DeVrye… Develops ideas, Delights audiences, and Delivers results.
Her impressive client list includes repeat business from Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, small businesses, and associations, underscoring her ability to fulfil that promise. Speaking globally across five continents, DeVrye covers topics such as customer service, change, leadership, team value, and turning obstacles into opportunities in both professional and personal contexts through resilience. An inspirational communicator, she brings proven international management experience from both the private and public sectors, having been a corporate executive and a small business owner.
Honoured as an Australia Day Ambassador and named the National Speaker’s Association of Australia Keynote Speaker of the Year in 2010, she has served as a board member of the world’s third-largest police service and as CEO of Junior Achievement Australia. DeVrye has also worked with Ministers of Consumer Affairs, Education, and Sport, contributing to the establishment of the Life Be In It fitness campaign. Her diverse, hands-on experience means she has ‘walked the talk’ and relates to real-life, everyday situations.
As one of Australia’s most versatile and sought-after speakers, featured in Who’s Who of Australian Women, Catherine has addressed business leaders, prime ministers, and elite athletes. Always in search of new material, this thought leader even trekked to Timbuktu! An avid sportswoman and adventurer, she has bicycled over the Andes, scaled Antarctic peaks, and climbed to the 20,000-foot summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa.
She had the honour of carrying the Olympic Torch during the opening ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and shares an inspirational, heartwarming story of her personal journey from an orphanage in Canada to surviving cancer, depending on the audience brief. She believes that the biggest challenges are those we face in our everyday lives, advocating for a positive attitude in the face of adversity to move forward.
