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CMO50 2021 #26-50: Andrew Balint

Afterpay challenged Andrew Balint to catapult the brand to a new league. So when the opportunity arose to become the sponsor of Australian Fashion Week, the VP marketing A/NZ and APAC knew this was not to be missed.

CMO50 2021 #25: Simon Jarvis

Since its inception in 2012, Youfoodz has transformed from privately owned business to ASX-listed company. Its meteoric growth has carved out a sizable chunk of the AUD$3.2billion A/NZ market for ready-made meals.

CMO50 2021 #21: Chaminda Ranasinghe

It’s been a multi-year journey for Chaminda Ranasinghe to bring agile ways of working and a customer experience-led approach to RMIT University. Which is why the shift towards developing integrated, customer-centric cross functional teams based on value streams over the past year has been such a leadership achievement – not to mention a real win for the team.

CMO50 2021 #12: Yash Gandhi

Yash Gandhi is the first to suggest his role is “possibly a little more unusual” than that held by many CMOs in Australia today. As marketing chief of poultry giant, Baiada, he sits across both iconic B2C brands, Steggles and Lilydale, along with a significant B2B FMCG operation.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Sofia Lloyd-Jones

To take decisive action as a marketer, it’s critical to balance data-driven insights and human intuition, especially in times of ambiguity, says UNSW’s Sofia Lloyd-Jones.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Julia Edwards-Smith

Over the last 12 months, McMillan Shakespeare Group chief customer officer, Julia Edwards-Smith, has worked with the executive leadership team, internal teams and external partners to realign the company purpose to focus on its ‘why’. The program of work, the first company vision project of her career, has seen her working to define a vision grounded in how MMS can improve the financial wellbeing of its customers.

CMO50 2021 #24: Belinda Dimovski

As an organisation used to dealing with disasters, Australian Red Cross’ ability to shift thinking, pivot campaigns and focus resources on the issues of the moment is an incredibly important skill, says director of engage and support, Belinda Dimovski.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Jason Piggott

For Freedom Furniture’s GM marketing, Jason Piggott, the highlight of theyear has been the ‘root and branch’ reinvigoration of the Freedom brand.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Anand Surujpal

For Anand Surujpal, one of the highlights of this year has been achieving all-time record market shares for Patties brands across retail channels. To make this happen, Surujpal and the team have embraced agility and continuously monitoring the external environment and then moving quickly to respond to opportunities.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Mark Renshaw

One of the unique aspects of the past year has been finding ways to keep team culture alive without forcing it in an environment of remote working.

CMO50 2021 #4: Mel Hopkins

When Mel Hopkins met her new CEO, Kelly Rosmarin, for the first time, she posed a direct question: What’s one thing I can do to demonstrate I’m a key player on your management team?

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Kristin Viccars

“While data is critically important for any decision making, what I’ve learnt is you need to be prepared to change the vision, take bold risks and be unapologetic in executing things differently,” Kristin Viccars says. “You must be comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Fabian Marrone

Fabian Marrone’s number one ally at Monash University is the chief information officer. “We work in unison to implement the digital experience, delight our audiences and delivery for Monash,” the CMO says

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Vladka Kazda

Xero marketing director for Australia, Vladka Kazda, was quick to recognise the land-grab opportunity the ATO created overnight in 2019 when announced Single Touch Payroll (STP) for small businesses which are the accounting software platform’s audience.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Nikki Clarkson

This past year represented a true digital tipping point for the Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) business, according to CMO, Nikki Clarkson. A new corporate strategy launched in July 2020 required a significant pivot to aggressively and “unapologetically” adopting a digital audio-first approach.

CMO50 2021 #14: Susan Coghill

It may feel like an oxymoron given the lack of market and consumer consistency travel and tourism bodies and operators have faced over the last two years, but “clever consistency” is a key mantra for Tourism Australia’s Susan Coghill.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Fiona Le Brocq

In the past 18 months, Fiona Le Brocq has learned to manage the blending of work and home life. “I’ve presented differently as a leader, not just acknowledging the spontaneity of a less controlled environment but embracing it. I’ve openly shared personal moments of joy, fear, celebration and exhaustion,” she comments.

CMO50 2021 #18: Amber Collins

There aren’t too many organisations that can claim every single person in Australia as a customer. But that’s exactly why Australia Post CMO, Amber Collins, is so set on putting customer thinking front and centre in every strategic choice and decision she and the group make.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Nicole McInnes

For WW’s Nicole McInnes, marketing is not a set of specialist teams that vie off digital versus broadcast or brand versus performance.

CMO50 2021 #26-50: Tara Heath

In the past year, Tara Heath and her team have faced massive change in health tech market conditions, requiring a significant shift in strategy across the Healthengine business. The pace and the need to align the team towards a new direction was critical to success.

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