Our Board

Suzie Cardwell is the Chief Data, Product and Technology Officer across the Nine group, positively impacting consumer and commercial experiences, as well as identifying future opportunities.

An seasoned media executive of more than 20 years, Cardwell brings a wealth of consumer and commercial experience and expertise in media, digital and data to the role. With a proven track record in leading successful data-driven change programs, she has held prominent leadership roles in other large media organisations, including News Corp and Foxtel, prior to joining Nine.

Myers is a seasoned marketing professional with 20+ years’ experience building and expanding well-known Australian brands including realestate.com.au, Mortgage Choice, Domain, SMH and The Age. As a respected digital leader, her expertise is in driving audience growth and engagement across digital media and tech businesses. At REA Group, Sarah is the General Manager of Audience & Marketing, leading strong team across brand and performance, lifecycle marketing, audience and personalisation, and analytics.

Andrew Brain is the Director, Data & Growth, at Seven West Media and responsible for shaping the data-driven audience and revenue growth strategies of 7plus. Andrew has 20 years of industry experience in leadership roles in digital media across publishing, out of home, radio and television.

Dean La Rosa is the general manager of commercial data at News Corp working to deepen the impact of content for advertisers through precision-targeted, real-time and real-world consumer insights. La Rosa spearheads News’ in-house data science capabilities.

La Rosa previously worked at the Seven Network as head of commercial data and programmatic, and before that at Nine Entertainment and Acxiom.

Shannon is Head of Advertising at the Guardian, responsible for the revenue strategy and growth across the sales team and driving strong and beneficial partnerships with clients. Previous to this role, Shannon was the General Manager of Audio at News Corp, the Head of Commercial for News Corp’s branded content offering, News Native Network and worked in sales and digital at Hearst in London.

With 20+ years experience across media and tech, Caroline currently leads the go-to-market, strategy and sales specialist teams for YouTube and DV360 in AUNZ. Prior to this she led Google Australia’s FMCG ads business with her role focused on helping clients continue to build strong brands and engage their customers as consumer behaviour evolved. Caroline started her career in the UK in a start-up before moving to News UK where she led the Insight & Strategic Planning function.

John is an experienced digital advertising expert who has spent the last 15 years immersed in the world of advertising data and technology. In his current role he looks after the technology underpinning Yahoo’s suite of products across APAC, working to bring innovative and impactful solutions to life for blue-chip clients in the region. John has been on various Councils with the IAB over the past 9 years.

Carolyn is the Head of Media at Facebook Australia where she is responsible for partnering with agencies to grow their businesses, achieve results for clients and help scale education across the Facebook family of apps. Carolyn was featured on the 2015, & 2020 B&T Women in Media Power List and won the B&T Women in Technology award in 2020.

Carolyn has had 15+ years in the digital space on three continents and multiple cities (Boston, San Francisco, Sydney, London and New York.) She is an active member of the Australian digital community, and as one of the founding members of the IAB Australia AdTech Council, she helps define policies and standards that benefit the greater industry as a whole. Bollaci works closely with leading brands and agencies in the region and has been involved with some of the most innovative digital advertising campaigns across Asia.

Davor is a marketing and media industry leader with more than 20 years of commercial experience. This includes hands on experience in various complimentary working environments (Affiliate Network, Tier 1 Publisher, Media & Communications Agency, Programmatic and Data company) specialising in helping businesses overcome their marketing challenges and deliver outcomes.

Heather is responsible for the product and marketing function at Domain. She has previously held senior marketing, product and strategy roles at MyState, BankVIC and AIA Australia. 

Nicole Prior is the RVP of Media & AdTech Solutions across APAC, where she plays a pivotal role in driving sales strategies and achieving business goals. With a strong background in sales and a proven track record of success, Nicole is known for her leadership skills and ability to build and maintain strong client relationships
With more than 20+ years of media experience, Nicole is highly regarded as a thought leader with expertise at the forefront of media planning and buying along with a deep understanding of the programmatic and technology ecosystem.