To celebrate reaching a membership of 10 million in Australia, the social media platform LinkedIn released its most viewed Power Profiles in the country for 2018 including ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott, Retail Zoo founder and director Janine Allis, and Showpo founder and CEO Jane Lu.
Leading executives and professionals climbed to the top of the LinkedIn ladder (divided into the five industry categories of Leaders of Social Impact, Small to Medium Businesses, Marketing and Advertising, Founders and CEOs, and Human Resources) through mentoring others or simply sharing their perspectives on important issues.
“LinkedIn is such a great platform for anything business or more importantly getting access to many incredible business people around the world,” Janine Allis shared online.
Here are the 34 most powerful profiles on LinkedIn for 2018:
Founder and CEO
- Afterpay Co-founder & CEO Nick Molnar
- Retail Zoo Founder and Director Janine Allis
- Canva Co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins
- ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott
- Suncorp Group CEO Customer Pip Marlow
- Kogan Founder and CEO Ruslan Kogan
- Westpac Group CEO Brian Hartzer
- Freelancer Chief Executive and Chairman Matt Barrie
Small and Medium Business
- Big Red Group Co-founder Naomi Simson
- Hey Influencers Founder Gretta Van Riel
- Showpo Founder and CEO Jane Lu
- Capital J Investments Founder and CEO Jordan Grives
- SuperDataScience Founder and CEO Kirill Eremenko
- Collective Hub Founder and Editor and Chief Lisa Messenger
Social Impact
- Emergent CEO Holly Ransom
- OzHarvest Founder and CEO Ronni Kahn
- Flourish Australia Senior Cluster Manager Yasin Bagci
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre CEO and Founder Kon Karapanagiotidis
Marketing and Advertising
- Tourism Western Australia Executive Director Strategy Brand and Marketing Services Louise Scott
- Trinity Consulting Services Head of Strategy, Innovation and Growth Anthony J James
- Qantas CMO Stephanie Tully
- PwC Australia Partner and Chief Creative Officer Russel Howcroft
- Y&R ANZ CEO Peter Bosilkovski
- Sizmek VP Strategic Solutions APAC Timothy Whitfield
- Arlo & Co CMO Branka Injac Misic
- AFK Agency Founder James Sugrue
Human Resources
- McCANN Australia National People and Talent Director Robert Stone
- Australia Post Head of Performance and Rewards Jayne Ward
- Amazon Web Services Technical Recruiter Kashish Khanna
- KPMG Talent Acquisition Partner Joel Batterham
- Telstra Talent Acquisition Specialist Pooja Patel
- eBay Head of HR – eBay and Gumtree Katie-Skye McLeod
- RB HR Business Partner Veronica Sargeant
- BHP HR Business Partner Nadine Dennison
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