Leadership Conversations That Create Real Impact
Jen Dalitz is a keynote speaker, facilitator, and leadership voice known for delivering conversations that are thoughtful, practical, engaging, and deeply human.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience across governance, financial services, executive leadership, coaching, and community leadership, Jen brings a rare combination of commercial credibility and personal insight to every stage.
Her presentations challenge audiences to think differently about leadership, resilience, performance, belonging, confidence, and the way we work and lead in increasingly complex environments.
Jen speaks with honesty, warmth, intelligence, and practical relevance, creating conversations that continue long after the event ends.
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Speaking Topics
Jen tailors presentations and facilitation to the audience, industry, and event objectives. Common themes include:
Sustainable High Performance
How leaders can perform at a high level without sacrificing wellbeing, relationships, or purpose.
Leadership in Complex Times
Leading with clarity, resilience, adaptability, and humanity through uncertainty and change.
Women in Leadership
Confidence, visibility, self-belief, career growth, and creating environments where women can thrive.
Belonging, Diversity & Inclusion
Why inclusive leadership matters — and how genuine belonging drives stronger cultures and better outcomes.
Governance & Ethical Leadership
Lessons from boardrooms, leadership, accountability, and decision-making in complex environments.
Confidence, Resilience & Reinvention
Navigating setbacks, transition, self-doubt, and growth with greater courage and perspective.
Human-Centred Leadership
Building workplaces where people can perform, contribute, and feel valued.
Speaking Style
Jen’s presentations are known for being:
- insightful and thought-provoking
- practical and relatable
- warm, engaging, and conversational
- grounded in lived leadership experience
- inspiring without feeling performative
Audiences appreciate Jen’s ability to combine strategic thinking with honesty, humour, and real-world perspective.
She creates space for reflection while also delivering practical ideas people can apply immediately in leadership and life.
Experience & Leadership Background
Jen brings significant executive, governance, and leadership experience to her speaking engagements.
Her current and previous leadership roles include:
- Chair of Bank Australia
- Non-Executive Director of iPartners
- Independent Board Member and ARC Chair of the Australian Meat Processor Corporation
- Trustee and ARC Chair of the Australian Museum
- Trustee of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation
Alongside her governance work, Jen is an executive coach, facilitator, and leader in the areas of leadership development, resilience, diversity, and sustainable performance.
This breadth of experience allows her to speak credibly to executive audiences, leadership teams, boards, and emerging leaders alike.
Speaking Formats
Jen is available for:
- keynote presentations
- leadership conferences
- panel discussions
- facilitated conversations
- corporate events
- leadership retreats
- executive workshops
- women’s leadership events
- governance and board forums
- team development sessions
Sessions can be delivered in person or virtually.
Who Jen Works With
Jen has spoken to audiences across:
- corporate and financial services
- government and public sector
- professional services
- education
- not-for-profit organisations
- leadership and governance forums
- women’s leadership networks
- community and industry associations
Her ability to connect with both senior executives and broader leadership audiences makes her a sought-after speaker across diverse sectors.
What Audiences Say
“Jen brings an extraordinary combination of credibility, warmth, insight, and authenticity. Her session resonated deeply with our leadership team.”
“One of the most engaging and genuinely thought-provoking speakers we’ve worked with.”
“Jen has a rare ability to make complex leadership challenges feel both human and practical.”
“The conversation Jen created continued long after the event ended.”
More Than Motivation
Jen’s presentations are not about surface-level inspiration.
They are designed to create meaningful reflection, practical insight, stronger leadership capability, and conversations that lead to real change.
Her work helps individuals and organisations think more clearly about:
- how they lead
- how they communicate
- how they build resilient cultures
- how they sustain performance over time
- and how they create environments where people can genuinely thrive
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Whether you are planning a leadership conference, executive event, board forum, retreat, or team session, Jen brings a thoughtful, strategic, and deeply engaging presence to every conversation.
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Testimonials
Jen Dalitz was the Master of Ceremonies at our recent flagship Growth Summit 2015 events in Melbourne and Sydney. With a line up including Jim Collins (Good to Great) this was our largest event yet, and with 4,000 business leaders in attendance there was a lot on the line! Jen was absolutely committed to the success of the event and kept the day on track by transitioning speakers and adapting audience directives as the day unfolded. Her attention to detail, personalisation and preparation for the event enabled me to relax and enjoy the day.
The Growth Faculty
Jen addressed my team as keynote speaker in the aftermath of a large company restructure that resulted in 30% of the employees being made redundant. Her perspectives on common sense, team work and how to overcome adversity were insightful and very valuable to everyone. Jen is a highly professional individual and she delivers high value in her presentations. Her “down-to-earth” attitude combined with her professional corporate experience is unique and I can highly recommend her for presentations that require thought provoking high impact.
Lundbeck Australia
Jen presented a workshop called “Taking Charge of Your Career” to our staff across four cities and the feedback from Jen’s sessions has been great. I have had employees specifically come up to me some days after the session they attended, saying how much they enjoyed it and how great Jen’s tips were on planning for their career.
Mirvac
Jen has been a sought after speaker at our events on several occasions, most recently on the topic of why it is absolutely critical to develop a curious approach in business. Her laid back and personable style instantly connects with her audience, both small (less than 10 people) or big (over 100). Jen has a very natural sense of humour and threads very funny side stories throughout her talks. I’d highly recommend Jen as a thought provoking speaker who connects with her audience.
Asteron Life
Jen kicked off our very first “Inspiration Before Breakfast” seminar. We received overwhelming feedback from our members about Jen’s presentation, which described her as highly engaging and leaving them with some practical ways to improve their own career. I would highly recommend Jen as a speaker to any professional group.
Women Lawyers Association of NSW
On behalf of our Women’s Network, thank you very much for speaking at our forum this week. The feedback we have received has been wonderful and the women present felt inspired by your talk and ready to make some changes!
Pittwater Council
Jen presented to the senior women within our organisation on ‘The Art of Negotiation’. The presentation was engaging, based in solid theory and research findings, and provided options and solutions which were realistic and practical. The impact of Jen’s presentation has been long lasting, often referred to by the participants, and has motivated them to take action. I would highly recommend Jen as a speaker who invokes energy, purpose and motivation in her audience.
SA Department for Water
Jen Dalitz presented to our inspiring women group and they were very impressed. Jen has a wealth of knowledge about working women, the challenges they face in their careers and some great ideas on how to meet these challenges and overcome them. She was an excellent presenter and the feedback from the audience has been glowing.
Deloitte
Jen’s friendly and vivacious personality, along with her extensive knowledge of working in male dominated industries, resonated extremely well with the audience at our International Women’s Day function. Her presentation “Serious Success Strategies for Working Women” was engaging, informative, and inspirational. The ability to turn an everyday event into a motivational message is not something that a lot of speakers possess, Jen certainly does.
Clubs NSW
Jen provided some fascinating insights into the challenges women face in the workplace, supported by realms of statistical data that outlined the industries and regions that were more actively tackling the issues. She was able to tailor the presentation to include issues prevalent in the IT sector, which matched our audience’s needs perfectly.
Ernst & Young
Jen has helped to focus our business on the opportunities and challenges in working to achieve gender balance at senior executive level. With her expert advice, the latest research and best practice examples, we have been able to define our strategy and areas for development in the diversity space.
AMP Capital Investors Limited