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About Ken
 Ken Wright found his calling as a leader early in the course of his business career. Beginning as a bank teller in Australia, at age 16, Ken was quickly promoted and became the youngest bank manager appointed at the time in the Westpac Banking Corporation. He later went on to become CEO of Westpac Financial Services Limited in 1993, whose profitability grew by 425% under his guidance and leadership. He joined Aussie Home Loans, Australia's leading non-bank lender, in 2000. As an executive there, Ken used his leadership capabilities and strategic planning and implementation skills to grow the business and raise profitability significantly beyond the expectations of management.
Ken's success as a leader is not only limited to his professional life. He has applied his drive for achievement and his ability to set and focus on his goals to his personal life as well. He played three different sports—football, athletics, and cricket—semi-professionally while building his business career in Australia. He has also completed five marathons.
 In 2004, Ken married Amanda Gore and moved to Dallas where he is now COO of Amanda Gore International. Ken is also the founder and President of Ken Wright Consulting and The Wright Coach, a business consulting and executive coaching firm specializing in people engagement. His business also inculcates the message his wife Amanda offers to audiences throughout the world and provides a mechanism for them to implement the strategies she recommends through one-on-one personal coaching and group leadership coaching.
Ken has three children living in Australia, Rebecca and Renee, who are both lawyers, and Matt, who is into horticulture more than law. Rebecca married Tim in October 2006, and they had a son, Jack William in March 2008. Renee will marry Max in April 2009 and Matt still enjoys the single life. Being a parent taught Ken many skills and he uses some of these in his coaching today.
Ken's business experience includes 32 years in the financial services industry and 8 years as a CEO of a major financial group. With a long history of realizing his potential both in the business world and in his personal life, Ken attributes his success to being an approachable and understanding leader with very high expectations. He feels displaying empathy is important as you concentrate on engaging and inspiring your people while having an intent focus on superb implementation of key business objectives.
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