User:Keithozie/Keith Abraham

Keith Abraham is an Australian author & speaker. He is the author of the 'Creating Loyal Profitable Customers' and his second book 'Living Your Passion.’ In 1999, Keith was accredited to be a Certified Speaking Professional by the National Speakers' Association and in 2001-2002 he was a Nevin Award winner.

Keith is the Founder of Passionate People. Keith now writes a weekly Blog "Keith's Blog" that over 4, 000 people receive each week.

Early Life Keith was born in Gold Coast, Australia. Keith grew up on his family farm before starting his working life at Albert Shire Council. It was during this time that he attended a week long leadership program sponsored by Rotary called "Rotary Youth Leadership Award." After this experience he focused his energy on his career where he started working for Kennett Security on the Gold Coast in the role of Operations Manager. In 1988 he moved to Brisbane to pursue his management career with Duncan Donuts in a leadership and management role before working for Radio Rentals. After Radio Rentals he then assisted in the creation of the "Australian Youth Development Foundation." He then worked as a trainer for Suncorp for 6 years training both insurance agents, branch staff and senior management before starting his own professional speaking business in 1996.