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Connecting for Growth | Peer Support for Business Leaders
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"The high calibre of Speakers, who present to my Roundtable are subject matter experts, very engaging and thought provoking”
Robert Pistritto
GM Victoria Food at Metcash
Meet Some of Our Speakers
​We carefully curate our speaker line up, engaging only the most outstanding subject matter experts and thought leaders. Their brief is to share their knowledge, be a resource to the Roundtable, and to motivate and inspire, allowing you to make improvements to your own leadership and business. The objective of our speakers is to provide invaluable insight and experience, not to ’sell’.
David Fish
Connection & Strategy
As a globally recognised advertising strategist, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and record-breaking pilot, David Fish has spent over 25 years making brands famous in extraordinary ways across multiple countries. Rising to Chief Strategy Officer of a global agency group, David built a career at the intersection of human behaviour and commercial performance. That career taught him something that went far beyond brand strategy: the science of how we cut through, how we form trust, and why some connections become the foundation of everything — while others quietly erode. He has spent decades studying how we process, store, and recall our experiences, how we assign meaning to the people we meet, the stories we tell ourselves and share with others, as well as the organisations we choose to belong to. Today, David works with leaders, teams, and organisations to reclaim the power of human connection, to build the conviction, trust, and belonging that drives performance at every level. At a time when our human skills have never been more important, his work sits at the most urgent intersection in business: the one between who we are and what we are capable of when we stop performing and start connecting.
Andy MacDonell
Finance & Growth
Andy MacDonell is an experienced Advisory Board Chair, business strategist and financial advisor for scaling, privately owned businesses. Business owners enjoy his pragmatic, driven and proven approach. He leverages a very well-developed framework and tools that drive educational awareness for owners that drive them to the right outcomes. Whether it’s preparing the business for exit, managing succession, business acquisition or just general improvement, Andy is an accomplished Chair that can work with owners and other advisers to get you to your desired outcome. As a chartered accountant, he has earned his pedigree with his years across BDO and PwC helping business owners create and realise value. He is also recognised as a Fellow of The Advisory Board Centre.
Fiona Robertson
Leadership & Culture
An expert in leadership and culture, Fiona has worked with dozens of large and small private, public, not for profit and government organisations in Australia and overseas – and coached numerous senior executives. Clients have included IBM, Nasdaq, McKinsey & Company, Oracle, ANZ Bank, Monash University, Pexa, Ausgrid, NSW Health, the CEO Institute, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), Lendlease, Winc, Multiplex, La Trobe University, the Australian Catholic University, Carey Grammar School, and the University of Birmingham amongst many others. She also spent twelve years in executive positions with the National Australia Bank (NAB) including leading their market research function and several key transformation roles. Her last role was Head of Culture during a period which included the introduction of a new set of values and the development of a purpose for the organisation. Fiona holds an MBA from London Business School and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership.
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