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Stephen Scheeler
PrintStephen Scheeler is Australia’s most authoritative voice on digital disruption, transformation, A.I., culture & leadership. His experience at the heart of Silicon Valley is truly unparalleled, and he has a unique ability to inspire audiences of all kinds with rare insight, humour & humility. Stephen is the former Facebook CEO for ANZ, where he helped guide Facebook’s unprecedented rise from quirky Silicon Valley start-up to media & technology titan. Contact Platinum for Stephen's speaking enquiries.
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Testimonials for Stephen Scheeler
On behalf of the team at Bunning's who attended the recent Corporate Plan Update held at Werribee Mansion, Melbourne, I would like to thank you for the presentation on Digital Disruption in Retail Australia. The presentation was very well received and one of the highlights of the event. Some of the feedback provided by the team was "very insightful", "I have a better understanding of what is coming", and "It really opened by eyes to social and business implications" Our team are facing the challenge of better understanding the digital world and ensuring we position ourselves and the business to embrace it, you have inspired the team in both.
Bunnings
"We had nine speakers today and you were the highlight X10! Your keynote really got the room thinking and talking in a way that a room full of accountants and lawyers rarely do!"
Australian Taxation Office
"Your engaging personality and enthusiastic speech worked their magic to transform a usually silent audience of lawyers and accountants into an active and productive discussion about the future of the tax profession. Your insights and views brought up new perspectives from outside the ‘tax bubble' and greatly contributed to building the bridges between tax and other areas of business. Your opening address was not just a speech, it was a masterclass on how to bring an audience together, and I've personally learned enormously from you today. As a lecturer and as a member of the organising committee of The Future of the Tax Profession Symposium, my big thanks to you!"
La Trobe University - Future of the Tax Profession Symposium
"Stephen keynoted a recent PwC event on the future of work. Before an audience of over 100 HR professionals, he spoke about Silicon Valley culture and the lessons organisations can apply to their own teams and cultures. He was relaxed, eloquent, engaging and highly insightful, keeping the audience engaged for over an hour with just a seat and himself. Amazingly, he worked with no notes or slides – just great story telling! Feedback from the audience was overwhelmingly positive."
Emma Stonham, Australian & ASEANZ Senior Markets Advisor, People & Organisation, PwC Australia
“Stephen presented a 20-minute keynote at a recent lunch for 200 members and guest of The Constant Investor. He spoke without notes, and without hesitation – authoritatively, eloquently and engagingly. Stephen brought the perfect mix of gravitas and light-touch humour. My audience loved it.”
Alan Kohler, business media personality (ABC TV, Qantas Business, The Australian) and publisher of The Constant Investor
Fee Range: POA
“We had nine speakers today and you were the highlight X10! Your keynote really got the room thinking and talking in a way that a room full of accountants and lawyers rarely do!”
Australian Taxation Office
KEY TOPICS
- THE AI TRANSFORMATION WITH STEPHEN SCHEELER
- LEADERSHIP Walk the Talk: Mastering the Eight Elements of Disruptive Leadership for the 21st Century
- FUTURE – Fear or Fascination?: The Future of Technology, Business & Human Life
- PERSONAL JOURNEY – The Oldest Guy at Facebook: My Journey from Nowhere to the Heart of Silicon Valley
- INNOVATIVE CULTURE – Start-Up DNA: How to Bake Silicon Valley Culture & Innovation into Your Business
- CYBER – How Avoiding Cyberattacks has Organisations Racing to Safety
- TRUST – Have We Met Before? The Revolution of Trust, Identity & Privacy in a Cyber Unsecure World
BEST SUITED FOR
- Corporate conferences and leadership events
- Executive and senior leadership teams
- AI and Technology events with a brief for the future of business
- Organisations navigating change or uncertainty
- Industry Forums and Summits
WHY PLATINUM RECOMMENDS STEPHEN
- Stephen Scheeler is Australia’s most authoritative voice on digital disruption, transformation, A.I., culture & leadership
- His experience at the heart of Silicon Valley is truly unparalleled
- He has a unique ability to inspire audiences of all kinds with rare insight, humour & humility.
- Stephen is the former Facebook CEO for ANZ, where he helped guide Facebook’s unprecedented rise from quirky Silicon Valley start-up to media & technology titan.
- He is also a member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Knowledge Nation 100, top innovation leaders in Australia.
Stephen Scheeler's Biography
Stephen Scheeler is Australia’s most authoritative voice on digital disruption, transformation, A.I., culture & leadership.
His experience at the heart of Silicon Valley is truly unparalleled, and he has a unique ability to inspire audiences of all kinds with rare insight, humour & humility.
Stephen is the former Facebook CEO for ANZ, where he helped guide Facebook’s unprecedented rise from quirky Silicon Valley start-up to media & technology titan. Stephen’s acclaimed TEDx talk – The Oldest Guy at Facebook – recounts his amazing journey at the heart of one of the world’s most disruptive companies.
Today, Stephen is a frequent media commentator on digital disruption, culture, leadership, technology & A.I. – including TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, ABC, Sky News, The Project, Sunrise, The Today Show, The Australian & The Australian Financial Review. He is also a member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Knowledge Nation 100, top innovation leaders in Australia.
Stephen is also CEO of revolutionary artificial intelligence start up, Omniscient – the world leader in using A.I. to decode the human brain. Backed by some of Australia’s most iconic business names – including Gina Rinehart, Gretel Packer and Will Vicars – in 2022, Omniscient won the coveted South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Innovation Award for A.I. and Machine Learning.
Stephen is also founder of global advisory The Digital CEO, and Executive-in-Residence at the Asia-Pacific’s leading business school, the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Stephen is one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers & advisors on digital disruption, transformation, culture & leadership, and the future of technology, data & A.I.
He has spoken to or advised the likes of Qantas, nab, Westpac, Macquarie Bank, ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank, Bank of Queensland, IAG, Suncorp, Telstra, Optus, Wesfarmers, AMP, CUB, Lion, Brambles, Google, Dell, EMC, Lenovo, Tanium, Workday, Hubspot, Seven West Media, MCN, QBE, Hollard, CBRE, BAT, LVMH, JB Hi-Fi, Bunnings, Flight Centre, Lend Lease, Mirvac, EY, PWC, McKinsey, Splunk, Gartner, Toyota, VW, Honda, BUPA, Seek and the Australian Government.
A native New Yorker, Stephen has spent over 25 years in Asia-Pacific, with deep business & cultural experience across China, Japan, SE Asia & ANZ.
Contact agent Helene Greenham directly to enquire about Stephen’s corporate speaking – helene@platinumspeakers.com.au
Speaking Topics Include
THE AI TRANSFORMATION WITH STEPHEN SCHEELER
Stephen Scheeler is renowned as one of the Australia's most influential voices on AI. His hands-on experience in pioneering AI enterprises, including his tenure as CEO of Facebook Australia & New Zealand and his role as Co-Founder and CEO of Omniscient AI – often hailed as the OpenAI for the brain – has been instrumental in evolving businesses into robust AI-driven entities. Stephen dives into all elements impacted by The AI Transformation
LEADERSHIP Walk the Talk: Mastering the Eight Elements of Disruptive Leadership for the 21st Century
FUTURE – Fear or Fascination?: The Future of Technology, Business & Human Life
PERSONAL JOURNEY – The Oldest Guy at Facebook: My Journey from Nowhere to the Heart of Silicon Valley
INNOVATIVE CULTURE – Start-Up DNA: How to Bake Silicon Valley Culture & Innovation into Your Business
CYBER - How Avoiding Cyberattacks has Organisations Racing to Safety
TRUST – Have We Met Before? The Revolution of Trust, Identity & Privacy in a Cyber Unsecure World