— Speaking
Cindy speaks at conferences, corporate events, and leadership forums — on leadership, transformation, and the human conditions for sustained performance. Available for Australian and international engagements.
— Keynote speaking
A speaker who has lived what she talks about.
Available for conferences, corporate events, government forums, Board education sessions, and professional association events.
01
Human Leadership in the Age of AI
As AI reshapes how organisations operate, the leaders who will matter most are those who can do what AI cannot — create trust, navigate complexity, and lead people through uncertainty.
30–60 min · Executive and technology forums
02
Why Transformation Fails When Leadership Doesn't Transform
Most transformation programs stall not because the strategy was wrong, but because no one built the conditions for delivery. This keynote changes how leaders think about their own role in transformation.
30–60 min · Leadership and transformation conferences
03
The Credibility Gap
Closing the distance between how capable you are and how capable you feel — and building the genuine conditions for authentic, sustained high performance.
30–60 min · Leadership conferences · Keynote or panel
Also available as a masterclass → EXCEED Leadership
background
Microsoft · Gartner · AWS
Led Digital Innovation and Customer Solutions, ANZ · Emotional Intelligence Lead, Asia-Pacific and Japan · Amazon
EXPERIENCE
20+ years senior leadership Australia and US
aLSO
Forthcoming author · Founder, EXCEED Leadership
"Her speaking draws on two decades of senior leadership and fifteen years of mentoring leaders through the challenges that most development programs do not address honestly."
— Availavble in person and virtually across Australia and internationally
— Facilitation
Facilitation that moves the room — not just the agenda.
Cindy facilitates leadership events, executive off-sites, strategy sessions, and conference panels, bringing the same honest, direct engagement to moderated conversation that she brings to her own sessions.
Her facilitation is well-suited to sessions where the goal is not just content delivery but genuine conversation, helping leadership teams reach clarity, surface the real issues, and leave with shared direction rather than a polished summary of what people said.
Leadership team facilitation
Facilitation of leadership team sessions, strategy alignment, operating model design, transformation planning, or leadership capability conversations.
Half-day, full day, multi day · Senior leadership teams · Private
Board facilitation
Facilitation of Board strategy sessions, governance reviews, and technology or AI education sessions. Structured to help Boards ask the right questions, surface the real risks, and engage with complex issues.
Half-day, full day, or multi day · Boards · Private
Conference panel facilitation
Moderation of leadership conference panels — keeping the conversation honest, drawing out the real perspectives, and making sure the audience leaves with something more than a polished consensus.
60–90 min · Conference or corporate event
— Booking enquiries
Let's talk about your event.
Cindy takes a limited number of speaking engagements each year. If you are planning an event and would like to explore whether she is the right fit - for a keynote, panel, masterclass, or private session - the best first step is a conversation.
