Career highlights
Adam Spencer’s career highlights cover a wide variety of disciplines. He began his career in radio by winning the Triple J Raw Comedy championship in 1996. From there, Adam became a casual presenter, and eventually took over the coveted breakfast time slot, hosting from 1999-2004.
A consummate learner, Adam Spencer started a university Arts/Law degree that led to a first class honors degree in Pure Mathematics. Spencer also has an immense interest in science. These passions led Adam to host ‘Quantum’ and ‘FAQ’ on ABC TV from 1998 to 2001. Adam was a regular guest on the Channel Ten’s Good News Week Debate series, ABC's 'The Glasshouse' and 'The Fat'. In 2003 Adam hosted 'Hit & Run' for the Foxtel’s Comedy Channel.
Speaking experience
Adam Spencer has prodigious speaking experience. His outstanding achievements include being voted “Best Speaker in the World’ at the World University Debating Championships. Prior to this, Adam was captain of the Australian Debating Team for 3 years. He was winner of the National Championships and winner of the Australian University Championships. Adam was a regular performer at Belvoir Street Theatre’s ‘Theatresports’ and speaks regularly at science and maths conferences Australia wide.
Spencer’s book 'Little Book of Numbers' is published by Penguin and has been translated into many languages around the world. In 2005, Penguin published his following book, 'More Mind Numbing Maths'.
At the end of 2004, Adam and his co-presenter on Triple J ,Wil Anderson, toured the nation with THE LAST TIME TOUR. The show celebrated their time on Triple J and sold out in every capital city. . Adam has also toured with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in the SLEEK GEEK TOUR, which is held during Science Week. It is an hilarious one hour show combining ground-breaking science with side-breaking comedy.
Extensive experience
Adam has had extensive experience on various boards and authorities - he continues to serve on the Senate of the University of Sydney; the NSW Premier's Advisory Committee on Greenhouse and Global Warming; and the NSW Health Department's Clinical Ethics Review Committee, as well as being an ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation and helping out with numerous charities.
This wide-ranging exposure provides many potential areas of discussion in keynote addresses and conference sessions making Adam a firm favourite on the corporate convention and after-dinner speakers’ circuit. Adam has worked for more than 300 clients including Pharmacy Guild, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Zurich Financial Services, KPMG, Spatial Sciences Institute, Griffith Hack, TAFE NSW, CISCO Systems, Planning Institute of Australia, Queensland Resources Council, Grant Samuel Investment Bankers, Pearson Education, Australian Primary Principals Association, UBS Finance Academy, Time Magazine, Australian Financial Revue, Minerals Council of Australia and Finance & Treasury Association to name a few.
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