The Transferable Laws of Excellence | A High Performance in Business Event - Hosted by Rowing NSW and BREWYD
Overview
What separates elite performers from the rest, whether sprinting off the beach or leading a global business, isn't talent alone. It's the mindset, systems and behaviours that enable consistent performance under pressure.
This exclusive evening brings together rowing leaders, coaches, high-performance practitioners and senior business leaders, C-suite executives, founders, presidents and managing directors, for an evening of insight, discussion and networking. Drawing on the latest research in behavioural science, sports psychology and human performance, the session explores how world class athletes and world class organisations build sustained excellence, and how those same principles apply to leadership, culture and performance, on the sand and in the boardroom.
Guests will hear from leading voices across elite sport, rowing leadership and business, including a panel discussion, "The Science of Elite Performance: From World Championship Athletes to Billion Dollar Companies."
Proceeds from the evening will help fund an eight week high performance development program for elite level beach sprint rowers, facilitated by World Champion, Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games coaches. By joining us, you're not just securing your seat, you're helping build the next generation of Australian beach sprint talent.
Tickets: $99 (incl. GST, AUD)
Places are limited. RSVP now to secure your place.
Date: Friday 13th November 2026
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
Agenda
4.30 pm - Registration and Canapes
Guests welcomed by Melissa Ashton-Garard, RNSW CEO, and Warren Anderson, BREWYD CEO5.00 pm - Opening Keynote
"Maximising Human Potential - Leadership beyond the Algorithm", Warren Anderson - Human Performance Systems ExpertThe BREWYD Human Stack™ : The science of sustained high performance
Why sport systems outperform traditional management theory
Translating podium performance into business results
How behavioural science drives transformation
6.00 pm - Panel Interview
"The Science of Elite Performance: From World Championship Athletes to Billion Dollar Companies," featuring elite athlete and business leader guest speakers, to be announced soonTransferring performance in sport to the boardroom
The Mindset, Discipline and resilience required to execute under pressure
The role of Human Performance in technology advancements in High-Performance
The Science backed processes to Human Performance
7.00 pm - Networking
Informal networking to close the evening
Lineup
Warren Anderson
Warren Anderson is recognised globally as a leader in Human Performance Systems. He has built, scaled and run businesses across the globe, including in the US, China, India and here in Australia, and has built some of the largest High-Performance programs in both business and sport. Warren is driven by the belief that the same systems built for elite athletes can be applied to optimise business performance. The best companies in the world are run on the same principles used to build the best athletes in the world: systems grounded in facts, in Sports Science, Neuroscience and Behavioural Analytics, not guesswork. Four years ago, Warren backed BREWYD financially to get it off the ground and now leads the company as CEO. BREWYD's model connects global business with athletes who need support, funding athlete development through business partnerships, with Australian triathlete Luke Willian's Paris Olympic qualification as proof the model works. At the core of BREWYD's approach is the Human Stack, a framework built across six layers, from leadership and the individual through to team, process, human performance and AI augmentation, that gives organisations a way to identify what their best people actually do differently and build the systems to replicate it. He sits on various government and commercial boards as an expert in human performance and transformation, and has worked and presented alongside elite Australian athletes, including Craig Alexander, Ash Barty, Emma McKeon and Anna Meares.
Sinclair Taylor
Sinclair brings extensive executive leadership and sports administration experience, serving as President of UTS Haberfield Rowing Club and Neo Cycling Club. With a background as a former elite athlete and long-term club board member, he possesses a deep knowledge of our sport. Currently the CEO of Erilyan Group, Sinclair leads operations in the construction sector, demonstrating strong governance and stakeholder management skills. His diverse experience across banking, construction, and philanthropy is invaluable in guiding Rowing NSW.
Miranda Bennett
Miranda Bennett is a former lightweight rower, representing Australia at both the U23 and senior level over 10 years. She is a three-time World Champion, winning gold in the lightweight women’s quad in 2002 (and setting the world’s best time), 2007 and 2008 and a bronze in 2003. Miranda has also built a career of close to 20 years as an in-house lawyer with some of Australia’s leading construction companies and is now General Counsel – Construction at Mirvac. Rowing has nevertheless remained an important part of her life. She has coached at a school level, served on the NSW Rowing Association Board for several years and is now the parent of a rower… discovering it's much harder to watch than it is to row.
Isabella Scammell
World Champion rower Isabella Scammell joins the panel for The Transferable Laws of Excellence. Last month in Qingdao, China, Bella won the coastal women’s solo at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals to become World Champion, a historic first gold for Australia. In September she won the open women’s solo at the Australian and Oceania Beach Sprints Championships on the Gold Coast. She’s also a 2022 U23 World Champion in the women’s coxed four, a Sydney Rowing Club athlete, and she learned to row at Kinross Wolaroi in Orange, NSW.
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