The women ruling the roost of the Australian media industry have been named in the most recent release of The B&T Women In Media Powerlist for 2015.
With votes tallied from more than 300 women working within the media sphere, the list highlights the efforts and achievements of key movers and shakers.
Vogue editor-in-chief Edwina McCann took out the number one spot, exclaiming: “It’s a very impressive list of women who I have the utmost respect for and it’s all very unexpected and humbling.”
“It is a huge acknowledgement of the transformation of the Vogue brand and the fact that’s been recognised by my peers and the industry generally is extraordinary,” she continues.
The results are as follows:
1. Edwina McCann - Vogue, editor-in-chief
2. Nicole Sheffield – NewsLifeMedia, CEO
3. Rhiannon MacDonald – Mail Online, managing editor
4. Ita Buttrose – Co-host of Studio 10 on Network TEN, managing director of Chief Executive Women, Australian of the Year
5. Jodie Sangster – ADMA, CEO
6. Katie Rigg-Smith – Mindshare, CEO
7. Jo Pollard – Telstra, Group managing director, media & marketing
8. Jane Huxley – Pandora, managing director ANZ
9. Maile Carnegie – Google Australia, managing director
10. Vittoria Shortt – Commonwealth Bank, Group executive, marketing and strategy
11. Helen McCabe – Australian Women’s Weekly, editor-in-chief
12. Jackie Frank – Pacific Mags, Group Publisher – fashion & health titles at Pacific Magazines
13. Mia Freedman – MamaMia, co-founder and content director
14. Olivia Wirth – Qantas, Group executive, brand, marketing and corporate affairs
15. Tina Walsberger – Sydney Festival, Head of marketing and customer service
16. Alice Manners – IAB Australia, CEO
17. Aimee Buchanan – OMD, managing director
18. Kathryn Carter – News Corp Australia, NSW sales director
19. Cathy O’Connor – NOVA Entertainment, CEO
20. Esther Carlsen – Xaxis Australia, general manager
21. Deanne Weir – Chair of Hoodlum, chair of WE Magazines Pty Ltd
22. Frances-Anne Keeler – Tourism Australia, Deputy CEO
23. Virginia Hyland – Hyland Media, founder and principal
24. Carolyn Bolacci – SIZMEK, vice president, global accounts (APAC)
25. Marina Go – Bauer, general manager, Hearst-Bauer Media
26. Robyn Foyster – TheCarousel.com, publisher
27. Sunita Gloster – AANA, CEO
28. Chantal Walker – Foxtel, director customer & loyalty marketing
29. Ellie Rogers – Facebook, head of agency
30. Georgie Nichols – Carat, general manager
