
Veterinary Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Culture & Resilience
Inspiring, fun, completely fresh keynotes for veterinary conferences, leadership events, and healthcare teams—packed with real-world tools to build resilient teams, tackle burnout, and lead with clarity and courage.
"People don't remember what you said; they remember how they felt about what you said."
Dr Jess is an engaging, authentic and experienced orator. She specialises in using story-telling to take audiences on an emotional journey - whether it's with tears, inspiration or a completely fresh perspective, Dr Jess can ensure your audience leaves not just with the message, but with a lasting impression.
Jess balances light-hearted, casual approachability with genuine, meaningful storytelling, to ensure audiences feel seen, inspired, and wanting more.
For technical audiences, fundraising galas, industry inspiration or knowledge sharing, Dr Jess is always one of the highlights of an event.

"She always hits the nail right on the head, leaving attendees feeling like she really gets it... and offers practical, realistic wisdom to help. Always a highlight of an event, audiences rave about Jess's warm, authentic style, and refreshing way of approaching age-old challenges. I'd highly recommend her to bring warmth, wisdom and fresh perspective to your event or team.”
- Nell, Secretary, Australian Institute of Animal Management

“The feedback from staff across all teams has been fantastic and this is largely due to Jess' ability to relate to, and present in a style that our staff feel they are able to connect with almost instantly.."
- Stephen, CEO, Taranaki Vet Centre
Dr Jess Moore-Jones
Disrupting leadership BS with honesty, warmth, and conversations people remember

Dr Jessica Moore-Jones is a vet, consultant and public speaker renowned for challenging the status quo (especially if it involves a Pale-Stale-Male angle), refreshing and novel perspectives on the same old conversations, and a warm, overly-enthusiastic presenting style that is impossible to resist.
Dr Jess has been:
- Manager of Wildlife Health for Taronga Zoo
- CEO and Exec Manager for various RSPCAs
- General Manager of major specialist hospitals
- Senior Advisor for a major government
- Managed clinics in developing countries
- Ethics and welfare lecturer
- A lazy business owner
She's also a Solo Mum by Choice, a pragmatic feminist, an enthusiastic LARPer, and a bit of a blunt instrument.
If you want corporate, slick, and polished, Jess is not your gal. If you want fun, bold, and memorable, you're definitely in safe hands here!
Popular themes that Dr Jess can adjust to your needs:
Resilience, wellbeing and mindset that doesn't include eating more salads or drinking less wine
People Leadership for Animal People; real-life, practical advice for the nuances of managing veterinary / animal care teams
Workplace Culture; Clarity, Courage and Compassion, and why it's never as easy as the textbooks and podcasts make it sound
Human Behaviour for Animal Outcomes; using the science and art of human psychology to improve patient and community outcomes
Maintaining engaged, fulfilled veterinary professionals; how to design your career around the life that you want, not the other way around
The Real Reasons We Can't Keep Veterinary Professionals in the Veterinary Profession (and they're not the ones anyone is talking about!)
Why is no one talking about the impossible expectations on leaders? Creating well, sustainable and resilient veterinary leaders.
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