Ita Buttrose has come out on top of B&T’s Women in Media Power list for 2019.
On Friday night, B&T honoured the best and brightest females in the industry at the annual B&T Women in Media Awards. Honouring 18 women across 21 categories, the night was a true celebration and inspiration. And, as usual, we also compiled a list of the most powerful women in the industry.
Starting with 382 names, B&T put our sweat and tears into whittling that number down to 30.
This year’s winner was clear in our eyes: the indomitable Ita Buttrose, who was, in fact, the winner of our Lifetime Achievement award last year.
Though Ita could not join us on the night, she did send in a video accepting the Power List award. In her speech she said: “Power and influence come with enormous responsibility. I will always do my best to exercise wise judgement.”
Check out the B&T Women in Media Power List in full below:
| 1. Ita Buttrose – Chair, ABC |
| 2. Cathy O’Connor – CEO, NOVA Entertainment |
| 3. Aimee Buchanan – CEO, OMD Australia |
| 4. Melinda Geertz – CEO, Leo Burnett Australia |
| 5. Katie Rigg-Smith – CEO, Mindshare Australasia |
| 6. Kimberlee Wells – CEO, TBWA\Melbourne and Adelaide |
| 7. Nicola Lewis – chief investment officer, GroupM |
| 8. Melissa Fein – CEO, Initiative Australia |
| 9. Fiona Johnston – CEO, UM Australia |
| 10. Gayle While, CEO, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne |
| 11. Lesley Edwards – CEO, Ikon Communications |
| 12. Nickie Scriven – CEO, Zenith Australia |
| 13. Virginia Hyland – founder and principal, Hyland Media |
| 14. Siobhan McKenna – Group Director – Broadcasting for News Corp Australia |
| 15. Imogen Hewitt – group managing director, Havas Media Australia |
| 16. Kirsty Muddle – owner and founding partner, Cummins&Partners |
| 17. Melanie Silva – Google MD |
| 18. Ellie Rogers, Head of Agency, Facebook |
| 19. Lizzie Young – group content strategy director, Nine Entertainment Co. |
| 20. Kieran Moore – chair, opr/CEO of PR and PA, WPP AUNZ |
| 21. Louise Barrett – managing director sales, News Corp |
| 22. Jane Waterhouse, General Manager, Story54 Bauer Media Australia |
| 23. Lorraine Jokovic – CEO, LOUD |
| 24. Priya Patel – MD, DDB Sydney |
| 25. Suzanne Steele, Managing Director ANZ, Adobe |
| 26. Pip Marlow – CEO at Salesforce Australia |
| 27. Suzy Nicoletti – Twitter MD |
| 28. Sunita Gloster – Chief Customer Officer, WPP AUNZ |
| 29. Kim Portrate – CEO, ThinkTV Australia |
| 30. Beverley McGarvey, Chief Content Officer, Network 10 |
And to find out who took home which gong at this year’s Women in Media Awards, click here.
