Alisa Camplin OAM
- Achievements
- Adventure Sport
- Female Speaker
- Goal Setting
- Inspirational
- Motivational
- Olympian
- Overcoming Adversity
- Resilience
- Sport
Olympic Champion, Non-Executive Director, Australian Winter Olympic Team Chef de Mission, High Performance Consultant, Mental Wellbeing Ambassador
Best known for winning Australia's first-ever Winter Olympic Gold Medal in Freestyle Aerial Skiing in 2002, Alisa Camplin is a respected leader in Australian business, sports administration and corporate governance. She spent 16 years as a global executive with IBM from 1996-2012, leading both Sales and Delivery teams across AUS/NZ and was head of Strategy & Transformation for IBM Global Technology Services UK & Ireland.
Today, Alisa is a highly experienced Non-Executive Director having served across the sectors of Sport, Health, Government, Education and Philanthropy. She is currently Deputy Chair of the Olympic Winter Institute of Sport, on the Executive Board of the Australian Olympic Committee, and the Chair or member of several Audit and Risk, Finance and Impact Committees.
Alisa was Australia's Winter Olympic Chef-de-Mission for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games, she's an in-demand keynote speaker and day-to-day she assists both small and large organisations to achieve repeatable sustainable success through a focus on improving strategy, structures and environments to elevate human performance.
She holds a Bachelor of Information Technology and a Doctorate from Edith Cowan University honoris causa, she's a Member of the Order of Australia and co-founder of Charity Finnan's Gift.
With greater courage and character than you'd ever imagine, be prepared to laugh and cry as you hear the real story behind Alisa Camplin's unbelievable journey in sport, business, and life.
- Setting up for Sustainable Success
- Alisa Camplin: Resilience in Action
The 'real life' story from Alisa is both inspirational and compelling by nature. The true grit, determination to succeed, personal sacrifice and humanity of her journey were delivered with humour, pathos, and a conviction that resonated deeply with our audience. If the tears and laughter were any indication of how successful her delivery was, then the I guess the long line of those wanting to meet her personally was not surprising. Alisa ticked every box on our wish list for this important event.
I just wanted to say that your presentation this morning was amazing. I felt like we all went on a rollercoaster journey of emotions with you - from the lows of being injured through to the ecstatic highs of winning your medals - and then through to the most incredibly honest and heartfelt account of your time with your beautiful son. I go to a lot of these breakfasts and can honestly say that I have never been in a room full of people who would normally answer phones, check messages or get up during the presentations, who sat completely still and captivated by your every word. There was certainly not a dry eye at my table by the time you had finished and I have no doubt this was shared across the rest of the room. Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on such a captivating and entertaining presentation - and for having the courage to share your amazing stories with us all.
One word - AMAZING! Alisa’s ability to overcome adversity, physical, mental and emotional challenges really left the audience inspired, motivated and ready to lead! The breadth of the presentation was phenomenal. She was able to share and freely talk through extremely personal stories in a professional manner which made a huge impact on the audience. Alisa was able to share her sporting accomplishments and relate her learnings and the tools she used during this time to the corporate working environment. She brought fantastic personality and authenticity to the presentation which helped keep the audience connected and sitting on the edge of their seats!
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