Alisa Camplin OAM

Alisa Camplin AM OLY

Olympic Champion, Chef de Mission - Australian Winter Olympic Team, High Performance Consultant, Non-Executive Director, Philanthropist

Best known for winning Australia’s first ever Winter Olympic Gold Medal in Freestyle Aerial Skiing in 2002, Alisa Camplin is a respected leader in Australian business, sports administration and corporate governance. She is also an in-demand keynote speaker and assists organisations to achieve repeatable sustainable success through a focus on improving strategy, structures and environments to elevate human performance.

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Best known for winning Australia’s first ever Winter Olympic Gold Medal in Freestyle Aerial Skiing in 2002, Alisa Camplin is a respected leader in Australian business, sports administration and corporate governance. She spent 16 years as a global executive with IBM, leading both Sales and Delivery teams across AUS/NZ and was head of Strategy and Transformation for IBM Global Technology Services UK and Ireland.

Today, Alisa is a highly experienced Non-Executive Director serving across the sectors of Sport, Health, Government, Education and Philanthropy. She is currently Chair/Deputy Chair of several prominent Australian Boards, and the Chair or member of multiple Audit and Risk, Finance, and Impact Committees.

Alisa was Chef-de-Mission for the highly successful Australian 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games Team, she’s an in-demand keynote speaker and day-to-day she assists both small and large organisations to achieve repeatable sustainable success through a focus on improving strategy, structures and environments to elevate human performance.

Alisa holds a Bachelor of Information Technology and a Doctorate from Edith Cowan University honoris causa, she’s a Member of the Order of Australia, Co-founder of Charity Finnan’s Gift, and married with two children.

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Setting up for Sustainable Success
  • Harness the power of planning, attention to detail and preparation for success in order to achieve what’s important to you and your team.
  • Push beyond your comfort zone with big dreams and a detailed roadmap to achieve them! Ignore the ‘naysayers’ and break new ground with clear intention, deliberate focus and passion.
  • Understand how to practically pivot, step through challenges, and re-energise yourself physically, mentally and emotionally.
  • Gain insights into how athletes “practice” to master their craft, love learning and achieve excellence.
  • Key themes include goal planning and achievement, resilience, scenario planning and risk mitigation, working hard AND smart, and leading others.
Alisa Camplin: Resilience in Action
  • Resilience is a “doing” word and a skill that can be learned and strengthened through practise. Alisa shares the practical tools and techniques she’s used to seize opportunities and work through barriers to success in sport, business and life.
  • Improve your ability to accept, cope and thrive through the ‘highs and lows’ of life, including how to embrace change, reframe challenges and re-build yourself after adversity.
  • Understand how to develop self belief, invest in wellbeing and recovery, evolve your mindset, and work with the right people to proactively strengthen your own resilience and ability to achieve.
  • Key themes include purpose and passion, overcoming setbacks, planning and practise, prioritisation, motivation and accountability to lead and perform.
I have listened to many sports oriented guest speakers over my time and Elisa is an absolute stand out in her professionalism in every aspect of her life. So many rest on their past glory in Sport however Elisa is a powerful performer across all aspects of her life, none the least being the way in which she & her husband dealt with the loss of their first child. What an inspiration Elisa is to the Women of Australia and gee did she deliver a powerful message about Goal setting and planning to succeed. I would highly recommend her. Greater Shepparton City Council
The ‘real life’ story from Alisa is both inspirational and compelling by nature. The true grit, determination to succeed, personal sacrifice and humanity of her journey were delivered with humour, pathos, and a conviction that resonated deeply with our audience. If the tears and laughter were any indication of how successful her delivery was, then the I guess the long line of those wanting to meet her personally was not surprising. Alisa ticked every box on our wish list for this important event. Bidvest
Alisa was outstanding and her message was in tune with our theme "The Winning Edge". Alsia's presentation received rave reviews from our delegates with many saying she was the best ever speaker at a Unigas Conference. She rated 5+ out of 5 on delegate feedback forms. UNIGAS
I just wanted to pass on ‘endless thank yous’ to Alisa for her amazing presentation last night - I’ve already received so much positive feedback from the alumni team and managers, ECU’s Vice-Chancellor and our alumni. For me personally, her story was truly inspirational. Alisa was so friendly and easy going and made the whole night such a breeze. We are all so happy with how the night turned out. Thanks to both of your hard work helping us pull this event together. Edith Cowan University
I just wanted to say thank you so much to Alisa! Her talk was one of the most inspirational presentations I have ever heard as a leader, and the feedback from consultants and Team Leaders in my business have mirrored these thoughts. Not only is she a great storyteller, her words, advice and learnings touched everyone in the room, on both a business and personal level. Not only was she engaging, fun and held the audience, she also left everyone with something to reflect on and sound actions which they can implement in their day to day lives. What a story and what an amazing, strong woman - thank you! Flight Centre Travel Group
Alisa was incredible, engaging and the talk of the event. She inspired a group of leaders and guests who couldn’t stop praising her ideals, passion and ability to succeed. Her story touched everyone’s hearts and made for the perfect keynote for a lifestyle event that was designed to inspire and offer take home tools for a better life. A huge thank you for sharing your story with us, #LifeWiseMe Melbourne wouldn’t have been the same without you! Mannatech Australia
One word - AMAZING! Alisa’s ability to overcome adversity, physical, mental and emotional challenges really left the audience inspired, motivated and ready to lead! The breadth of the presentation was phenomenal. She was able to share and freely talk through extremely personal stories in a professional manner which made a huge impact on the audience. Alisa was able to share her sporting accomplishments and relate her learning's and the tools she used during this time to the corporate working environment. She brought fantastic personality and authenticity to the presentation which helped keep the audience connected and sitting on the edge of their seats! Coles Limited
Thank you so much for speaking at our event last week. You were such a success and you made a wonderful impact on everyone present - young, old, female and male. Some of the thoughts that have been passed to me, from employees who were present, include: inspired choice, clear message on the importance of setting goals, having a sound strategy and self belief and the dedication and will to achieve your goals. It was also commented upon that even though you were speaking about sport, it translated to the business world and gave excellent tips on what each of us can do to achieve greater personal and company goals. ARA Group
She was outstanding – had everyone engaged. Two standing ovations. Harcourts International
Alisa was a hit with our attendees and really brought the objective of the event to life through her story. She was relatable yet aspirational and has a fantastic presence. National Australia Bank