In this episode, we’re joined by globally renowned content curator and powerful speaker, Holly Ransom, who shares her passion for social and economic inclusion and what it means to be an influential leader.

behind closed doors’ Founder and Managing Director, Donny Walford, has a conversation with Holly about her inspiring career, having delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, and interviewed the likes of Barack Obama and Sir Richard Branson. Through this conversation, Holly also sheds light on her company, Emergent, as well as her experiences as a 2021 Fullbright Scholar and Harvard Kennedy School fellow where she completed a Master of Public Policy. 

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About Holly Ransom

Holly Ransom is a globally renowned content curator, powerful speaker and master interviewer with the belief that if you walk past it, you tell the world it’s okay. Named one of Australia’s 100 Most Influential Women by the Australian Financial Review, she has delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, was Sir Richard Branson’s nominee for Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List’ of Future Game Changers to watch and was awarded the US Embassy’s Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Leadership Excellence in 2019.

Having interviewed the likes of Barack Obama, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Branson, Billie Jean-King, Condoleezza Rice, Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and the world’s first humanoid robot Sophia, Holly fights complexity with curiosity, apathy with empowerment and fear with fact.

Holly was identified early as a dynamic thought leader, asked to Co-Chair the G20 Youth Summit in 2014, the United Nations Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs in 2016, and becoming the youngest Director ever to be appointed to an Australian Football Club, the mighty Port Adelaide. Holly’s podcast ‘Coffee Pods’ was named in the top ten business podcasts to listen to by the Sydney Morning Herald in 2018, and Holly has been recognised as a LinkedIn Influencer and a must-read content producer by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Connect with Holly through her website here.

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