Tom Griffith
Entrepreneur and co-founder of Emma & Tom's
Profile
As one half of the Emma & Tom’s, an Australian wellbeing drinks and snacks brand, Tom Griffith is an inspirational entrepreneur, brand builder and true Australian success story.
Current Work:
Tom co-founded Emma & Tom’s in 2004 with his childhood friend Emma Welsh. Both share a passion for healthy choices, active life and everyday, balanced nutrition and saw a need for an Australian healthy, great tasting, natural, minimally processed snack and juice alternatives to sugary, preservative-riddled, over-processed options out there already.
Based on the simple and powerful philosophy ‘Look After Yourself’, Emma & Tom’s has grown to become one of Australia’s greatest start-up business success stories and an internationally recognised brand. Boasting a range of whole fruit, naturally good-for-you products now available in over 6,000 retail outlets nationwide, the business has expanded distribution to export markets including China, Hong Kong, Jordan and Dubai.
Tom is regularly sought after as a speaker on entrepreneurship, the business of start-ups, building brand and the secret to successful partnerships. He is regularly called upon as a commentator by Australia’s finance journalists, including Peter Switzer, David Koch, Tom Elliot and Ross Greenwood. Additionally, he is a mentor and guest lecturer for the University of Melbourne’s entrepreneurial program, a Director of independent Australian Investment Bank, Record Point and an investor and advisor to GAP Technologies, who are developing the first pallet made from recycled plastic.
Tom is also a passionate and outstanding community leader who contributes many pro bono hours to local social justice initiatives, and Emma & Tom’s makes annual contributions to local not-for-profit’s targeting poverty, economic empowerment, and education and health projects Australia-wide. Tom also co-founded The Unite Project with the Cotton On Group whose mission is to fight youth homelessness across Australia.
Previous Experience:
Tom’s background includes a diverse portfolio of business, finance, investment banking and innovation roles within Australia and internationally. Tom also holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne, is a Chartered Accountant and has a Fellowship of Finance.
Feedback
Excellent. Articulate. Great story. Good messages.
Tom is a dynamic and engaging presenter. He tailored his material to a specialist topic for our audience and provided valuable and unique insights into entrepreneurship and leadership. He was open and accessible to attendees, addressing numerous questions from our audience during an extended Q&A session. Feedback from our audience has been very positive. They were deeply inspired and motivated by Tom's extraordinary entrepreneurial journey. We very much look forward to future engagement with Tom.
We had the privilege of having Tom Griffith from “Emma & Tom’s” at the Next Generation Entrepreneurs Summit address us on the 9th March 2018. Tom’s Message was powerful & his journey highlighted a powerful message on his entrepreneurial journey. The audience took a lot out of Tom’s Message. Thank you once again Tom for a powerful message on helping entrepreneurs take a leaf out of your book. We will be having Tom speak again sometime soon.
