Orator Circle is a platform that curates brave indigenous creatives, leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world.

The platform has been setup to champion and shine a spotlight on Indigenous leaders from around the world who are winning on a global scale. Our voices don’t often get heard, so we built this platform to showcase these creative and entrepreneurial superstars. We’ll be adding new interviews regularly, as well as adding videos to the platform over time, asking leading creatives about their own journey and how they got to where they are now.

Orator Circle was initiated with the help of globally award winning and Indigenous-led design and advertising agency RUN.

About the creator.

Raymond Otene McKay, Ngaati Mahuta, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Awa, is a seasoned and awarded creative from the creative advertising industry in Aotearoa, New Zealand. He has worked at the highest level of advertising across numerous network agencies, both in Aotearoa and Australia. Raymond started his own creative agency, RUN, alongside his wife Laura Cibilich, which has grown to become the kaitiaki and huge advocates for Māori and Pasifika kaupapa. Raymond is passionate about encouraging young Māori and Pasifika people into careers in the creative industries, particularly advertising. He started Orator Circle to shine a spotlight on Indigenous creative leaders to help showcase them and act as a vehicle to educate.

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