REA Group Ltd Annual Report 2021

REA Group Ltd | Annual Report 2021 26 Janelle Hopkins Chief Financial Officer and CEO, Financial Services Janelle Hopkins is responsible for all aspects of the Group’s finance portfolio and global investments. Her portfolio includes risk and assurance, tax, and investor reporting, and she also oversees the Financial Services business, including Smartline and Mortgage Choice. Janelle is an accomplished finance executive with more than 25 years’ experience. She joined REA Group from Australia Post, where she was the Group Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Australia Post, Janelle held a number of senior finance roles at National Australia Bank including financial controllership of the Australian region, MLC and strategic transformation roles within the Wholesale division. She started her career with Professional Services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, where she developed her passion for leadership, business transformation and growth. Janelle is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University. Owen Wilson Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Owen Wilson is responsible for driving the company’s growth, operations and global investments. With more than 30 years’ experience working across the information technology, recruitment and banking industries, Owen is a strategic leader who is passionate about building high performing teams and creating personalised experiences to help change the way the world experiences property. Prior to being appointed CEO, Owen was the company’s Chief Financial Officer for four years and looked after all aspects of the Group’s finance portfolio including strategy, M&A and operations, as well as REA’s Financial Services businesses. Owen joined REA Group from Chandler MacLeod Group Ltd where he was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. He has previously held positions with ANZ and KPMG across Australia, Asia and the UK. During his 15 years at ANZ, his roles included Chief Operating Officer of ANZ’s Institutional and Investment Bank and Managing Director Retail Banking and International Partnerships Asia. Owen holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Computer Science from Deakin University. Melina Cruickshank Chief Audience and Marketing Officer and CEO, PropTrack Melina Cruickshank is responsible for driving the brand, marketing and content strategy for the Group’s Australian and global brands. She leads a high performing team of professionals to bring REA’s story to life and communicate our purpose in compelling ways to consumers and customers worldwide. With a deep passion for property data and how it can help solve customer needs, Melina also leads the PropTrack product, sales, and engineering teams in Australia. With more than 20 years’ experience in online product, marketing and publishing roles in Australia and the UK, Melina’s background covers e-commerce, advertising, online classifieds and transactional customer channels. Her work has primarily centred on building and commercialising large online consumer audiences. Melina joined REA Group from Domain, where she was Chief Editorial and Marketing Officer responsible for the national consumer and customer marketing channels across Domain, Commercial Real Estate and Allhomes. Melina holds a BA (Hons) from Monash University and Grad Diploma from Birkbeck University of London. She is currently a board director of IAB Australia and is also a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Henry Ruiz Chief Strategy and Customer Product Officer and CEO, Asia Henry Ruiz is responsible for REA Group’s strategy, as well as supporting the growth and success of REA’s customers spanning Residential, Developer, Commercial and Media segments. He has played a central role in driving the digital strategy for REA Group over the last 12 years, joining the company in 2009 as Chief Product Officer, before moving into the role of Chief Digital Officer in 2014 and being appointed CEO for the Asia region in 2017. More recently, in 2019 he has moved into the role of Chief Strategy and Customer Product Officer. Henry is responsible for driving REA Group’s long- term growth strategy across Australia & Asia; as well as the end-to-end delivery of world-class products and services, working closely with the Sales and Marketing teams, to ensure they best meet the needs of each customer group. Henry has more than 20 years of digital industry experience gained in leadership roles across the globe at companies including Local Matters in the USA and Asia Pacific, World Directories in Europe across five countries and Sensis in Australia. Henry holds a Master of Applied Psychology from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours) from Latrobe University, a certificate in Strategy, Disruption and Innovation from Harvard University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Val Brown Chief Consumer Product Officer Val Brown is responsible for creating compelling product offerings to meet the needs of consumers in a continuously evolving digital landscape. She leads the Consumer Experience team of almost 200 people, bringing together the functions of product management, design and engineering to create intuitive and personalised experiences that help individuals make great property decisions. Val has worked with REA Group for more than 12 years. During this time, she has held several leadership roles across consumer and customer product, product strategy, mobile and personalisation. Prior to REA Group, Val’s experience spanned across a number of industries including automotive, FMCG and classifieds, operating in both domestic and global markets. Val holds a Bachelor of Business Marketing from RMIT. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Executive Leadership Team Our Leaders