WE ARE
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS
OUR TEAM
TĀNE HUNTER
CO-FOUNDER, CANCER RESEARCHER, FUTURIST
Cancer researcher, bioinformatician, data scientist, and CEO of Future Crunch.
Earning a Masters in Bioinformatics from the University of Melbourne, he went on to work at the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnosing rare genetic diseases, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre using AI and molecular biomarkers in DNA to help improve treatments for people living with
cancer.
Today, Tāne is one of Australia’s most compelling science communicators. Through Future Crunch, he’s on a mission to share stories of progress and possibility - helping people make sense of the future with intelligence, curiosity, and a healthy dose of optimism.
DARA SIMKIN
PLAY AND CULTURE
STRATEGIST
Expert facilitator, learning designer and Australia's leading play at work specialist. Dara landed in Australia from the US in 2009 after winning a video competition, and she never went home.
She's worked with The LEGO Foundation and McKinsey & Co., world-renowned play researcher Dr Stuart Brown and Silicon Valley's IDEO Play Lab, and is also certified in the Danish learning methodology, KAOSPILOT, known for its innovative and dynamic approach to education and training.
She believes we can’t solve the problems of the modern workforce with the
same conventional thinking that created them.
DR ANGUS HERVEY
CO-FOUNDER, POLITICAL ECONOMIST
Angus is a political economist and a journalist specialising in the impact of disruptive technologies on society. He is a co-founder at Future Crunch.
He was the founding community manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative from Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank to create open-source technology solutions to social challenges.
He was also the first editorial manager for Global Policy, one of the world's leading international policy journals. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, where he was the Ralph Miliband Scholar.
EHSSAN SAKEE
ENGINEER &
CARTOONIST
Ehssan is a cartoonist, leadership educator, engineer, writer, philosopher and mindfulness practitioner.
He has been lecturing at University of Sydney, UCLA Extension and Osaka University in the area of leadership, innovation and sustainability for close to a decade.
He has founded a tech startup for measuring soft skill development (PaLDIP) as well as an edutainment company (Wacky Wisdom) and Inspirational Management Australia using evidence-based personal and leadership development training.
DAISY WONG
LEADER IN CYBERSECURITY, DISABILITY ADVOCATE
Born and raised in Melbourne with Hong Kong heritage, Daisy Wong is a cybersecurity awareness leader and disability advocate with a passion for building adaptable, inclusive, and
people-first security cultures.
Known for her bright pink wheelchair, matching hair, and even brighter leadership, she uses her lived experience with spina bifida to champion
visibility and access for women and people with disabilities in security, and serves as Sponsorship Manager at AWSN.
SARAH ROWAN
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SPEAKER + SPEED PAINTER
Rowan is Australia's top speed painter (according to ChatGTP) and has been speed painting for over 20 years, bringing a vibrant and fun vibe to everything she does.
To date, Rowan has painted at over 500 events, raising over $350,000 for charity. Her keynotes on creativity and mental health whilst speed painting are a big hit with all her clients. As part of the Future Crunch team, she helps create extraordinary experiences, allowing audiences to learn with both the heart and the head. She graduated from Converse College in 2003 with a BFA in Studio Art, and moved to Sydney in 2005 to expand her art horizons.
BEHIND THE SCENES
TIA JEAN
Owner at Organise.Curate.Design | Admin Specialist, Life & Business Consultant
Tia is the current mind and heart behind Organise.Curate.Design, a boutique life and business admin company that blends creativity and organisation into a collective that curates clarity out of chaos through grounded, structured thinking, and a little bit of admin magic.
At Future Crunch, she brings that same grounded magic to operations, partnerships and creative logistics - helping ideas move smoothly from thought to action.
With a background in Psychological Science and Sociology from the University of Sydney, Tia’s work is guided by a lifelong curiosity about people, patterns and the way we fit together. Her career has spanned retail, hospitality, management and admin, a foundation that has shaped her holistic, human-first approach to organisation.
Sam McLean | Elite Agency
“FUTURE CRUNCH... WHERE DO I EVEN START? ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING, INCREDIBLY INTERESTING AND JUST OVERALL OUTSTANDING.”
