Nikki Warburton, Non Executive Director – Moelis Australia Financial Services, Cloudwerx, GWS Giants, Frontier Digital Ventures and CarExpert

Nikki is currently a Non-Executive Director of MA Financial Group, Cloudwerx Pty Ltd, Expert Media Pty Ltd, GWS Giants (Australian Football League) and Frontier Digital Ventures. She is also a Strategic Advisor at Automotive Superstore. Prior to her Board roles she served as Chief Customer and Marketing Officer at Audi Australia and before this was Group Director Product, Sales and Marketing at AUSTAR.

Nikki brings extensive experience in brand, consumer, marketing and digital transformation across a diverse range of Industries including automotive, sport, marketing and communications to the media industry. She has a strong track record of delivering tangible business results from business strategy to change management and has consistently delivered effective communication and growth strategies across highly competitive markets.

In addition to her achievements the most important attribute of Nikki’s success is that the roles have been growth based with a direct correlation between strategy, execution and sales. In each role Nikki has been instrumental in defining and building brands, designing a customer centric product or service, managing customer and advertising communication and shaping culture.

Nikki is extremely passionate about building high performance teams and developing talent and is involved in a number of key mentoring programs.

Nikki holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting with a sub major in Marketing and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Yes, Nikki does have a life outside of work she is married with 2 active boys and a border collie. Nikki enjoys staying fit and healthy and loves running.

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