AMANDA LEIGH WALKER
THE STORY
From one van to an empire...then everything changed
BUILD
BREAK
BECOME
Co-founded Lord of the Fries. Scaled to 40+ stores across Australasia. Built the systems, team, and brand — from an idea to a van to a smash hit business.
She learned to build outer success alongside inner alignment — so when the success changed hands, she was already equipped for what came next...
Now she helps others build the inner architecture to meet change as a creator rather than a victim of it, regardless of the circumstances.
BY THE NUMBERS
Real Experience . Real Perspective.
40+
Stores scaled across Australia.
8-fig.
Built a brand from a single food van.
200+
Women coached & Businesses mentored
20+
Years of operational leadership.
Featured at: TedXMacRobHS - Wade Institute - RMIT - Swinburne -Femmecon - GallantLaw - Vegfest Toronto - Adelaide Vegan Festival - Entrepreneur Organization - Mentor's List - Success Collective + Liquid Learning - more
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.
These are Amanda's signature talks. She also speaks on a range of related topics and tailors every keynote to your audience, theme and event goals. Get in touch to discuss what's right for your event.​ * All formats available in-person and online. Melbourne-based, available nationally and globally.
FORMATS & DELIVERY
40 - 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.
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