Leadership Academy

What is the Leadership Academy?

It is aimed at Otago business leaders to be better equipped for leadership within their organisation, workplace or business.
This inspirational programme is the catalyst that ignites relationship building with like-minded professional peers, fosters inspiration to take your leadership career to the next level and provides outstanding opportunities to learn from prominent Otago leaders.
Designed to develop your leadership skills you will be equipped with a good understanding of what is required to be a significant leader in your own organisation and in the wider business community.
One session per week with 2 speakers, for 4 weeks. Groups are limited to a maximum of 12 participants.

Find Out More

Ready to upskill your leadership and to connect with great leaders in the region? Check out the next Leadership Academy programme below and register today!

Business South and The Breeze FM about the Leadership Academy

Dunedin Leadership Academy

Date	Presenter	Organisation/Role	Topic
10 Oct	TBC	TBC	TBC
17 Oct
24 Oct
31 Oct
7 Nov
14 Nov
21 Nov
28 Nov

*Speaker announcements to come

For more information, see the Dunedin Leadership Academy Brochure.

Central Otago Leadership Academy

Stay tuned for 2026 dates.

For more information, see the Central Otago Leadership Academy Brochure.

Watch 2022 Central Otago Leadership Academy Scholarship recipient, Emily Walters share how the Academy helped her to grow her leadership skills and business here.

Testimonials from participants about our speakers

Richard Roberts

“Brilliant presenter!! Very engaging and great info.”

Dean Delaney

“Very engaging speaker. Loved the involvement of the attendees. Masses of knowledge.”

Amy Scott

“Informative and entertaining…has definitely made me want to purse this further…100% relevant and useful!"

Meet our Alumni

Dunedin
Lynne Thompson	Corstorphine Baptist Community Trust
Myles Workman	Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd
Deb Fraser	Mirror Services
Gemma Satterthwaite	Te Pukenga
Rhys Davies	Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd
Marty Banks	Highlanders Rugby Club Ltd Partnership
Courtney Adams	Polson Higgs
Jonathan Lynch	Te Pukenga
Helen Papuni	Te Pukenga
Amelia McDonald-Nairn	Polson Higgs
Max Sims	Te Pukenga
Rhys Millar	Ahika Consulting Ltd
Mitchell Lavender	Todd Engineering Ltd
Leisa de Klerk	The Southern Youth Development Trust
Tracy Stevenson	Webb Farry
Mort Shepherd	Venture Forestry
Glenn Baker	Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd
Jenny Ross	Otago Regional Council
Cat Callanan	Otago Community Hospice
Nathan McLachlan	Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd
Nicky Gibbs	Night 'n Day

Waitaki
Cameron Bullin	Whitestone Contracting Ltd
Calum Reid	Calect Electrical Ltd
Georgie Catto	Tourism Waitaki
Philippa Agnew	Tourism Waitaki
Jane Taafaki	Oamaru Pacific Community Group Inc.
Alesi Draunimasi	Waitaki District Council