Katrina Roberts

Katrina Roberts (GC-VOICEST, BJ/BA (Writing & Drama), GDTL, ATCL, LDPA, Patsy Rodenburg Associate, Professional Member of PSA) is a qualified and highly experienced voice, speech and public speaking trainer, specialising in the coaching of high performers, executive leaders and professional communicators. Katrina teaches international C-suite executives, police officers, entrepreneurs, and actors how to be present so they can free themselves from fear, perform in high-stakes scenarios and connect genuinely with their audiences. Her client list includes Volvo Group, Queensland Health, Hastings Deering, and The Australia Awards. Katrina is also passionate about working with disadvantaged and marginalised groups, with specific experience and expertise in freeing the voices of those with complex physical, cultural and psychosocial support needs. With over twelve years of experience and several post-graduate qualifications in voice studies, speech training, public speaking and teaching, Katrina’s spent thousands of hours coaching communicators in various corporate, educational and creative contexts, Katrina’s teaching history is extensive and diverse. She’s the principal Voice and Speech Lecturer at JMC Academy in Brisbane teaching within the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Acting) stream, Voice Specialist educator for NIDA Open, and a reputable adjudicator of speech, drama and public speaking. She taught speech and drama at All Hallows’ School in Brisbane for over a decade, with a number of her students receiving the highest marks in the state for their speech and performance examinations. In 2023, she was selected complete an intensive two-year training course with Patsy Rodenburg OBE – master voice coach to the world’s greatest actors and top-level corporate leaders. Katrina is now one of a select handful of Patsy Rodenburg Associates working in Australia. Beyond her teaching credits, Katrina is an accomplished and award-winning public speaker and former long-standing member of the Toastmasters International community. Her training process is practical and joy-filled, equipping speakers with body, breath, voice, and speech skills that can be relied upon in public and under pressure. Katrina believes that comfort creates confidence and that influential speakers avoid affectation and prioritise presence in communication. She is passionate about ensuring access to quality, evidence-based voice coaching, supporting her clients to walk away from the work free of fear and affectation: sounding, looking and feeling like their most authentic selves.