Time’s A Ticking To Nominate The Most Powerful Woman In Media!
To complement our Women in Media Awards, B&T is giving readers the chance to vote and nominate women in the media industry who they believe are a massive cut above the rest.
The team at B&T have already formed a list of some of the top female industry talent in Australia, which you can see below, but we’d like your input too.
Have a read through the list at the end of this article, and if there’s a woman who isn’t on there, who you think is, make sure you vote for them in the survey below.
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We’ve already had numerous nominations, and we’ll be releasing another list of the final powerful women at the start of next week for people to vote who they think is the ultimate power woman, so get your nominations in quick!
Power List of Women in Media
| Name | Company | Title |
| Alaina Hawley | Mediacom | National People & Culture Director |
| Aleisha Haslemore | Ultimate Edge | Founder and managing director |
| Alice Manners | IAB Australia | CEO |
| Aimee Buchanan | OMD | Managing Director |
| Anita Jacoby | ITV Studios Australia | Managing Director |
| Annie Parker | Co-founder of muru-D, Director of Code Club Australia | |
| Bec Brideson | Venus Comms | Director |
| Carolyn Mackintosh | Clemenger | Creative Director |
| Cathy O’Connor | NOVA | CEO |
| Chantal Walker | Foxtel | Director Customer & Loyalty Marketing |
| Charmaine Moldrich | OMA | CEO |
| Deanne Weir | Chair of Hoodlum, Chair of WE Magazines Pty Ltd, Board member of International Women’s Development Agency, | |
| Dee Madigan | Campaign Edge | Executive Creative Director |
| Edwina McCann | Vogue | Editor |
| Ellie Rogers | Head of Agency | |
| Frances Anne-Keeler | Tourism Australia | Deputy CEO |
| Gaye Steele | Macleay College | Head of Marketing and Admissions |
| Helen McCabe | Australian Women’s Weekly | Editor in Chief |
| Iona Macgregor | Publicis Worldwide | Chief Strategy Officer |
| Ita Buttrose | Co-host of Studio 10 on Network TEN, Managing Director of Chief Executive Women | |
| Jackie Frank | Pacific Mags | Group Publisher – Fashion & Health Titles at Pacific Magazines |
| Jane Caro | Writer, Commentator, Lecturer | |
| Jane Huxley | Pandora | Managing Director ANZ |
| Jodie Sangster | ADMA | CEO |
| Joe Pollard | Telstra | Group Managing Director, Media & Marketing |
| Judith Lucy | Comedian, Author | |
| Karen Stocks | Managing Director | |
| Karly Leach | MD | Maxus |
| Kat Thomas | Founder & ECD | One Green Bean |
| Kate Vale | Spotify | Managing Director, Spotify ANZ |
| Katie Rigg-Smith | Mindshare | CEO |
| Kieran Moore | CEO Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide | Regional Talent Director Ogilvy PR Asia-Pacific | Ogilvy Public Relations |
| Lee Leggett | CEO | Initiative |
| Lee Tonitto | AMI | CEO |
| Lindy Olsen | Fit Media | General manager, Fit Media and editor-in-chief of Oxygen magazine and Clean Eating |
| Maile Carnegie | Managing Director | |
| Marina Go | Bauer | General Manager, Hearst-Bauer Media + Chair of Wests Tigers |
| Margaret Zabel | McDonald’s Australia Limited | VP Marketing |
| Melinda Geertz | CEO | Leo Burnett |
| Mia Freedman | MamaMia | Co-founder and content director |
| Mim Haysom | M&C Saatchi | Managing Partner |
| Nicole Boyd | Mediacom | Managing Director Brisbane |
| Nicole Sheffield | NewsLifeMedia | CEO |
| Nicole Taylor | DDB | Managing Director |
| Olivia Wirth | Qantas | Group Executive, Brand, Marketing & Corporate Affairs |
| Rhiannon MacDonald | Mail Online | Managing Editor |
| Richenda Vermeulen | Start Up Victoria | Founder of Ntegrity |
| Robi Stanton | Turners Broadcasting | VP of Sales and Marketing SE Asia Pacific |
| Sarah Wyse | Videology | Managing Director ANZ |
| Sophie Madden | Media Federation | CEO |
| Sunita Gloster | AANA | CEO |
| Tara Lordsmith | Myer | Group general manager – marketing |
| Vittoria Shortt | Commonwealth Bank | Group Executive, Marketing and Strategy |
| Virginia Hyland | Hyland Media | Founder and principal |
| Yvonne Bauer | Bauer Media Group | Owner and Chief Executive |
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