Conference 2025: Speaker profiles
We are pleased to be welcoming back our popular 2023 conference MC, Te Radar, to this year's event. We are also excited to announce that Alia Bojilova will be one of our keynote speakers. Please see below for more details on these two legends. Further information will be added to this page as speakers are confirmed.
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TE RADAR
Te Radar is one of the most recognised entertainers and personalities in New Zealand. Whether as a stand-up comedian, a documentary maker or an event speaker, he is as gregarious as he is accomplished. Having won just about every New Zealand comedy award from the Fred Award to the Billy T Award for excellence in comedy, he has also received numerous accolades in documentary making, ranging from the Qantas Awards in Film and Television to the NZ Television Awards. In 2018 he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Wintec for his contribution to the fields of media and entertainment. Witty, engaging and well-informed, Te Radar is a sought-after MC and speaker with an ability to knowledgeably host diverse events. |
ALIA BOJILOVA
Former SAS psychologist Dr Alia Bojilova is an expert in leadership, resilience and curiosity who is described as insightful, inspiring, energetic and committed to guiding people on how much better they can be. She has served as an enabler to thousands of leaders, teams and organisations in some of the most testing environments in New Zealand and around the world. She is a recipient of the United Nations Commendation and the Inaugural Meritorious Service Medal for successfully negotiating critical incidents in the Middle East. Alia has been a peak performance psychologist to Government, Olympians, the commercial sector, the health, education and creative industries, and the not-for-profit sector. She shares this wealth of experience in her book, The Resilience Toolkit, and in her appearances as a globally sought keynote speaker. Alia currently works as a partner in two venture firms in New Zealand and North America. |
