Lesley Dewar is an Australian grandmother, an avid surfer of the net, published writer, an excellent public speaker and workshop presenter. She travels extensively, browsing, researching and uncovering the unusual for her writing. She has been bungy jumping in New Zealand; flown in helicopters across icy mountains and rocky deserts and up New York harbour; trekked across a volcano crater, been white water rafting in Bali, whale watching in Australia and Canada and swimming with dolphins in Hawaii. She is a passionate environmentalist and writes stories for children that encourage them to be adventurous, inquisitive and active. 

One of Australia's first Financial Planners, she maintained a very high reputation for twenty six years until selling her practice in 2009, to launch her new online business, Stories My Nana Tells . This was a long planned career change, as a writer of stories for children aged seven to twelve years old that helps them improve their literacy and provides parents with a tool to help measure comprehension.

She is highly regarded for her skills as a networker and her business knowledge; Lesley has enjoyed a very successful career in motor sales, real estate and financial services spanning over 40 years and received numerous awards. Her career includes innovation, foresight and persistence and she now recognizes “networking” as her “life’s purpose” and one that she shares freely  “As a networking enthusiast, it is my goal to see everyone have the success I've enjoyed,” she says, "by helping them to find the person or resources that will give them the solution they need at that time". Lesley Dewar is active on Twitter and also on LinkedIn . She published her initial  book on Networking in 2009 Networking To A Plan which can be downloaded as an eBook without charge

Lesley has appeared on the Kerri Ann Kennerly Show (Channel 9, Australia) to talk about Social Media; she writes for the Australian ABC Technology website as their #SilverSurfer, for Swan Magazine (an Australian high quality LifeStyle monthly magazine), gives panel presentations and is an experienced conference and platform speaker. She is a member of Women's Network Australia, National Speakers Association of Australia and attends at least four networking events every month.