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With more than 30 years’ experience, she helps experts, entrepreneurs, senior executives, and organisations harness the power of influential and effective communication.

Her work spans Presentation Intelligence®, leadership communication, and human behaviour—areas she continues to be deeply passionate about due to their measurable impact on individuals and teams.

She is known for her practical, engaging approach and her ability to translate complex communication and behavioural principles into real-world results. Despite her extensive experience, she remains energised by every client engagement and audience interaction, continually learning through each experience.

Based in Perth, she works globally and welcomes opportunities to connect regardless of location. She also runs programs from her Perth Hills property, where clients step away from the demands of the city and learn in a nature-based environment overlooking the landscape, often accompanied by coffee, alpacas, and her border collies, Banjo and Winnie.

Beyond her professional work, she is a proud mother of three, wife of one, and enjoys time outdoors, including the occasional mountain trek. Her values—freedom, reliability, and fairness (with fun close behind)—guide both her life and her work.

Presentation Intelligence®

Leading from the front of the room

The Future is Story

Speak and Profit – Grow your business through speaking

Presentation Intelligence®

Leading from the front of the room

The Future is Story

Speak and Profit – Grow your business through speaking

BA Training and Development, Masters Leadership (Storytelling), PhD Organisational Leadership (Presentation Intelligence) CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), FAIM (Fellow Australian Institute Management) Most Innovative Enterprise Award Founded Australia’s largest personal development school in the 1990’s First to Nationally Accredit Presentation Skills and Neuropresenting ® Regular contributor to podcasts and Foxtel’s The Couch TV programme Trusted advisor to Government departments, universities and some of the largest organisations in Australia
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