MELANIE PERKINS
Melanie Perkins is CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online visual communication and collaboration platform with a mission to empower the whole world to design. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 190 million users across the world.

Melanie started her first company at the age of 19, creating an online design tool for creating school yearbooks. As the company grew and design became an increasingly universal need across almost every industry, Melanie went on to launch what would later become the first version of Canva.

In 2021, Melanie launched the Canva Foundation, announcing her commitment to donate the vast majority of her wealth and equity in Canva for philanthropic causes.

CAMERON ADAMS
Cameron Adams is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva, where he serves as the primary architect of the platform’s user experience and product strategy. A University of Melbourne graduate with a background in both Law and Science, Adams initially built his reputation as a “design technologist” at his agency, The Man in Blue, before being recruited by Google to work on Google Wave. In 2012, he joined Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, providing the technical and design bridge necessary to turn their vision of a simplified design tool into a global reality.

Under his leadership, Canva has scaled to over 190 million monthly users and successfully pivoted into the AI era through the launch of Magic Studio. As an author of five books on web design, Adams has focused on maintaining an intuitive interface even as the platform’s capabilities expanded into video, presentations, and websites. He has joined The Giving Pledge, committing the majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes, with a specific focus on environmental conservation and climate change.