Kea Inspire 2016

Overview

Kea is the global network building a borderless nation for Kiwis living both at home and abroad, leveraging experience, knowledge and opportunities. The Kea Inspire event series is a showcase of Kiwi success and the exceptional strides we are making internationally. Kea Inspire 2016 welcomes six speakers absolutely owning their discipline, with each sharing the triumphs, struggles and lessons learnt throughout their storied careers.

Sarah Robb O'Hagan's name often appears on lists – most notably among the 'Most Powerful Women in Sports' and 'Most Creative People in Business'. Owning the cross section of businesswoman, mother and fitness fanatic, Sarah has provided leadership at Virgin, Nike, Gatorade and Equinox. Robert Oliver is more than a celebrity chef. He has developed restaurants internationally, launched 'farm to table' resorts in the Caribbean and food programs in New York City. He's won culinary book awards, contributes to Huffington Post, judges My Kitchen Rules and is an ambassador for Le Cordon Bleu. Linda Jenkison doesn't stick to her lane. A serial entrepreneur, she's founded a global concierge service, built multi-million dollar companies, was the first Kiwi woman to take a company public on the NASDAQ Exchange and developed business frameworks for SMEs in West Africa – to name just a few.

Welby Ings is an award-winnning designer, film maker and Professor of Graphic Design at AUT. As a recipient of awards for excellence in tertiary teaching, Ings is an authority on the melding of creativity and learning, advocate of 'disobedient thinking' and is an outspoken critic of the shortcomings of our current education model. Mai Chen is one of New Zealand's pre-eminent legal minds and cultural diversity champion. Founding partner of a boutique law firm and chair for multiple boards, including NZ Global Women and the Superdiversity Centre for Law, Policy and Business. Chen has been a finalist for New Zealander Of The Year in both 2014 and 2016 and was recently named in The Economist's Top 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life. Steven Renata is the CEO and Gobal Business Director for KIWA, the world's leading production house for experiential digital books. An Executive Wellness Coach, Renata spent two decades building Les Mills into a global behemoth of fitness it is today and has key insights on digital consumption, high performance teams and building thriving modern 'tribes' in New Zealand.