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o o Speaker Bio: Dr Michael Mol MBChB, Dip PEC  //  March 2008

Michael Mol is a medical doctor with vested interests in Emergency medicine , HIV management, and Integrative medicine.

Nine years ago he carried his charisma from the casualty room over to the small screen and has anchored Top Billing, South Africa’s longest running prime time television magazine program ever since. He has spoken to the stars, travelled the world and shared his experiences in a personal and endearing way with a captive audience, as evidenced by numerous critically acclaimed media awards. A former Mr. South Africa, he is also a Red Cross Children’s Champion, and a patron of SA Cares for Life.

Michael's passion for understanding the world around him led him to make a subtle shift in emphasis by co-founding a futurist consultancy in 2004. This shift has allowed him to devote more time to working with individuals and organizations, helping them to
 
understand the way the world works, trends that will affect us in the future, and what to do today to be ready for them. In particular, Michael has a passion for helping people find true significance and a holistic, balanced approach to the world they live in. This combines his medical training, his life experiences and his business skills in a truly unique blend that sets him aside from the average motivational or inspirational communicator. He has spoken to leading companies around the world and has recently been nominated by South Africa’s foremost CEO’s as one of the top business speakers for the GIBS (Gordon Institute & Business School) Annual Speaker Awards.

In October 2006, Michael was appointed as CEO of Paragon Health – a holding company for Sportron International and Regal nutrients – companies focused on promoting health and wellness for the purposes of a productive nation through the provision of nutritional support and holistic wellbeing.

He’s a writer and speaker that suffers from an incurable addiction … an insatiable thirst for endogenous adrenalin! From sky-diving out of a hot-air balloon, to running the bulls in Pamplona, to scuba diving under an frozen lake, to wing walking on a bi-plane, to surfing the great Zambezi white waters on a body board and bungi jumping off the highest bridge in the world backwards … there’s nothing that he would shrink back from – yet!

Michael resides in Johannesburg, South Africa - has been married to Jacqui since 1994 and has two children, Joshua (7 yrs) and Rachael (5 yrs).