Holly Ransom

Holly Ransom is a global voice on leadership, change, and high-performance cultures—helping leaders lead what’s next.

As CEO of Emergent Global, Ransom advises Fortune 500 companies, governments, and trailblazing brands like Microsoft, Virgin, and P&G on how to build future-ready teams, drive cultural change, and lead through complexity.

A globally sought-after keynote speaker, emcee and master interviewer, Holly has captivated audiences in 25+ countries and is trusted by brands like Coca-Cola, Volvo, Mastercard, and EY to elevate their most critical events.

When Barack Obama visited Australia in 2018, he selected Ransom to moderate their conversation. Since then, she’s interviewed leaders, changemakers and icons including—Sir Richard Branson, Malala Yousafzai, Malcolm Gladwell, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Venus Williams, Brené Brown and Matthew McConaughey—transforming every exchange into a masterclass in leadership through her signature mix of curiosity, clarity, and fearless questioning.

Ransom's leadership journey defies convention. She has chaired the G20 Youth Summit and the UN’s Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs, delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, been awarded the U.S. Embassy’s Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Leadership Excellence, and completed a Fulbright Scholarship at Harvard Kennedy School.

She is also the co-founder, event designer, and lead moderator of Energy Disruptors: UNITE, the award-winning summit voted Canada’s Best Conference three times—bringing global leaders together to accelerate clean energy innovation.

Her bestselling book, "The Leading Edge," is a practical playbook for navigating disruption and unlocking high-performance cultures—used by leaders and teams across the globe.

Offstage, Ransom is passionate about mentoring the next generation, championing intergenerational collaboration, and bringing leadership insights to the world of high-performance sport. When she’s not advising global leaders or igniting rooms full of changemakers, you’ll find her on a sunrise run, baking something delicious, or brushing up on her Spanish.