About Jack Starkey-Gill

The bridge between the stage and the boardroom

Jack Starkey-Gill is the founder of JSG Voice and Voice Director at Bell Shakespeare, Australia’s national theatre company. Jack holds an MFA in Voice from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and a Bachelor of Dramatic Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), and is an Associate Member of Professional Speakers Australia.

Jack Starkey-Gill’s career has run across performance, communication and voice. Trained as an actor at VCA and still represented professionally (most recently in the world premiere of David Williamson’s ARIA at Ensemble Theatre). Trained as a copywriter and content manager at JWT and Hill+Knowlton Strategies, with fluency in how senior corporate audiences actually think and talk. Trained as a voice specialist with an MFA from NIDA, where he has tutored. The combination is rare.

What JSG Voice does

JSG Voice is a specialist executive presentation coaching practice based in Sydney. Jack Starkey-Gill works with senior leaders, founders, partners and professional services teams preparing for high-stakes presentations – board updates, investor pitches, AGMs, leadership team addresses, client meetings and keynote speeches. The practice serves leaders in law, finance, private equity, infrastructure, marketing, education and technology, typically when the room matters and the preparation needs to match.

The methodology is voice-led. The same conservatoire-level techniques Jack Starkey-Gill uses to prepare professional actors for Bell Shakespeare’s national stage (breath, resonance, pace, weight, presence) translated into practical, physical frameworks that executives can apply immediately. Built on the established lineage of professional voice pedagogy: Patsy Rodenburg, Kristin Linklater, Cicely Berry, Barbara Houseman, Catherine Fitzmaurice. Not motivational speaking. Not generic public speaking tips. Rigorous, evidence-based voice and presence work for people whose reputations are made and unmade in rooms of ten.

Who we work with

Jack Starkey-Gill works one-on-one with senior executives, founders and partners – typically those investing in their voice, presence and high-stakes delivery during phases of senior career growth. He also works with leadership teams, partner pitch groups, marketing and creative teams, and senior practitioners at law and professional services firms.

JSG Voice delivers individual executive presentation coaching, executive voice coaching, board presentation preparation, team workshops and keynote coaching across Sydney and nationally – in person and remotely.

Why this combination is rare

Most presentation coaches understand either theatrical craft or business context. Jack Starkey-Gill bridges both. Making 400-year-old Shakespeare feel urgent to a modern audience demands the same skills as making complex corporate strategy compelling to a sceptical board – commanding physical presence, disciplined breath control, strategic use of silence, precise vocal emphasis. Same pressure. Same techniques. Different room. Almost no other coach in Sydney’s corporate market has trained in voice at conservatoire level.

Clients include leaders from

King & Wood Mallesons · Clean Energy Finance Corporation · Bayer · SBS Radio · Schools Plus · NSW Department of Education · Paper + Spark