Catherine Devrye

Corporate boardrooms and government departments alike have called on Catherine DeVrye, whose client list spans Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, small businesses and associations across five continents. Named the National Speakers Association of Australia's Keynote Speaker of the Year in 2010 and honoured as an Australia Day Ambassador, she brings a background as both a corporate executive and a small business owner to her material. DeVrye has served as a board member of one of the world's largest police services and as CEO of Junior Achievement Australia, and worked with government ministers on the establishment of the Life Be In It fitness campaign. Featured in Who's Who of Australian Women, she carried the Olympic Torch during the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony. Her keynote topics range across customer service, change, leadership, team value and turning obstacles into opportunities.