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10 Canva operations leaders
These ten current and former Canva operations leaders have run company, revenue, customer, creative, print and engineering operations, from heads and directors up to the co-founder and COO. A reader can learn from them how Canva organizes operating teams across revenue, creative, customer and engineering work as the company scales.
Professionals to explore
01—10Annabelle Gillroy
LinkedInExperience: Global Creative Ops Director · Canva
Former Global Creative Ops Director at Canva (2024), and Global Operations Lead Consumer Marketing at Canva since November 2024, a role the profile lists at Head level. Other roles include Senior Creative Project Manager at Canva (2023–2024) and Freelance Senior Creative Producer & Project Director at MILKRUN (2023).
Bridie Easton
LinkedInExperience: VP of Customer & Operations · Canva
VP of Customer & Operations at Canva since May 2026, after holding the same title at Ortto (2022–2026), which the profile notes was acquired by Canva. Earlier roles include VP Global Customer Success at Outfit.io (acquired by Smartsheet) (2017–2021) and VP Global Customer Success at Roubler (2021–2022).
Catherine Choh
LinkedInExperience: Head of Revenue Operations · Canva
Head of Revenue Operations at Canva since June 2026. Earlier roles include Sales Operations at Box (2011–2013), Sr. Director, Revenue Operations (2013–2023) and Sr. Director, Finance Business Transformation (2023–2024) at Docusign, and Sr. Director, Deal Desk at 6sense (2024–2026).
Cliff Obrecht
LinkedInExperience: Co - Founder & COO · Canva
Co - Founder & COO at Canva since March 2012; the profile describes Clifford Obrecht as a co-founder and the chief operating officer of Canva, founded with Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams. The profile also lists a Managing Director role at Fusion Books (2008–2013) and a location in the Greater Sydney Area.
Eamon Duffy
LinkedInExperience: Head of Revenue Operations · Canva
Head of Revenue Operations at Canva since July 2026. Earlier roles include Senior Manager - EMEA Sales Strategy and Operations at Indeed (2016–2019) and Head of Revenue Strategy & Operations at Asana (2019–2026); the profile lists RevOps, GTM strategy, forecasting, planning and sales productivity among the focus areas.
Elaine Yunyi Xie
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product and Operations China · Canva
Former Head of Product and Operations China at Canva (2018–2020), a role listed at Director level, and Leadership Operations to the CEO at Canva since July 2020, also at Director level. Earlier Canva roles include Finance (2015–2017) and Chief of Staff China (2017–2018).
Gina Talboys
LinkedInExperience: Creative Operations Director · Canva
Creative Operations Director at Canva since February 2026, a role the profile lists in the Operations department at Director level. Earlier Canva roles include Creative Operations PM (2021–2023), Senior Creative Operations PM (2023–2024) and Creative Operations Lead (2024–2026).
Jim Towle
LinkedInExperience: Head of Print Operations and Partnerships · Canva
Head of Print Operations and Partnerships at Canva from 2016 to 2026 and, since February 2026, Head of Enterprise Print and Partnerships at Canva. Earlier, Director, New Business Operations at Minted (2015–2016); the profile describes a VP Operations and General Management executive focused on organizational health and improving business results.
Stu Liston
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Operations Lead · Canva
Engineering Operations Lead at Canva since May 2026, a role the profile lists at Head level. Earlier roles include Chief Operating Officer at Cogent.co (2020–2022), Head of Engineering Operations - CashApp at Cash App (2022–2024) and Head of Engineering Operations - Block at Block (2024–2026).
Ted Markovic
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Advertising & Creative Operations · Canva
Global Head of Advertising & Creative Operations at Canva since September 2025, leading global advertising and creative operations for Canva's in-house agency model and external agency relations, per the profile. Earlier roles include Head of Integrated Production at Walmart (2021–2023) and Global Head of Creative Operations & Production at Uber (2023–2025).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the operating area behind your question, since revenue operations, creative operations, customer operations and engineering operations solve different problems. Weigh tenure too, because someone with several roles at Canva can describe how its operations changed over time.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Canva decide which operating functions are run centrally and which sit inside individual product or business teams?
- 02What processes and tools did you put in place to keep work moving as headcount and product lines grew?
- 03How do you measure whether an operations team is helping the business, and what changed when those measures shifted?
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