Kamilla Sultanova

Speaker,
influencer
and cultural
architect

I offer immersive speaking experiences, event hosting, and workshops

I’m an energizing motivational speaker and award-winning community-builder. I love to inspire my audiences to change and empower them to take action. Born in Uzbekistan, I have lived and worked in the Nordics for the last 18 years navigating across different cultures and industries. Currently based in Helsinki, I’m both an insider and outsider in the Nordics, offering a unique perspective.

As a purpose-driven speaker, I tell the stories of change-making projects in Finland, Uzbekistan, and across multiple international networks. I know what truly makes growth and innovation appear – it is in the dynamics between people and cultures. Today, I work in projects on diversity, inclusion, and talent recruitment.

Book me as a speaker

Trust me with your next event

I’m an untraditional speaker for traditional conferences. Through my engaging personal style and diverse background, I create immersive experiences for your attendees. After having spoken in twelve countries all over the world – from Finland to South Korea – and on many stages including TedX, I can connect to any audience and inspire positive change with vision, creativity, know-how, and global insights. I’ve spoken to audiences of 1600 people and can connect with individuals from all kinds of industries and cultural backgrounds – from policymakers to everyday civilians, executives to students and teachers, from business leaders to assistants. My keynotes and speaking engagements have empowered countless audiences to create opportunities for others, invited them to experiment with working across sectors, and creating inclusive spaces in their own communities.

Some of my former engagements include: TEDxHelsinkiUniversity, Finnish SME’s, Startup hub Maria 01, Ministries of education, employment and economic affairs, Finnish school principals society, Finnish Entrepreneur society and the European commission.

Let me facilitate your event online or offline

I will channel your topic and vision with engagement, connection and energy

I’ve been where you’ve been, planning an event, unsure of who might be a great fit for your audience. I know what it takes to lead an event with complete ownership, full of energy so that each participant can feel their powerful presence in the room. Instead of talking to your audience, I build trust by being authentic and curious. I get them out of their comfort zone while guiding them attentively and creating a feeling of community. That’s where the magic happens.

My passion is to serve my audience and create meaningful experiences for them. My goal is achieved if event participants feel like “there is no place I’d rather be”! Driven by solutions and respecting time as a scarce resource, I’m a facilitator who can lead in an interactive way online and offline offering a shared understanding of a problem or a challenge at stake. I will channel an authentic conversation making sure the participants are heard and that people stay curious, engaged and willing to contribute.

As an event host, I help as a co-organizer and deliver beyond expectations, so that your event leads to actionable change, where the audience can go from inspiration to action.

WorkShops

Learn new skills in my motivating seminars!

Leading in an Increasingly Diverse Environment

1–3-hour workshop

I help leaders get clarity around diversity and inclusion. You will learn how to lead in an increasingly diverse environment, what diversity means for companies, big or small, and how diversity can drive impact in your companies’ ESG (environmental, social, and governance) solutions. I also offer advice on talent recruitment and retention of quality diverse talent both in Finland and abroad.

Cultural Onboarding for International Talents

3–5-hour workshop

Competing for global talent does not only mean to get the right people to relocate but to make them stay. Belonging is equally important for the employees and their partners. Too often, a lack of networks and community leads to saying goodbye to Finland and families moving away. I help you build resilient and cost-efficient onboarding and retention strategies for your international and diverse colleagues. My workshops are engaging and intuitive and help people connect and get an experience of belonging so that your employees and their spouses can flourish in Finland with a sense of community.

The art of facilitating online – hold meetings people would not miss!

1–2-hour workshop

With the ongoing physical distancing, our communication is disrupted, meetings and events are moved online or canceled. Facilitating online can be difficult, slow, and scary. During the last 2 months, I have gathered a toolkit on how to extend hospitality online and engage the audience during company meetings, workshops, and events. These are actually nice and easy skills you can use immediately. In 2 hours you can experience and learn new ways how to amplify connection online, bring clarity to the team, and actually hold meetings people would not want to miss.

My Clients

What they said about working with me

Kamilla moderated the EU Finnish presidency innovation event with a personal touch, energy, and an unshakeable conviction that inclusiveness is key to building a good public policy. I can wholeheartedly recommend Kamilla as an inspiring moderator!

Edita Ziomek

Kamilla delivered an excellent speech at the Finnish Entrepreneurs event, Get Together 2019 showing the huge role that entrepreneurs have in changing the world.

Mikael Pentikäinen

An inspiring and thought-provoking speaker who brings her expertise on diversity and inclusion to the forefront. Kamilla knows how to engage an audience and keep them on their toes throughout their presentations. A true pleasure to listen to and learn from!

Aicha Manai

Kamilla is a very powerful and inspiring speaker. She brings her expertise on diversity and internationalization, providing deep insight into the importance of social capital and other related topics. Undoubtedly, she knows how to engage an audience! I’m motivated and inspired!

Bobur Muyiddinov

Very inspiring and charismatic speaker and a very kind and humble person. I met Kamilla at Get Together in May 2019 and her story really inspired me to aim even higher than before. Thank you!

Teemu Myöhänen

Kamilla’s speech on volunteering and her story made me understand how volunteering has been so meaningful to me as well and why I had grown so much through it together with my community.

Samuel Aarnio

Kamilla communicates with great clarity, knows how to engage people, and has tremendous project management skills. She is a leader within our network of local Country Chairs and Partner Organisations now represented in over 80 countries around the world, sharing knowledge, new ideas, and improving our digital communications capacity. In addition to her considerable skills, Kamilla is a joy to work with.

Cynthia Guyer

Kamilla moderated Dignity in Finance panel debate as Nasdaq – a unique experience for both panelists and participants. Kamilla facilitated the 2-hour panel debate and she has exceptional capabilities engaging a diverse audience in a lively discussion!

Erja Retzen

Excellent speaker – brings a lot of soul to the topics.

Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä

I was impressed that Kamilla created a very friendly and interactive atmosphere among the audience. The speech was so engaging that everyone at the place was so focused. That requires a lot of professionalism from a speaker! I got very motivated by the talk!

Mansur Babajanov