Nigel Marsh

Leadership Strategist, Author & Global Thought Leader on Purpose, Performance and Work/Life Balance

A globally respected leadership strategist, bestselling author and keynote speaker renowned for his powerful insights on purpose, performance and work/life balance. Nigel combines real-world business credibility with thought-provoking personal perspectives. His presentations consistently challenge leaders to rethink success, align purpose with performance, and create organisations that deliver both commercial results and meaningful impact.

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Nigel Marsh is best known for his creative pursuits. As well as the author of four books – Fat, Forty and Fired, Overworked and Underlaid,Fit, Fifty and Fired-Up and Smart, Stupid and Sixty – he is also the co-founder of Earth Hour and the founder of the Sydney Skinny and host of award-winning podcast The Five Of My Life.

The other side to Nigel’s career is his 30+ years experience in the commercial sector. Nigel has provided strategic counsel and impressive results in almost every category imaginable.

Since moving to Australia in 2001 Nigel has been National CEO of advertising agencies D’Arcy and Leo Burnett, Regional Group CEO of communications group Y&R Brands ANZ, Chairman of strategic and research consultancy The Leading Edge and Partner at management consultancy Growth Mantra.

In his current role as CEO of strategic consultancy at WEST82nd Nigel helps leaders gain clarity, alignment and momentum regarding their future direction – and actions required. Bringing this to life and embedding it throughout their organisations ensure everything their company says and does is consistent with, and authentic to, that purpose. Brand Blueprints are then produced to serve as clear and actionable roadmaps to maximize commercial returns.

Nigel is also a proud ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.

Highly in demand as a public speaker, Nigel travels the globe regularly giving speeches to major corporations on both his business and personal views. His TED speech on work/life balance remains the most viewed ever given outside of America with well over four million hits.

Excellent speaker. Motivating and honest, with an entertaining way of getting message across. Very good ‘left field’ stuff. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Nigel's presentation was nothing short of fantastic - a real treat for our attendees. Everyone got something out of the session. This was clearly reflected in the feedback - he was unanimously rated our top presenter for the conference. ING
The response to Nigel was terrific. We've had advisors and staff say they could have listened to him all day. If you would like a presenter that makes your audience laugh, think and reflect Nigel is the right choice. Asteron Life
Empowering and inspiring - the audience loved it! Great fun underpinned by a serious and relevant message. Frucor
Irreverent, Engaging, Honest - Fabulous. One of the very best speakers sessions we have ever had. McDonalds
Nigel was simply fantastic - and a wonderful change to the usual presentations. ACLA
The perfect end to our conference, the audience was buzzing - great message with an engaging and inspiring delivery. Thoroughly thought provoking, relevant and humorous. Ramsey Health Care
Your presentation was extremely insightful and inspiring. It really was a pleasure to work with you. Thank you for taking the time beforehand to discuss the program with the client and make sure we got the appropriate topic to our audience. I really hope I will have the opportunity to work with you in the future. American Express