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Karen Hall is the Founder and Director of Reputation by Design, a Marketing agency specialising in trust and reputation as an asset to drive business growth. Trusted brands are seven times more likely to command a premium price and benefit from six times the consumer loyalty, so proactively amplifying trust in your business pays big dividends. Being nominated, a finalist, and winning a business award, or two or three, is a way to fast-track trust in your brand. Karen and her team are award-winning experts and will find the right award for you to enter, prepare your submission, and help you lev ..read more

Andrew Carter is an entrepreneur, an ex-airline captain, an international author, a business mentor, a philanthropist, a highly engaging public speaker, and the CEO of the award-winning Global Publishing Group. He has run three highly successful businesses and founded two Not For Profit organisations. He is a business leader acknowledged for his strategic and marketing intellect and is a recognised authority on aviation, leadership, decision making and business turnaround. In his spare time, he created the most unique aviation museum in the country which attracted visitors from around the worl ..read more

Helen Alfa - National Membership Manager - Franchise Council of Australia Helen Alfa is a highly motivated business leader with a successful track record in small business development and franchise operations. Helen started her career in health, fitness, and wellness over 35 years ago in the weight loss industry and the fitness industry as sales manager and group fitness instructor and successfully owned a gym franchise for 6 years and sold the club to a large fitness chain. More recently, Helen was the National Franchise Manager with Fernwood Women’s Health Clubs and was responsible for franc ..read more

Kody Thompson is a dynamic entrepreneur and visionary leader with a track record of success. He is renowned for his achievements as the founder of Lightning Sites, a web development company that he built from a $250 startup into a multi-million-dollar enterprise generating in excess of $5M profit across eight years. Over that time, Lightning Sites was able to build over 1,500 websites, servicing over 800 clients monthly and generating in excess of 500,000 leads for his clients. After successfully building his own remote teams to grow and exit Lightning Sites, Kody developed and launched the Bus ..read more

Damien is an Author, Entrepreneur and Franchisor. Damien is the founder and CEO of Urban Clean, a national commercial and office cleaning franchise. Started as a side business in 2009, Damien franchised the business in 2014. It now has well over 100+ franchisees across Australia and is expanding internationally. Urban Clean has serviced thousands of clients and cleans some of the biggest companies in Australia. Its strategic business model helps its franchisees build scalable, profitable businesses with low fixed costs using a unique approach to franchising in the commercial cleaning industry ..read more

Dean Lightfoot has had a hands-on journey spanning over three decades in franchising with Gelatissimo, Baskin-Robbins, Subway and Andersens, and delved deep into every facet of the industry. From site selections, lease negotiations, and store training to delivering marketing programs both locally and internationally, his commitment has always been to uplift and support franchisees. Dean firmly believes that when you prioritise and support your franchisees, success naturally follows for the brand. At heart, he is an advocate for creating unparalleled customer experiences. “Emerging Franchisor I ..read more

Richard Parker has been helping people achieve their dreams of owning a business for over 30 years. His ‘How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price’ program has sold over 100,000 copies in more than 80 countries. He has personally purchased 13 of his own companies plus one co-investment with purchase prices ranging from $50,000 to over $200 million. Richard has appeared in Forbes, The New York Times, TheStreet.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc., and has over 300 published articles to his credit. He was hired by Ray Dalio, the famous investor and investment banker currently worth over US$15 mill ..read more

Paul Blackburn is an internationally acclaimed author and leader in the human potential movement, Paul has taught more than 400,000 people on 4 continents how to reach their personal and professional potential during 38 years as a success coach, author, instructor and keynote speaker. Paul has trained 350+ life/business coaches, held one of the world’s largest fire-walks, was appointed by the Australian Government to its business advisory panel and is a partner in a multi-million dollar business operating in 100+ countries (not related to personal development). To learn more or to speak to Pau ..read more

Rhiannon Simcocks is an experienced leader and solutionist; applying entrepreneurial thinking that pushes the boundaries of even the most established business models. As CEO of James’ Home Services Australia, Rhiannon conceptualised and has led the development and implementation of Australia’s first subscription model to business ownership, the Netflix of franchising… revolutionising business ownership in our country. We believe the model is also a world-first. The model stands to disrupt an established and mature sector with this modern approach that is wholly responsive to changing consumer ..read more