Kirstin Ferguson

Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM is an award-winning leadership researcher, bestselling author, columnist, and keynote speaker. Ranked as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world, Kirstin was also awarded the Thinkers50 Distinguished Leadership Award in 2023. Kirstin began her career as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force and has held roles during her career that have included chief executive officer of an international consulting firm and acting chair and deputy chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. During a fifteen-year career as a company director, Kirstin sat on a range of large publicly listed, private company and non-profit boards. Kirstin has a PhD in leadership and culture, as well as honours degrees in Law and History. She is an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology Business School where she was named Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in 2020. In 2023 Kirstin was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her significant service to business and gender equality. Kirstin has written a popular nationally syndicated weekly column in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age since 2021 called Got a Minute? where she answers questions from readers on work, leadership, and careers.