ANDRE

 Agassi

SPORTING LEGEND. CHAMPION OF MENTAL RESILIENCE.

Andre Agassi is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, having concluded a 21-year career with his retirement after the 2006 U.S. Open. His match against Marcos Baghdatis during that tournament remains one of the most memorable in tennis history.

Over the course of his illustrious career, Agassi captured 60 career singles titles, including eight Grand Slam singles championships, with an overall singles record of 860-265. He is one of only a handful of players to win all four Major titles and an Olympic gold medal in singles, cementing his legacy as a true tennis icon. Agassi also achieved incredible longevity in his career, having played at the highest level over 20 years becoming the oldest world #1 in 2003 after winning the ATP event in Houston, Texas.

DR. CATHERINE

 Ball

FUTURIST. SOCIAL ARCHITECT. TURNING AI INTO ACTION.

Dr Catherine Ball returns to RESET 2026 by popular demand, bringing a grounded and commercially focused lens to the AI conversation. 

An Adjunct Professor of Innovation, company director and bestselling author, Catherine operates at the intersection of emerging technology and real-world impact. Often described as a “social architect,” she builds and advises ecosystems across robotics, AI and advanced technologies, working with global organisations including XPRIZE.org and helping to shape Australia’s innovation landscape. 

Clear-eyed and commercially sharp, she brings technical depth and strategic clarity to one of the most defining shifts in modern marketing. 

Catherine holds a BSc Honours (Environmental Protection), a PhD (Spatial Ecology, Descriptive and Predictive Statistics) both from the University of Newcastle- upon-Tyne in the UK, and was awarded a DSc (Doctor of Science Honoris Causa) from Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts, USA. 

NICK

 Bryant

JOURNALIST. AUTHOR. BROADCASTER.

Nick Bryant is one of the most respected journalists, authors and commentators on global politics, democracy and the media. With a career spanning almost three decades, he became regarded as one of the BBC’s finest foreign correspondents, reporting from some of the world’s most influential political and economic centres, including Washington, South Asia, Australia and most recently, New York. 

Throughout his career, Nick has witnessed firsthand how societies respond to periods of disruption, political division and rapid change. His reporting has covered defining global events, from the rise of populism and the Trump presidency to shifts in international power, public trust and democratic institutions. These experiences have given him a unique perspective on the forces shaping modern societies and the role trusted news media plays in maintaining stability, accountability and public confidence.

Nick’s writing has appeared in The Economist, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly and The New Statesman. He studied history at Cambridge University and holds a doctorate in American politics from Oxford University. 

ANDY

 Fergusson

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

Andy Fergusson leads the national creative team of Leo Australia. And over the last 20+ years, he has created award-winning work for some of the most iconic brands across Australia, Asia and the USA. Since joining Leo’s, he has helped reignite its creative reputation on both the national and world stage. In recent years, Leo has been named Australian Agency of the Year by the likes of Cannes, LIA, Adfest, WARC and more. His work has won over 300 awards for creativity and effectiveness on major brands, including two Cannes Grand Prix (Innovation and Titanium), a Grand Effie and a Super Clio for best Super Bowl ad.

MIM

 Haysom

EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER BRAND.
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, SUNCORP GROUP.

Mim is the Executive General Manager of Brand and Customer Experience at Suncorp Group, with her leadership remit including accountability for Suncorp’s Brand & Marketing program for 9 insurance brands, Corporate Communications, Customer Experience, and Strategic Partnerships.

She is the only Australian CMO to have won three Cannes Lions Grand Prix over the course of her client and agency career, with the most recent Lion win being for the coveted Dan Weiden Titanium Grand Prix this year. She was also the Grand Effie winner at last years Australian Effies awards, was named #1 CMO in the country in 2022, and has appeared on both the B&T and Campaign Asia power lists for the last four consecutive years.

In addition to her Executive Role, Mim is a Graduate of the AICD, and is currently a Board Director for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Deputy Chair for the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA), a Trustee for St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation, and a Director for Suncorp Partner Holdings, Platform Ventures and Platform Co-Ventures.

RAJA

 Rajamannar

LEGENDARY MARKETING DISRUPTER.

Raja Rajamannar is one of the most disruptive and decorated CMOs of our time. Over the past decade, he transformed Mastercard into one of the world’s fastest-growing and most valuable brands, reinventing the iconic “Priceless” platform and pushing the industry into experiential, multisensory, AI-driven and Web3-powered marketing. Under his leadership, Mastercard became the world’s No.1 audio brand five years running, earned recognition from Cannes Lions, Fast Company and Disability:IN, and the focus of case studies at both Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management.

A Wall Street Journal-bestselling author of Quantum Marketing, Raja has reshaped the very discipline of marketing, inspiring leaders to embrace inclusive design, rethink brand identity and adopt the new rules of sensory and data-driven creativity. With a career spanning Unilever, Citibank, Humana, Elevance and Mastercard, he brings rare commercial depth and a clear belief that marketing must be a force multiplier for growth.

Inducted into both the Marketing Hall of Fame and Forbes’ CMO Hall of Fame, and recognised globally as a visionary by Business Insider, Adweek, Billboard and the WFA, Raja continues to show marketers what’s possible when you embrace bold ideas, future-facing technology and true disruption for growth.

RORY

 SUTHERLAND

ALCHEMIST, BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE IMPRESARIO AND ACCIDENTAL TIKTOK STAR.

A lifetime spent working on the creative side of the advertising agency Ogilvy UK has provided Rory with the perfect environment for developing a fascination with the vagaries of human decision making – indeed he sees the world of advertising and marketing as a sort of Galapagos Island for behavioural science.

An accidental TikTok star as well as a celebrated speaker and writer, Rory has found his blend of wit and behavioural insight resonates with audiences far beyond the boardroom. It’s this same passion that inspired him to found Ogilvy’s Behavioural Science Practice, a team of psychology graduates who look for unseen opportunities in consumer behaviour, and to write his Book Alchemy: the Surprising Power of Ideas that don’t quite make sense (2019).

He has variously been Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) in the UK, Chair of the Judges for the Direct Marketing Jury at Cannes and has spoken at TED Global. Rory has also co-written Transport for Humans (with Pete Dyson) and is the technology correspondent of the Spectator Magazine.