Adam Khoo
One of Singapore’s most successful and prominent business leaders, Khoo went from an underachieving failure to a self-made millionaire by age 26. An entrepreneur, best-selling author and peak performance coach, he believes success is a choice and can be learned. Khoo shares how attendees can help themselves and those they love tap into their personal power and achieve excellence.

Tony Gordon
Tony Gordon is a 33-year MDRT member with 32 Top of the Table qualifications. His leadership experience in the industry includes having served as MDRT President in 2001 and Past Top of the Table Chairman, past president of UK Life Underwriters and as a representative on two government bodies regulating financial services. Gordon is the best-selling author of “It Can Only Get Better: Tony Gordon’s Route to Sales Success” and was featured in "The Greatest insurance Stories Ever Told." Now retired as chairman of a leading UK financial advisory firm, Gordon’s presentation coaches attendees on how to grow their practice and realize their true potential.

Brian D. Heckert, CLU, ChFC
Since he first qualified for MDRT membership in 1989, Heckert has attended every Annual Meeting, serves as an active MDRT volunteer and qualified for Top of the Table three times. He discusses the culture of MDRT and reveals how MDRT membership has made a positive impact on his personal and professional life.

Alvin Lee
It is important to never let go of your dreams. Lee teaches how we can alter the way we see, think, feel and act to help develop a mindset that creates possibilities and finds solutions to seemingly impossible situations.

David Houle
Houle is consistently ranked as one of the top futurists and futurist keynote speakers on the major search engines. He won a speaker of the year award from Vistage International, the leading organization of CEOs in the world. He is often called "the CEOs' Futurist" having spoken to or advised 1,200+ CEOs and business owners in the past two years. He has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

Naomi L. Duke
Duke, a three-year MDRT member, touches the hearts of attendees with the inspirational story of her journey from homeless teenager to successful financial advisor specializing in estate and financial planning for special-needs individuals and their families.

Wee Chow Hou, Ph.D.
In business, as in war, you must not wait for the competitor to come at you. Instead, you must be ready to take on the competitor. An expert on strategy, management and organization, Wee bases his approach on the classic Chinese military treatise "Sun Zi Bingfa." He provides a refreshing and insightful perspective on dealing with competition, challenging attendees to develop effective strategies for business success.

Tom Hegna, CLU, ChFC
Hegna, a vice president of New York Life, explains why the life insurance industry was built for times of uncertainty and instability. He proposes dynamic solutions on how to provide baby boomer clients with a guaranteed paycheck for life, including tips on how to effectively present financial planning concepts.

Tom Flick
Change demands our very best. Great competitors, teams and organizations move forward confidently in the face of transformation, overcoming the feelings of doubt, fear and career insecurity so often associated with change. Flick, president of Tom Flick Communications and a former NFL quarterback, shows you how to open the door to true empowerment and job satisfaction, and how to bring your "A" game for ultimate success and profitability.

Scott Christopher
Christopher establishes the case for the business relevance of humor and energizing fun at work, debunking the myth that levity is somehow a frivolous non-issue and detrimental to an organization's success. Co-author of "The Levity Effect: Why It Pays to Lighten Up," Christopher shows how levity helps build trust, enhances creativity, and can lead to more dynamic presentations and effective meetings.

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
Overcoming poverty, discrimination and illiteracy, Kickbusch becomes the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in the combat support Field in the U.S. Army. Following her personal dream and mission of preparing tomorrow’s leaders today, she works to provide leadership development and support to young “diamonds in the rough.” A charismatic, passionate and entertaining speaker, she will share her powerful message of what it takes to be an effective leader in today’s global marketplace.

Merlyn Kevin Fernandes
Merlyn Kevin Fernandes is a seven-year MDRT member. She "accidentally" joined the insurance business only to discover she had the ability to help people achieve their family's security and improve their quality of life for the present and the future. Fernandes' succes in a developing country has helped many fellow agents dream big and aspire to greater heights.

Caroline A. Banks, APFS
Clients will do what we show them they need to do to achieve their lifelong financial goals. Banks reveals how holistic financial planning helps clients achieve those goals, and shows you how to move from merely selling products to demonstrating true value through a regularly reviewed financial plan.

Daryl Diamond, CFP, CLU
Gain insight into the fastest-growing market and one that is currently underserved: the retirement income market. A leading retirement income planning expert, Diamond addresses some effective retirement planning considerations that can be easily implemented while testing your knowledge of rock music trivia.

Li Cunxin
Cunxin shares the story of his journey from an impoverished childhood in China to world-class ballet dancer. Hear his personal retirement-planning story, and how he made the transition from internationally known dancer to senior manager at one of the largest stock brokerage firms in Australia.