Neil’s major claim to fame is winning the Macquarie University Open Joke Telling Championship, way back in the day, not once… but twice!  That established a deep addiction for the stage, a crowd and a microphone that continues to this day in the form of lead singer for the Twilight Zone. 

Other than that, his experience includes Global Head Of Marketing for QANTAS; Agency Managing Director for: McCann Erickson Sydney; DDB Sydney and Smith Ross & Muir.

Neil is a current and long standing EFFIES judge and a prior Board Member for The Advertising Federation Of Australia and The Sydney Biennale. Experience includes being a Lecturer and Advisor to the Marketing Faculty At The University Of Sydney along with

He founded Groupe Amplify in 2009 with a deep passion to share with executives his 30+ years of success in leveraging the awesome power of the well crafted, well delivered spoken word applied to presentations, speeches and talks.