Kitty Chiller Travels from Melbourne, VIC

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Business
C E O / M D
Facilitator
Female Speaker
Inspirational
Leadership
Master Of Ceremonies
Motivational
Olympian
Overcoming Adversity
Sport
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Kitty Chiller has had a long and distinguished international career in the world of sport – as an Olympic athlete, an administrator and leader. She has been, and continues to be, a trail blazer for females working in what is still a very male dominated environment. She is renowned for her resilience, her strong and empathetic people driven leadership, her up front communication style and her attention to detail. She has transferred the enormous array of skills required in the tough, multi-disciplinary sport of Modern Pentathlon, (that took her to compete in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000), to the Board room and the CEO’s chair.

Kitty’s sporting and corporate leadership roles have been high profile, high pressure and far from straightforward. As the first ever female Chef de Mission of an Australian Olympic Team (Rio 2016) Kitty was responsible for not only ensuring the best possible high-performance culture for the entire Australian contingent, but also for keeping them safe, in what was a highly challenging and dangerous Games environment. Fronting three press conferences daily in front of a packed international media contingent, Kitty was in the spotlight 24/7.

Moving to a CEO role at Gymnastics Australia, (and parallel role on the International Gymnastics Federation Executive Board), Kitty was faced with managing staff, athletes, clubs and members through COVID; navigating through the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games; and also leading the response to the Athlete A abuse scandal from the US that hit Australian shores and the subsequent Human Rights Commission review into the sport in Australia.

Kitty has been at the coalface in highly public and emotion charged arenas. She is renowned for her poise and her ability to respond and react in an appropriate, transparent, empathetic and timely manner. She knows what it’s like to have to front the microphones, and her teams, to deliver good and bad news.

2022 saw Kitty suffer a major cardiac incident that has seen her re-evaluate her life and take a new approach – with important lessons for all.

Kitty has a highly regarded ability, and personal passion, to translate her own experiences to assist others. Through her work as a coach and mentor, keynote presenter and leadership consultant, Kitty has an innate ability to tailor messages to resonate with audiences and to help prepare individuals, teams and organisations for challenges and crises.

Kitty has boundless energy and is an incredibly engaging presenter, tailoring each presentation to the audience. Her raw, authentic and often humorous presentation style will resonate with all.

Achievements

2016 Olympic Games – Chef de Mission, Australian Olympic Team
2000 Olympic Games – Athlete, Modern Pentathlon
1993/6/7/8 – World Number One Ranking, Modern Pentathlon
12 Time Australian Champion, 7-time World Cup medallist and 3-time World number 1

Testimonials

We had the pleasure of hearing Kitty Chiller give the keynote speech about her role as Chef De Mission of the Australian Olympic team to Rio for the recent Olympics. Her address by any measure was superb, well delivered, thoughtful and insightful. For parts, you felt you had been transported to the village, so clear was her story of what confronted the team on arrival at the village. She rightfully received a standing ovation… the audience fully appreciated the energy, passion and dedication she put into the role.

Maccabbi Australia Inc