About Kirryn Zerna

Kirryn Zerna is a keynote speaker who blends commercial depth with human insight — helping organisations create human connection that moves people and performance.

With more than 20 years’ experience across corporate brand, communications and the professional speaking stage, Kirryn understands what happens behind the scenes of growth, integration and brand pressure — where alignment either accelerates results or quietly slows them down.

Before stepping fully onto the stage, she spent 15 years inside organisations advising CEOs, navigating complex mergers and helping drive large-scale engagement campaigns impacting more than 40,000 employees.

Today, she delivers high-energy keynote experiences for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs and industry events across Australia and internationally.

Her clients include Westpac, Woolworths, Wella, Carsales, Thermomix, IVE and the Real Estate Institute of Australia. She has spoken across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Argentina, and at conferences featuring global leaders including Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard.

Through her signature keynote, The Connect Effect — built around Trust, Tribe and Thrive — Kirryn equips leaders and teams to move from ideas on a slide to behaviour in action, building trust that accelerates execution, strengthens brand presence and turns connection into results people can see and feel.

She doesn’t just energise a room. She brings perspective — translating commercial pressure into clarity, cohesion and momentum that lasts beyond the event.

Credentials & Highlights

• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
• LinkedIn Top Voice in Communications
• Postgraduate qualifications – University of Sydney & Macquarie University
• Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
• Non-Executive Director (2 boards)

Next Steps

Let’s explore what performance could look like in your room.
Book a discovery call →  1300 751 883 or email info@kirrynzerna.com.