Melissa Clark-Reynolds is a street-smart futurist and tech entrepreneur who helps leaders cut through noise, tackle change head-on and build clear pathways to tomorrow.
Trained by the Institute for the Future and appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the technology industry, she’s worked with everyone from Spark and IAG to NASA and Australian Pork, tackling everything from company strategy to digital disruption. Melissa brings principled insight and practical tools that help teams turn uncertainty into direction.
People often leave her sessions with their minds blown and their thinking reset — about risk, responsibility, and what to act on now. Whether she’s guiding a CEO through a tough transition or challenging a conference audience on the future of AI, Melissa is known for her grounded foresight and ability to call it like it is, with clarity and warmth.
What a way for our conference to open - we couldn't have wished for better. Melissa Clark-Reynolds was outstanding - we couldn't have asked for more. Gut-wrenching emotion, laughter, tears, 'sudden intakes of breath'. Melissa touched the audience in so many ways.
We treasured your contribution to the Summit, not just your truly fabulous presentation but also your lovely energy and enthusiasm. You totally hit the mark!
You stimulated our Board thinking for the rest of the day. A key message being the jobs we are educating our children for, possibly won't exist by the time they leave school!