Holly Ransom

Holly Ransom (born 7 February 1990)[1] is a public speaker. She is the founder of Emergent, a one-person consultancy, where she engages and presents to organisations on disruptive strategy. She is also a director of Port Adelaide Football Club[2] and a trustee of The Prince's Charities Australia.[3] She was co-chair of the 2014 Y20 Youth Summit.[4] In 2012 Westpac and Australian Financial Review named her one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence.[5] In 2017, she was Sir Richard Branson's nominee for Wired's 'Smart List'[6] of 'future game changers to watch'. She has appeared as a regular panelist on the ABC Q&A and The Drum programs. In 2018, she interviewed former US president Barack Obama.[7] In 2019, she was awarded the Anne Wexler Fulbright Scholarship and commenced a Masters of Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School.[8] In recognition of her contribution to community, the US Embassy awarded her the 2019 Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Award,[9] while Women in Leadership Australia named her the 2019 Victorian female leader of the year.[10]