The Drinks Association’s International Women’s Day lunch shines a spotlight on the women shaping our industry while inviting everyone to be part of the conversation on equity. Tickets for the highly anticipated 2027 event are on sale now.
We are delighted to announce that Alisa Camplin-Warner OAM will be the keynote speaker at our event on Friday, 5 March 2027.
Alisa is Australia's first female Winter Olympic Gold Medallist. She won gold in Freestyle Aerial Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games with a triple twisting double somersault, landed six weeks after breaking both ankles. A World Championship title and multiple years at World Number 1 followed, then two knee reconstructions, before she concluded her athletic career with Olympic bronze in Turin.
Alongside sport, Alisa spent 16 years as a global executive with IBM in Australia and the UK, where she led sales, delivery, strategy and transformation teams. She held leadership roles at PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 before taking on the role of Chef de Mission for Australia's 2026 Winter Olympic Team in Milano Cortina. Alisa is a Member of the Order of Australia and an experienced Non-Executive Director, currently sitting on the Boards of the Australian Olympic Committee and the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, where she is Deputy Chair.
Today Alisa works across Asia as a resilience and high-performance consultant, working with small and large organisations to help both individuals and teams to achieve repeatable, sustainable success. Alisa is a working mother of two young children, and together with her husband Oliver, they established charity Finnan's Gift in 2011 – raising more than $3.5 million for children's heart care in memory of their first child.
Join us as Alisa shares what elite sport and two decades of leadership have taught her about setbacks, mindset and performing under pressure, and how those lessons apply to the way we lead and support each other at work.