Sir Graham Henry is one of New Zealand's most in-demand speakers - having coached the All Blacks to glory in the 2011 Rugby World Cup and going on to be awarded Coach of the Year at the IRB awards, receiving this award for a record 5th time.

For much of his life rugby coaching was very much secondary to Sir Graham's school teaching career. His time at Auckland Grammar, where he nurtured players like Grant Fox, was followed by the headmaster's job at Kelston, from 1987 - 1996.

Sir Graham was in charge of the hugely successful Auckland team, which won four NPC titles in succession (1993 – 1996), and the Auckland Blues Super 12 team, which was the competition winner in 1996 and 1997 and runner-up in 1998.

He made his international coaching debut in 1998 with Wales, where he stayed for four years. His major achievements in that role included wins over England and South Africa. In 2001, he became the first non-British or Irishman to coach the Lions on their tour of Australia.

On his return to New Zealand, Sir Graham joined Auckland as defensive coordinator and technical analyst. The effect was immediate with Auckland lifting the 2002 National Provincial Championship, a feat that resulted in the Blues, starved of success since Graham left for Wales, quickly tying him up for the 2003 Super 12 – which the Blues went on to win.

Subsequently in 2004 he was appointed as coach of the All Blacks and ultimately finished his All Blacks career as one of the most successful rugby coaches of all time: he coached the All Blacks to 88 wins in 103 Tests for a winning percentage of 85.4 per cent. As well as winning Rugby World Cup 2011, the All Blacks held the Bledisloe Cup every year since 2003, won the Investec Tri Nations five times and achieved three Grand Slams against the Northern Hemisphere Home Unions.

Today Sir Graham works with leading New Zealand companies focusing on team building, culture and leadership development.  He is a shareholder in a successful coaching website and is often featured on podcasts with coaching tips. He sits on the board of The Plunket and Hillary Foundation; is an Ambassador for Coastguard; a Patron for Kiwis for Kiwi; and on the advisory board for the Pinnacle Programme.

In 2018,  more than a decade on from his successful provincial tenure, Sir Graham Henry returned to help revive Auckland rugby and once again assisted them to the Championship, reinforcing his amazing coaching results at all levels of the game.

Dr Carrington was the Australian Institute of Management Business Leader of the year in 2016 and also a finalist in the Qld Philanthropist of the Year 2016 and 2108. He was the Harvard Club of Australia Fellow for 2013. In June last year he was one of only 22 Business Leaders selected from around the world to attend the London School of Business International Leaders Program in London.

Neil is currently the CEO of a national charity ‘ACT For Kids,’ an organisation dedicated to supporting abused and neglected children. He most recently was the Foundation National Director of the Leadership Centre for the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Dr Carrington was the Foundation Director of Learning and Organizational Development for Mater Health Services in Brisbane Australia (a group of seven hospitals). Dr Carrington spent over 3 years as Queensland University of Technology’s Director of Teaching and Learning with university wide responsibility for teaching quality, staff development and online learning services for over 40 000 students. Dr Carrington has held educational academic and leadership positions at a number of universities including, the University of New England and the University of Western Sydney.

He has presented at over 600 conferences throughout Australia, the UK, Middle East, USA, NZ and across Asia. His featured presentation in the business strand of the ‘World Conference on Thinking’ in Malaysia sold out. He was invited to work with the New Zealand Elite Coaching Academy and the coach of the All Blacks commented Neil’s leadership workshop was the best he had ever attended. His PhD into perceptions of intelligence was judged one of the largest and most rigorous studies of its type ever undertaken in Australia.

On the personal side:  He has worked in a Bar, a Meatworks, run a trucking and produce company and started a landscaping business at 15 to pay his way through university. He has been struck by lightning and survived, been in a feature film,  and opened the bowling at the OVAL cricket ground in London.