Speaking

Cynthia is an engaging speaker and skilled facilitator, who has delivered presentations for a wide range of audiences throughout her diverse international career.

Her inspiring yet practical style draws on personal anecdotes and illustrations drawn from 19 years of working internationally, as a diplomat, management consultant and CEO, combined with the current trends and analysis in her subject areas.

Past speaking engagements include:

Facilitated workshops for corporate groups on topics relating to cross-cultural communication, diversity, women in business and international business strategy for clients including Qantas, Etihad Airlines, Qatar Airways, Australian Hotels Association, Fred Hollowes Foundation, State Government of Victoria and Export Finance and Insurance Corporation.
Keynote presentations and panel discussions for industry events and public seminars for groups such as NAB, ANZ, NSW Government, Australian Food & Grocery Council, Export Council of Australia, Australian Services Roundtable, the Indonesia Services Dialogue, the Qatar International Businesswomen’s Forum and the Key Person of Influence group.
Keynote presentations and Master of Ceremonies engagements for large scale conferences including the 2011, 2012 and 2015 Australia Arab Business Forums and the 2014 Australia Arab Business Women’s Forum.
Contributions as a subject matter expert on television news segments including ABC News24.
Radio interviews with ABC Radio National, SBS Radio, Dubai Eye Radio and Eagle Waves radio.
Podcast guest speaker – Cynthia is the host of the Business Beyond Borders podcast and has also appeared as a guest on the Your Career and Business Legal LifeCycle podcasts.
Guest lectures and speeches at leading Australian universities including Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Technology, La Trobe University and Bond University.

To book Cynthia as a speaker for your upcoming event, contact her on +612 8076 4660 or info@dearinassociates.com.

Speaking Engagements

Dearin & Associates

Dearin & Associates is an international business consulting company that helps clients to access opportunities in fast-growing international markets.

We are passionate about helping our clients expand internationally, because we recognise that there’s never been a better time to “go global”. International trade is at an all-time high and goods, services and information can move around the globe more rapidly than ever before.

We know that companies that do business internationally have a bigger global impact, innovate more, make more money and are better places to work. We also believe that the world is a better place when people everywhere have access to the best products and services available.

Our special focus is to speed up and de-risk the international expansion process for micro-to-medium sized companies and to help them get their products and services to the world.