Barnaby believes the best conversations begin when people stop performing and start being themselves.

After playing a season for the Sydney Swans as a type one diabetic in 1998, Barnaby’s life changed forever at 25 after a violent assault left him with an acquired disability following a stroke. The years that followed brought rehabilitation, grief – following the death of his 1st wife to breast cancer – frustration and reinvention, but they also taught him lessons about resilience that no textbook ever could.

He doesn’t claim to have life figured out.

He’s just giving life the best crack he can and helping audiences do the same. 

When Barnaby started his small business while working full-time as an autocue operator at ABC News, his mission statement was refreshingly uncomplicated:

“My highest priority is building human relationships. If I make a profit, that’s a bonus.”

His business motto became even simpler:

Be a good bloke.

It wasn’t a marketing strategy.

It still isn’t.

Yet those values have led him to present for organisations including Google, Salesforce, Nestlé, Linfox, the Sydney Swans and the ABC, while interviewing some of Australia’s most respected leaders, athletes, journalists, comedians and CEOs on the Everyday Greatness podcast, like the Governor General of Australia, 2014 Australian of the year, former coach of the Matilda’s, and the former captain of Celtic FC.

Barnaby is also a deacon in the Coptic church, an author, a filmmaker, he has climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, walked the Kokoda Track, made an AFL come-back to play his 100th game for his local footy club, and he is now a husband, father, homeowner & dog owner.