Heather has edited the Top 50 People in E-Commerce for the past five years. She is also the features and premium editor at Inside Retail, with a particular focus on the APAC region and e-commerce. Over the past four years, she has traveled to Shenzhen to cover the epic Chinese shopping event Single’s Day, doggedly reported the details of Amazon's launch in Australia, dissected the 'Instagram aesthetic' with three brands that embody the look and followed the local fashion industry's pivot to making PPE during Covid-19.

Irene’s “why” is to help as many mothers as possible to get back into workforce and ensure they stay independent, in so doing inspiring the next generation of women to build their support networks regardless of their ambitions. In a bid to further advocate for better chances for women, 99aupairs has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Muskaan Bhopal that supports girls from India's slum areas to stay in school longer and avoid forced child marriages.

Irene is also wife to her trailblazer, feminist husband who has twice spent periods at home to care for their two kids as Irene worked hard to build the business.

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Dean has spent the last two years reporting all things retail for a range of industry publications, including Inside Retail, Inside Retail Weekly, Inside Retail Magazine and the Top 50 People in E-commerce report. Now, as deputy news editor for APAC, he helps coordinate Inside Retail's broader news strategy across the APAC region while continuing to focus his efforts on his local markets.

Hailing all the way from the Emerald Isle, Ruth has her finger on the pulse of FMCG news on both sides of the globe. As editor of Inside FMCG’s online and print publications over the last two years, Ruth has consistently delivered breaking industry news and crafted informative features for professionals across Australia and New Zealand. When she’s not tapping away at the keyboard, you’ll find her browsing her local supermarket for the latest and greatest products on the market

With 25 years of experience in logistics and transportation, Paul offers expertise in global business development, sales management and designing efficient supply chain models to maximise customer value.

Paul has worked for CouriersPlease for three  years, originally as the Victorian State Manager and more recently as the Chief Commercial Officer which is responsible for the joint junctions of sales and marketing across the CouriersPlease business.

He previously spent 19 years at DHL Express with postings in New Zealand, Fiji, Malaysia and Singapore, holding various roles including National Sales Manager (New Zealand & Malaysia), General Manager South Pacific as well as Global Multinational Customer Director South Asia.

Paul also previously worked as Network Manager of Global Operations at Toll and International General Manager at TNT Express.

Shannon is responsible for partnering with merchants, agencies and technology partners to deliver outstanding commerce solutions for the APAC region. He is a proven executive with more than 15 years of global experience across management, marketing, sales and operations. Before BigCommerce he served as chief revenue officer at courier tech company Shippit. Prior to this he established and built the APAC business for Bronto before it was sold to Oracle.

Mark is an independent consultant helping digitally led companies with growth strategy. He was previously CMO of Showpo, which grew over 400 per cent in three years with no funding, and has worked at Woolworths, Officeworks, Microsoft, Vodafone, as well as a range of startups. In 2018, he was named a Top 50 CMO in Australia by CMO Magazine, and in 2019, he ranked 15th on the Top 50 People in E-Commerce list.