Anyier Yuol - Guest Keynote & Event Speaker

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Key Points for Dr Anyier Yuol

Dr Anyier Yuol is a South Sudanese-Australian entrepreneur, scholar, and humanitarian leader whose journey began in Kakuma refugee camp.
She is the Founder and President of Lead Beyond Education, a charity empowering young women and girls from refugee and CaRM backgrounds through education and leadership.
Her pioneering initiatives in sport, fashion, and advocacy include the Miss Sahara Initiative and Anyier Model Management, reshaping representation in Australia.
In 2025, she completed her PhD on bride price in the South Sudanese diaspora, cementing her role as a powerful advocate for equity, resilience, and transformative change.

Topics for Dr Anyier Yuol

Beyond bride price – Culture, gender & leadership in a changing world
Drawing from her PhD research into how practices like bride price transform in diaspora, Dr Anyier Yuol reveals what cultural change can teach us about leadership, belonging, and equity. Far from being static, culture is dynamic, and organisations must learn to adapt in the same way.
Audiences will gain: Fresh insights into cultural competence, practical tools for leading across difference, and strategies to build inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Leading with resilience: Thriving through adversity
From losing both parents during the Sudan war to building a life in Australia and completing her doctorate, Anyier’s journey embodies resilience and ambition. She demonstrates how adversity can be transformed into an opportunity, and how leaders can harness resilience to inspire their teams and organisations.
Audiences will gain: Tools to reframe challenges as opportunities, insights into values-driven leadership, and inspiration to lead with courage in uncertain times.
Women as leaders & agents of change
From founding the Miss Sahara Initiative and Anyier Model Management to serving as Chair of the Australian National Committee on Refugee Women, Anyier has consistently challenged systems that excluded women. She demonstrates how women lead change in communities, organisations, and global institutions.
Audiences will gain: Inspiration and strategies for advancing women in leadership, dismantling barriers to equity, and creating environments where women’s leadership thrives.
Education as power: Equity, opportunity & generational change
From a childhood without access to schooling in Kakuma Refugee Camp to becoming a PhD graduate, Anyier’s story shows the transformative power of education. Her work, including through Lead Beyond Education, continues to build pathways for young women globally. She translates this lived experience into lessons on equity, empowerment, and opportunity.
Audiences will gain: Insights on breaking barriers to education and leadership, strategies for advancing equity in organisations, and inspiration to see education as a catalyst for change.
Sport as a platform for inclusion & social impact
From representing Australia at the FIFA Football for Hope Festival in 2010 at the age of 17 to winning the Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition, Anyier has experienced firsthand how sport can foster a sense of belonging and spark social change. She connects lessons from the playing field to leadership, representation, and equity in organisations.
Audiences will gain: Practical strategies to harness sport and representation for inclusion, and inspiration to use unconventional platforms to drive social impact.
The power of story to transform leadership & inclusion
As a former refugee, scholar, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, Anyier has seen how stories can shift systems, from sports and fashion runways to UNHCR global advocacy. She demonstrates how storytelling is more than personal; it’s a leadership tool that shapes culture, identity, and a sense of belonging.
Audiences will gain: An understanding of storytelling as a driver of organisational change, strategies to craft inclusive narratives, and inspiration to use lived experience as a force for leadership.

Testimonials for Dr Anyier Yuol

It was an absolute joy to work with Anyier! She was kind and professional and a huge hit at our event. Our participants enjoyed hearing her personal story and her advice on how to be more inclusive leaders. Her presence after lunchtime lifted the audience and she was a wonderful lead-in to our development session on inclusive leadership. I would love to work with Anyier Yuol again.
Women & Leadership Australia

Anyier Yuol has a commanding presence, and an open and honest nature. She had great content and it was age appropriate for the audience. She looked fabulous and exuded positive vibes. Anyier was a pleasure to work with.
The Hills Shire Council

Anyier Yuol was a very relevant, relatable and engaging speaker. She was able to captivate the room with her story and inspire our team to keep working on developing their growth mindset and to build on their resilience, positivity and adaptability. Anyier's wealth of knowledge in the diversity, inclusion and gender equality space was also incredibly relevant and interesting for our team, as this is a key focus of our business. Anyier was also highly accessible and warm, she was so generous with her time, staying around after the presentation to talk further with our team and even joined us at our post event function. Our team were so incredibly appreciative of her additional time, discussion and positive energy!
Eftpos Payments Australia

Anyier Yuol was absolutely fantastic.
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