Margot Cairnes

Margot has had a global career delivering large scale transformation projects for multinationals and governments with revenue growth in the billions. She has presented on leadership and change at the World Economic Forum and shared a stage with Hillary Clinton and Queen Raina of Jordan in NYC at womensfuture.com.

Working as a coach and advisor to boards and top teams in Europe, Asia, the United States and Australia, Margot has used her compelling approach to strategy development to help leaders widen and deepen their thinking, develop creativity, effectively problem solve and develop stronger, more robust stakeholder relationships. She has headed multi-billion dollar change programmes such as the merger of BP(Oil) & Mobil across Europe; BP Oil (global) & Amoco; the turnaround of Pasminco; the Zinifex and Nyrstar IPOs and the merger of Zinifex and Umicore to create Oz Minerals and Nyrstar.

A university medallist (the first in 40 years) in education majoring in educational psychology and economics, Margot has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. She holds AICD board certification and has taught in and written a textbook for the AICD certification course. She is a bestselling author with five books on transformational leadership addressing Fortune 500 Chief Executive Officers and directors, global political leaders, and members of international think tanks as well as organisations which include BHP Billiton, Reserve Bank of Australia, Alcoa, NAB and Levi Strauss. The American Biographical Institute has named Margot Cairnes one of the Great Minds of the 21st Century. She is a columnist for CEOWORLD (12.5million global readership).

David Williamson (Australia’s leading playwright) based his play Corporate Vibes on Margot’s book “Peaceful Chaos”.

Margot has worked extensively in community with entrepreneurs, disaster victims and those recovering from mental illnesses – especially addiction. She has served as a chapter lead for the Impact Club of Australia in both Byron Bay and Brisbane. She is currently working on her 6th book – Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change.