Simone de Haas is an award-winning theatre director, leadership mentor, and internationally recognised voice in the evolution of women’s leadership. For more than four decades, she has helped women reclaim their presence, shape their stories, and step into the kind of influence that feels both authentic and powerful.
Drawing on her acclaimed career directing major musicals, opera, and contemporary theatre - as well as lecturing in Acting for Musical Theatre and Performance at leading Australian institutions - Simone brings a rare blend of creative mastery, intuitive intelligence, and leadership insight to every stage she steps onto. Her signature frameworks, including Iconic Brilliance™ and Theatre of Leadership™, empower women to lead with clarity, resonance, and embodied confidence.
Simone has spoken on stages across Australia, South-East Asia, New Zealand, and the United States, sharing her paradigm-shifting approach to presence, communication, and feminine leadership with diverse audiences of executives, founders, and emerging leaders.
As a mentor, Simone specialises in developing the leader’s voice - the voice that shapes culture, influences change, and becomes a force for good. Whether she is guiding emerging leaders, seasoned executives, or founders navigating visibility, Simone helps women stand at the centre of their own story and lead with conviction, creativity, and courage.
In rooms where decisions are made, strategies shaped, and influence negotiated, a woman’s voice is often the most powerful instrument she has - and yet the least fully claimed.
In this keynote, multi-award-winning theatre director and leadership communication strategist Simone de Haas reveals how women in business can move beyond overthinking, overexplaining and overaccommodating, and instead speak with the clarity, conviction, and embodied presence that elevates their leadership.
This is not a talk about becoming a more polished speaker. This is about becoming a more powerful one.
You will walk away with practical tools and embodied insights you can apply immediately to amplify your influence, strengthen your presence, and voice your brilliance with courage, clarity and impact.
In rooms where decisions are made, strategies shaped, and influence negotiated, a woman’s voice is often the most powerful instrument she has - and yet the least fully claimed.
In this keynote, multi-award-winning theatre director and leadership communication strategist Simone de Haas reveals how women in business can move beyond overthinking, overexplaining and overaccommodating, and instead speak with the clarity, conviction, and embodied presence that elevates their leadership.