Carmen Braidwood

Carmen Braidwood grew up dreaming of becoming a pop singer, an actress, or the wife of Prince William. Failing at all three, she dusted herself off and set new goals — the biggest being to build a life from radio, storytelling, and television. Sources across Australia report she has been doing ‘a pretty decent job’ of this for the past 23 years, working with, among others, 96fm, 882 6PR, and Channel 9. With a career spanning management, presenting, and production at leading media companies, Carmen brings a wealth of knowledge — along with a personal story of overcoming the pressures, and more than a few spectacular failures, of commercial broadcasting, business, and life. Imagine a speaker who knows how to start an online business but can still remember a time before computers and mobile phones. It’s this unique blend of multi-generational insight that makes Carmen a master at navigating both the old-world charm (and occasional brutality) of traditional media, and the bot-addled, rapidly changing digital era.