Holly is founder and CEO of consulting firm, Emergent; author of The Leading Edge; co-founder and chief curator at Energy Disruptors.

As a renowned speaker and interviewer, Holly has led discussions with figures including Barack Obama, Malcolm Gladwell, Billie Jean-King, Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, and the world's first humanoid robot, Sophia. She has delivered a Peace Charter to the Dalai Lama, was named one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women by the Australian Financial Review, and received the US Embassy's Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Leadership Excellence in 2019. Sir Richard Branson also nominated her for Wired Magazine's 'Smart List' of Future Game Changers to watch.

While a Fulbright scholar in 2021 and a Harvard Kennedy School fellow, Holly received the prestigious Anne Wexler Public Policy Scholarship.

Holly has worked with clients such as P&G, Microsoft, Virgin, Cisco, and KPMG to effect and inspire actual change, has commentated for Reuters, CBS, and Australia’s ABC, and is Chair of Pride Cup Australia.

In 2014 Holly was asked to Chair the G20 Youth Summit, the United Nations Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs in 2016, and became the youngest director of an Australian Football Club for Port Adelaide.