John Toomey
- Culture Change
- Engagement
- Facilitator
- Health
- Men's Health
- Mental Health
- Occupational Health And Safety
- Personal Development
- Resilience
- Safety
John Toomey is an International Speaker, Writer and Thoughtleader.
His background in High Performance Roles in Professional Sport, including Professional Football, both Australian Rules Football and Soccer, and as Coach of an Olympic Gold Medallist, brings richness and depth to his presentations.
He holds a Physical Education degree from Deakin University, did his Masters Studies in Applied Physiology at Victoria University, studied and taught Human Consciousness as an Avatar Master for 15 years, and has lectured at multiple Universities in PE and Medicine. He served for five years on RMIT University’s School of Health Sciences Program Advisory Committee.
He’s delivered over 3,800 Corporate Presentations, spoken at Conferences worldwide, published over 1,00 articles, completed four National Thought Leadership Tours in Australia, and appeared on multiple podcasts globally.
John has been a prolific Fitness Industry Course Creator over the years. Many of the courses he created were the first of their kind, initiating significant professional change that flowed across the industry.
He also served as a Professional Surf Lifeguard in Victoria from 1978 to 1982. In 1983-4 he played in the Victorian Amateur Football Association state team and was selected in the All-Australian Amateur Football Team.
Currently, John is Global Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Men’s Wellbeing Initiative. From 2020-4 he served as Global Chair of the Workplace Wellbeing Initiative. In January 2026, GoWell Magazine, one of the world’s leading Wellness Publications, named John among the top 25 male voices in Wellness, globally.
In 2021, he self-published his second book, “In it for the Long Haul”, a guide for workers and their families on how to create personal success in the Fly In Fly Out working lifestyle. This year a 3rd Edition is being published globally in multiple languages.
- Wide Awake
- A Lack of Care Risks Lives and Costs Money
John assisted Virgin Australia recently during our Work Safe Week to deliver engaging and meaningful health and well being advice that was very well received by our team members across the business. His professional, extremely knowledgeable and friendly nature led to making a positive difference to our team members health attitudes. We loved working with John and would recommend him to any organisation wanting to make a difference to employee health and well being.
John recently spoke at our Client Information Session which was attended by a very diverse range of Victorian employer representatives. The topic of John's presentation was 'Creating Calm in a Stressful World'. He provided the audience with some very thought provoking and empowering information that participants could put into practice, not only in their personal lives, but in the workplace. Some of the words used to describe John's presentation by attendees included 'amazing, powerful and engaging'. I would not hesitate in recommending John to anyone wishing to motivate and inspire their audience.
If you want to engage with the workforce and really challenge the norm, then I would highly recommend a visit from John Toomey. Taking the time to focus on the ‘H’ in OHS is fundamental to ensuring workers feel valued and also shine the light on the area many safety professional struggle to do. John takes the audience on a journey about personal health, the impact of poor health on work undertaken and the simple changes we can all do to improve quality of life.
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