AMANDA LEIGH WALKER
SPEAKER - WORKSHOPS - MC- MEDIA
Amanda Leigh Walker brings the business story, the human story and the deeper truth into the same room.
As the co-founder and former Head of Operations of Lord of the Fries, Amanda helped grow one food van into a franchise network of more than 35 locations across Australia and New Zealand.
Today, she speaks about founder identity, sustainable growth, franchising, family business, culture and commercial ownership, drawing on her Soul → Self → Systems → Scale framework, CEO Energy and her SIFT franchise-readiness diagnostic.
Warm, candid, funny and commercially grounded, Amanda helps audiences see themselves and their businesses differently, and leave with insights they can take away and use.
LIVED EXPERIENCE. DEEPER TRUTH. PRACTICAL TRANSFORMATION.
WHAT AUDIENCES EXPERIENCE
MORE THAN AN INSPIRING STORY.
Amanda creates experiences that are honest, energising and useful. Audiences leave with:
• Real lessons from the highs, pressures and difficult chapters of building a purpose-led business.
• A deeper understanding of the person behind performance, leadership and growth.
• Practical ideas they can apply to their business, work and life.
• Greater confidence to question old definitions of success and lead their next stage deliberately.
• A renewed sense of possibility, personal responsibility and self-trust.
Amanda does not speak at people. She brings them into the story—and helps them recognise their own.
BY THE NUMBERS
Real Experience & Real Perspective
35+
Stores scaled across Australia + 300 staff.
8-figures.
Built a brand from a single food van.
300+
Women coached & Businesses mentored
20+
Years of operational leadership.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
Every talk a lasting impact & real transformation.
KEYNOTE 1
The Leader You Were Born to Be
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The truest, most powerful, clearest, most embodied version of you in any leadership setting.
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Identify who you actually are as a leader beneath the roles and pressure
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Step into the version of yourself that was always there
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Lead from your truth.
KEYNOTE 2
Lessons from the Lord of the Fries
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Amanda's business start up journey from van to 40 + stores
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The inner /outer operating system of scalable leadership.​
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Purpose driven business lows & highs
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Why systems alone won't save you. ​
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Lead a growing team without losing yourself.
KEYNOTE 3
Reinvention & the Future You
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Rebuilding after success, change, loss or identity collapse - with clarity, courage & power.
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​Recognise where your power went.
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Lead your next chapter deliberately.
Amanda also speaks on family business, culture and performance, AI and human leadership, and franchisee leadership. Get in touch to discuss what's right for your event.
FORMATS & DELIVERY
60-90 min
KEYNOTE
A standalone keynote tailored to your event theme. Story, strategy, and practical tools audiences keep using long after the room clears.
MASTERCLASS
Lesson from the Lord
A deeper dive into one of Amanda's keynote frameworks. Interactive, workshop-style, with exercises and takeaways. Max 50 participants.
WORKSHOP
Power, Reinvention & the Self You Become Next
A deeper dive into one of Amanda's keynote frameworks. Interactive, workshop-style, with exercises and takeaways.
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WHAT THEY SAY
"Amanda is one of the most engaging speakers I have experienced. Not only does she share her journey, but she weaves real business lessons through every chapter of it so every person in the room walks away with something they can use."
— University of Melbourne Business School
"I have sat in a lot of rooms with a lot of speakers and Amanda is magnetic, real, funny and makes you think."
Helen Grower — Women in Tech Business Summit
"Amanda has that rare gift of being both deeply entertaining and genuinely insightful. She took us through her entire business journey and somehow made every twist and turn a lesson we could apply to our own. The room was captivated from start to finish."
Lauren Cassimatis — LLC Gallant Law
"She has helped restore my sense of confidence, worth and peace. Amanda is kind, perceptive, patient and so knowledgeable. Not only a great entrepreneur, but strategist, leader and guide. The full package."
Coaching client — Melbourne