Book IWD Speaker: Camilla J Collins

Camilla Collins explores sustainable giving, performance, and confidence - supporting gender equality without burnout, over-responsibility, or self-sacrifice.

Camilla Collins is an entrepreneur, author, and coach who works with individuals and organisations to build confidence, clarity, and sustainable ways of working — without self-sacrifice or burnout.

With over 15 years’ experience running creative and service-based businesses, including founding and leading a successful hair and makeup agency, Camilla brings a grounded, real-world perspective to conversations around performance, responsibility, and visibility. She understands first-hand the pressures many women experience - being dependable, capable, and constantly “on” — and how these expectations can quietly erode confidence, well-being, and long-term engagement.

Camilla is the author of #NoFilterNeeded, a book that challenges unrealistic standards and explores how self-worth, confidence, and identity are shaped both personally and professionally. Her work has since evolved beyond image alone, focusing on how women manage themselves in demanding environments, how performance and identity become intertwined, and why so many women continue to give more while asking less of the systems around them.

As an International Women’s Day speaker, Camilla explores the concept of sustainable giving — why progress towards gender equality depends not on women giving more of themselves, but on creating conditions where contribution does not come at the cost of health, identity, or fulfilment. Her sessions highlight how over-functioning, perfectionism, and self-pressure are often rewarded in the short term, yet unsustainable in the long term for individuals and organisations alike.

Camilla’s approach is practical, human, and psychologically informed. Audiences leave with language, insight, and tools they can immediately apply to support confidence, presence, and sustainable performance - both individually and collectively.

She is particularly passionate about supporting women navigating visibility, responsibility, and transition, and helping organisations create cultures where women can contribute meaningfully without losing themselves in the process.

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