Business leadership
strategic creativity
Entrepreneur, consultant
and public speaker
Islay Wharton is a brand strategist and the founder of Forme Creative, a brand agency based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Islay helps business leaders leverage opportunities and align strategies around their audacious vision. She speaks and writes on brand strategy, creative leadership, and what it takes to build a brand people not only notice, but obsess over.
Conferences, workshops, events, panel discussions
Islay brings the same strategic thinking she uses to build brands for clients into the room. She translates brand methodologies into something practical, relevant, and immediately actionable.
Islay speaks to rooms ranging from sector-specific industry leaders, to marketing events, to business strategy seminars. Her skill in tailoring her content and delivery to unique businesses and individuals allows attendees to gain specific and relevant insights that generates meaningful traction in their businesses.
Islay is available for conference keynotes, workshops, panel discussions, and podcasts, to speak on brand strategy, modern marketing and entrepreneurship.
BOOK ISLAY TO SPEAKSignature talks
Meaningful Design That Actually Works
Creativity as a performance lever in business outcomes.
How to Build a Brand People Trust (and Pay More For)
How trust is earned and translating that into pricing power.
Brand strategy foundations
Determining how a business can show up to increase market share.
“Thank you for an enjoyable Brand Strategy workshop. It was both timely and relevant to our current situation and I took a number of learnings away for further mulling. The format was just right — I enjoyed the group participation and discussion, and your presentation style made it interesting and engaging.”
Ian France
Director & GM Operations, Ferrymead Park
“Our CEO was very impressed with the feedback, and I’m personally pleased to hear that the team also enjoyed the session.”
Rachel Luo
Events & Marketing Lead, Early Childhood Council
“Loved the presenter and great insights from the people in the room. It was informative and broke marketing down to an easy to understand level.”
Early Childhood Council
Brand Strategy Workshop attendee
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