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Drew Ginn OAM

Olympic Rower

One of Australia’s most successful rowers and a modern leader who fuses elite performance with practical leadership. A three-time Olympic gold medallist, he now leads Marshall White Bayside, advises Oxford University Boat Club, and co-founded Cobbled Nights for Cancer in support of Tour de Cure. Drew’s style is direct, energetic and grounded in building accountable, resilient teams that perform under pressure.

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From Olympic podiums to boardrooms and boathouses, Drew Ginn OAM brings a no-nonsense, high-performance edge to every environment he steps into. As General Manager of Marshall White’s Bayside group, he fuses elite sporting standards with modern leadership thinking to build teams that own their performance, stay accountable, and deliver under pressure. His coaching and facilitation style is hands-on, energetic and grounded in the emotional, mental and physical aspects of sustainable excellence.

Drew’s sporting career is one of Australia’s great endurance stories — three Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver, five world titles and the Thomas Keller Medal. Sixteen years at the top shaped his philosophy on resilience, trust, and what it takes to go all-in as a team. The widely reported theft of his Olympic medals in 2024 highlighted both the impact of his legacy and the deep public connection to his achievements.

During last 3 years, Drew has also supported Oxford University Boat Club as a Performance Advisor for the World Famous ‘Boat Race’, helping shape athlete development, training frameworks and crew cohesion across both the women and men programs.

Beyond elite sport and corporate leadership, Drew is deeply involved in community impact. He’s a founding leader behind Cobbled Nights for Cancer, a Melbourne fundraising event supporting Tour de Cure, blending storytelling, cycling culture, art and philanthropy to raise funds for cancer research, support and education. Cobbled Nights has raised over $630,000 in 5 years.

Drew is also the Host and Creator of Mercantile Radio, a podcast for Mercantile Rowing Club celebrating the people, history and future of one of Australia’s most influential rowing communities.

We wish to highly recommend Drew Ginn and his program to any organisation that is searching for a competitive edge in the running of their business. We have utilised Drew’s services over the past 2 years to assist us in clarifying our group objectives and to ensure individual congruency within the department. Drew’s understanding of people, his knowledge of leadership and his personable manner ensure the respect of his audience. He is a natural facilitator who is able to keep people involved. He possesses an innate ability to read the mood of the group and make any necessary adjustments to the program so as to get the most out of the group. Following Drew’s work with our football department, each member walked away with individual action plans and a much clearer vision of how we can achieve our goals. We would have no hesitation in endorsing Drew Ginn and his program to any company that is searching to improve its people management systems. Essendon Football Club

Drew Ginn is one of our favourite speakers. He is eloquent and energetic, and always provides great content in addition to an inspirational message. A great Australian, I would have no hesitation recommending him as a speaker for any event. Halogen Foundation

Drew Ginn was very well received by my executive management team at a recent CommSec Leadership Offsite. He is a natural presenter, one of the best motivational speakers in the sporting arena. His triumph over physical odds to win three Olympic gold medals is truly inspiring. Drew offers practical insights into leadership, teamwork and success. He shares poignant personal stories that are applicable to the challenges and objectives we all face, day to day in our working life. I would recommend Drew Ginn to anyone looking for a way to challenge and motivate their staff to get the best out of themselves and their business. Commonwealth Bank Australia

Drew, thanks again for attending our function last night and for the fantastic presentation you gave. You not only captured the mood of the meeting and those present but made us laugh, inspired us and entertained. Absolutely first class, well done. Stellar Asia Pacific

Drew invested in understanding the issues we faced as a business and tailored his material accordingly. He did a great job relating his experiences and the analogy of the rowing team to our challenge of 'making the boat go faster'. While seemingly young in age, Drew's journey has clearly delivered a lifetime of achievements already. These have provided him with a large bank of insights and understanding to use in his presentation material, which he did to great effect, blending humour with serious messages. We also liked Drew's fresh thinking and approach, which moved beyond a 'man in a boat' into the behavioural and humanistic aspects of teamwork and the drive to achieve. The event passed really quickly and to a person, all those attending took something from Drew's presentation AXA Australia

Exceptionally well, he was engaging ethusiatsic, and his story compelling. He linked his personal experiences of competing in elite level of sport with many parallels that could be drawn with business. People left the room inspired. Colorpak

Drew was received extremely well by our audience. Everyone not only thoroughly enjoyed the presentation but got a lot out of it too. It was very clear that Drew had spent time preparing a presentation to meet our needs and his messages definitely hit the mark. Seaway Agencies

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