John Croll has been active in the media industry since 1982 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Isentia (ASX:ISD) in 1999. John led the company from a single market monitoring firm in Australia to Asia Pacific's leading media intelligence company, offering a wide range of social and digital media services to more than 5,000 clients. John is a Life Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the International Association for the...

Nicolette Maury is Vice President and Country Manager of Intuit Australia, responsible for leading Intuit's rapidly expanding presence in Australia. QuickBooks surpassed 100,000 customers at the end of Intuit's fiscal 2017. In her role, Nicolette heads a fast-growing sales, marketing and customer care team to deliver dynamic business management solutions to small businesses and their financial advisors, along with world class customer support.

In 2014, while solving a personal problem Lana founded Mon Purse, built a team and together scaled globally. The vision was to create a global and digital vertical brand where women could customise their very own handbags and fine leather accessories.

Ben Hutt is the guy you give something complex and challenging to, so you can ensure that it gets done. Ben sits in the heart of the Australian startup ecosystem advising high performing startup and scale up companies and bringing them together with clients including Qantas, Lion, HCF & Caltex through Slingshot Accelerator programs. The previous 5 years Ben had spent building a globally disruptive recruitment startup from 4 to more than 60 people across 4 continents (Search Party Group),...

Chris McCarney is the co- founder and COO of Tayble, the first mobile ordering app for casual dining in Sydney. The company, which prides themselves on being the better way to order and pay, has teamed up with local restaurants and cafes to solve a major industry problem. The perpetual waiting game found throughout the restaurant industry.

Chris Ridd is a business executive with 29 years experience in the IT industry. After a long career with Microsoft spanning 15 years he was appointed Managing Director for Xero in Australia in December 2010 and lead the expansion of Xero's market share in the Australian Marketplace.

Squareknot CEO Patrick Schilling had the pleasure of chatting with Cedric Fuchs, co-founder of the multibillion-dollar listed real estate group Charter Hall. Arriving in Australia with nothing, we learn his powerful story of sheer perseverance, the mental anguish endured and why perfection can be detrimental, rather than beneficial in business.