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LISA Pagotto

Trailblazer · DISC type DI
Founder & CEO at Crooked Compass by Air
📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Lisa Pagotto is the Founder and CEO of Crooked Compass, a boutique travel company she built from the ground up over the last decade. With over 20 years in the industry, she is a keynote speaker on resilience, courageous leadership, and disruption. People who have worked with her describe her as enthusiastic, focussed, and smart.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
Personality Overview

How LISA shows up

Friendly But Fast
Informal
Assertive

They are not against taking risks and can make tough decisions when required.
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Priorities

Topics LISA cares about

Courageous Leadership
As a keynote speaker, she focuses on building courage, redefining success, and turning setbacks into springboards, drawing from her own lived experiences of overcoming professional and personal challenges.
Disruptive Entrepreneurship
She sold her home to fund her vision for Crooked Compass, disrupting the travel industry by creating a niche for immersive, culturally sensitive tours in lesser-known destinations.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
Founder & CEO
Crooked Compass by Air
5-2014
Founder & CEO
Crooked Compass
6-2020 - 8-2025
Vice Chair
Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO)
7-2015 - 3-2016
Partnerships and Distribution Manager
Railbookers
8-2014 - 7-2015
Strategic Partnerships Manager
Lindblad Expeditions - National Geographic
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Board Member
Council of Australian Tour Operators
2016 - 2017
Education details unavailable
Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) Committee
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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