – from farmer to consumer.

Tammy Hembrow
With a social following of 15.4 million+ on Instagram and over 2m subscribers on YouTube & TikTok, Tammy’s success is driven by her honest and open approach to all her social channels.

Sue Fennessy
Sue has spent the last 30 years creating disruptive businesses in the digital economy across Asia, Europe and North America. Now, she’s taking on the tech giants with a new, sustainable social media platform, WeAre8.

Shaun Wilson
Bondi Sands was founded in 2012. With co-founder Shaun Wilson at the helm of the company’s global brand strategy, today it’s the number one self-tanning brand in the world.

Pippa Hallas
Ella Bache has grown to be one of Australia’s most iconic skincare companies. Hallas is its third-generation owner and chief and knows all about perseverance and taking risks.

Naby Mariyam
Key-note speaker and host of Hustlechat podcast, Naby Mariyam founded Coverhero in 2017 to focus on insurance services for Millenials and GenZ.

Elicia McDonald
AirTree Ventures is one of the largest VC funds in Australia and has been an early investor in many breakout tech companies like Canva. McDonald is Partner at the firm, and has supported ambitious founders in the early stages of their journey.

Fred Schebesta
Schebesta is an entrepreneur, adviser and the founder of global fintech, Finder (now worth over half a billion dollars). He’s also known as The Crypto King of Australia and has recently launched a blockchain investment fund.

Dr Sarah Hunter
Joining KPMG in 2022, Dr Hunter is a senior economist and partner in the firm’s economics tax centre. She leads the firm’s economic advisory practice, and is currently helping businesses navigate the high inflation environment.

Sally Auld
An expert in financial markets, Auld is the chief investment officer at JBWere. Previously she was the managing director and chief economist of JP Morgan.

Johnathan McMenamin
McMenamin is a senior economist at Barrenjoey, leading the development of the company’s economic framework and forecasting capabilities.