Deborah Wilson

The voice of experience, Deborah Wilson shares her outstanding business and personal wisdom from a lifetime of negotiating her own businesses, guiding Australian leaders and partnering with their organisations.

Supporting individuals from cradle to grave, Deborah takes an active interest in executive careers and leader development and is often heard saying ‘executives don’t invest enough in themselves’, along with ‘it is all about your career currency’.

And she has invested in herself. She has viewed life from the seat of the Executive Chairman and CEO/Managing Director of a publicly listed organisation navigating the GFC, contributed to the community in a variety of ways from fundraising to voluntary board roles and pursued her passion for farming.

Deborah is a Shareholder and Executive at OnTalent – a Brisbane Headquartered boutique Talent Advisory organisation. From change, careers and transitions, leadership development and executive search/recruitment, Deborah specialises in people! The holder of a Masters in Organisational Leadership, Coaching qualifications, she is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member of WoB and AHRI, as well as a Non-Executive Director of FOGs (former Origin Greats). Other board roles have included Deputy Chair of TAFE Queensland, Non-Executive Director of Aviation Australia, ThomsonAdsett Architects, Australia CEO Challenge and PCYC (Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Clubs).

She advises Boards and Executive teams on career and succession planning, executive and leadership development, how to create a high performing culture, change leadership, and the list goes on. She actively coaches a number of Chief Executive Officers across Australia/NZ and supports a large number of executives with their respective team development. Industries are varied from sporting, NFP’s, corporates – private and listed and government instrumentalities.

A sought after speaker, her presentations and key notes focus on the following topics:
1. Leadership and a high performing culture
2. Career Currency in the Digital Age: staying current, adaptive and resilient
3. Success after Sixty – why its easier
4. Networking….a skill for life
5. Workforce of the future

She is an avid reader, snow skier and traveller, Deborah has walked the Kokoda track in PNG, scaled off the beaten paths around the Great Wall of China, and supported the build of an ‘80%-to-scale’ Spitfire with her husband (engineer and pilot) with whom, she flies regularly out of their Redcliffe Hanger.