Nigel Marsh

CEO, speaker & best selling Author

CEO, speaker and top selling author, Nigel Marsh speaks from direct personal experience, giving his views on how to get the best out of business, life and those around you.

Nigel Marsh’s first book ‘Fat, Forty and Fired’ enjoyed top ten success alongside Dan Brown and John Grisham. Influential business magazine BRW declared it “one of the best books of the year”. In 2007 ‘Fat, Forty and Fired’ was translated and published around the world. It is currently being adapted for radio and stage as well as being developed into a feature film.

Nigel’s second book ‘Observations of a Very Short Man’ was published in 2008 to instant acclaim, Stephanie Dowrick describing it as “seriously funny and disarmingly wise. An irresistible invitation to laugh your way back to a better view of the world”.

Nigel Marsh has worked with an enormous variety of business – big and small – including a number of the world’s top companies. This variety has given him strong views on what does and doesn’t lead to peak performance in the business world.

Prior to moving to Australia in 2001, Nigel Marsh held senior positions with top agencies AMV, BBDO and D’Arcy. As a Marketing director at D’Arcy, Nigel helped take the agency to the #1 spot on the highly competitive UK New Business Ladder.

Since his arrival in Australia, Nigel Marsh has lead two of the most dramatic company turnarounds the communications industry has seen.

During his time as Leo Burnett’s CEO the agency was awarded not one but both of the industry’s coveted Agency of the Year awards and was responsible for a number of the highest profile and most effective communications campaigns in the country for brands such as Bundy Rum, Canon, Virgin, McDonald’s and Earth Hour.

Nigel Marsh is the Regional Group CEO of Y&R Brands ANZ, Y&R Brands employ more than 1000 staff with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland and Wellington.

Nigel Marsh talks about:

• The characteristics of effective leadership
• Getting the most out of yourself and the people around you
• Finding meaning in the workforce and life overall