QUT Business Leaders' Forum

About Pip Marlow

Salesforce, the worlds #1 CRM, designs and develops enterprise software and applications to help businesses of every size and industry better connect to their customers. As Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce in Australia and New Zealand, Pip Marlow is responsible for ensuring Salesforce delivers on its values of trust, customer success, innovation and equality across Salesforce's customers and in its communities. In Australia, the company has been named as one of the best places to work for six consecutive years, reflecting a passionate advocacy for workplaces that are flexible, diverse and inclusive.

Prior to Salesforce, Pip was Chief Executive Officer, Customer Marketplace, at Suncorp and before this at Microsoft, where she held a number of senior executive roles in Australia and the USA, culminating in her role as the Managing Director of Microsoft Australia for six years. Pip is also a non-executive director of Rugby Australia and a member of Chief Executive Women.

At the QUT Business Leaders' Forum, Pip will speak about her personal leadership journey, involving senior executive roles in multinational technology companies, and how Salesforce has been built into one of Australia's best places to work in a “work-from-anywhere” world. She will also speak to how businesses can be one of the great platforms for change, responding to critical issues including women in leadership roles, bridging the gap in STEM education opportunities, and supporting reconciliation and equality for Indigenous Australians.

It will be a pleasure to welcome back Ellen Fanning, one of Australia's leading journalists, as moderator for the third of our QUT Business Leaders' Forum events in 2021.