Clients

“…excellent feedback from your session and the discussions continued well into the next day”. RIO TINTO 2011.

“Simon was outstanding.  I’m sure he’s had this feedback before but his quiet, understated style is a unique and powerful contrast to his core messages.  He had the audience fully engaged throughout his presentation.  His messages have stuck
very firmly with the group and have been invaluable in our efforts to continue dialogue around our organisational culture.”  TABCORP 2011

“Simon commanded the audience with his ethics and culture presentation which touched every professional delegate and speaker at the conference including myself.”  Mr Kem Warner (Director)  Caribbean AML & Fraud Conference 2010

‘Brilliant. Best feature of the week. Very principled and purposeful’… WOOLWORTHS LTD

‘Simon is an excellent guest speaker for conferences, management forums and training sessions’  CEO, HESTA

‘Inspirational, communicated complex concepts in everyday language’  WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE CONFERENCE

  ’Very, very captivating life story that demonstrated the importance of ethics’… MELBOURNE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Detective Sergeant Simon Illingworth was bashed, threatened and intimidated by bent cops and underworld criminals, all in the line of duty. His police life gives dramatic insight into Melbourne’s gangland war and the ugly world of police corruption.  A.B.C AUSTRALIAN STORY

 “Motivational.” “Fantastic, inspirational speaker.”   “Rare courage.”  “Extremely moving and awe inspiring…”   “Inspiring.”  “Emotional.”   “Excellent session”.  “What an incredible man.”   “Do the right thing”.   “..best sessions I’ve seen.”   “Fantastic!! I’d love to hear more.” “Excellent! Interesting, inspiring speaker”  “Extremely relevant”  MAJOR SUPERANNUATION FUNDS CONFERENCE

It makes you stop to realise that everyone has a responsibility to stand up for what is right and to challenge our present culture – no matter what you do. This is an incredible true story of personal courage that literally changed his life forever.” C.E.O PORTFOLIO PARTNERS 

Simon has developed eight key themes for any modern workplace which are described in his Ethical Strength program. Excellent.
STATE MANAGER - FINDSTAFF.BIZ

 “Simon’s ‘Runaway Bus’ ethical leadership model is a message and a solution for those of us; our families, friends or colleagues who are faced by Ethical Challenges.  Having perhaps been on the Bus or at least running along side it for a brief interlude at HIH I look back and only wish that Simon’s message and solution was there to help me through my ethical challenges.

HIH was a world of creative accounting, reinsurance deals, more notorious deals, and compromises by so-called independent persons, blind loyalty, self interest and downright greed. If more of those associated with HIH had the benefit of the Bus ethical leadership model then I believe the demise of what was once a highly regarded organisation could well have been averted. More importantly, the enduring consequences of its collapse on innocent parties could have been avoided. And, from a personal perspective, there might have been a few more standing in front of the Bus with me.” JEFF SIMPSON – FORMER DEPUTY GEN. MANAGER HIH INSURANCE

(Jeff was the whistleblower who went to the authorities in 1999 and 2000 to try to alert them to the woes of that organisation. The company went bust in 2001 with estimated debts of $5.3 billion.)