Megan
Quinn
Speaker Profile
For the past 25 years, Megan Quinn has built a career specialising at the luxury end of retailing, advertising, publishing and design for the fashion, jewelry, hotel and airline industries. She has held a variety of leadership and senior executive as well as non-executive board roles, utilising her strong commercial capabilities and deep expertise in brand and service offer development.
Her secondment to London in 1988 with the Mojo advertising agency marked the beginning of 18 years of involvement with prestigious clients such as QANTAS, the Australian Tourist Commission, Asprey, Garrard and Patek Philippe and leading retailers such as Harrods, The Arcadia Group and BHS. Her years with Mojo and Chiat Day established her brand development and campaign design skills as well as a deep understanding and appreciation of the commercial requirements of her clients. While in London, Megan held executive board roles with both Harrods and Net-A-Porter. Today, she is a non-executive director of UNICEF Australia, Specialty Fashion Group and Fitted For Work.
One of Megan's notable achievements was her co-founding of the internationally acclaimed Net-A-Porter in 1999. Her role was to direct the brand development of the company which launched in June 2000. In her capacity as Creative Director, she designed the iconic packaging, directed the site design and editorial, and was a senior member of the buying team. In her role as HR Director, she hired, trained and managed all staff, with a particular emphasis on creating the unique levels of service for which Net-A-Porter is now internationally renowned. As a Board Director, she reported to the fellow directors of the company, and reviewed and discussed the strategic, marketing, operational and financial implications and consequences of the rapidly expanding global business.
Megan is the current Managing Director of her most recent brainchild, Q&CO Front-End Audit, which assesses how effectively companies are connecting with their customers and clients, allowing them to quickly get up to speed on ways to overhaul their customer relationships.
You can read about Megan's seven lessons for business success in SmartCompany here and about her pioneering of online shopping in The Age here.
Client Comments for Megan Quinn
Client Comments
Client Comments
- Megan was polished, personable and professional. A warm and inspiring presentation that appealed to our mix of conference delegates. Megan was very generous of her time with our conference and we appreciated this very much.
Mainstreet Australia - Megan was entertaining and engaging yet had a persuasive story and powerful business lessons to share. She appealed to our wide employee demographic and there was 'something for everyone' in her talk.
Reed Exhibitions - Fabulous! Extremely lovely person who was received really well by the entire group. Megan really 'gets it' and her open and honest communication was really valued by the members. We are very grateful she was able to join us for the entire day and share her story with us.
LimeBridge (Aust) Pty Ltd - Megan was the epitome of professionalism from the minute she walked in the door, but more than that, she was completely approachable, warm and kind - just like the mantra she follows in her business practices. I felt that Megan truly valued the input from each of our team members throughout the whole event, and in particular for me from a media relations point of view, she was more than willing to take part in media interviews with a great willingness to talk on all things to do with her career journey and life. The audience were glowing with inspiration following her genuinely real and motivating presentation and each of our team felt personally touched by her presence. We thank Megan very much for her contribution to our event, for making our audience so inspired and for her personable approach throughout the whole day.
Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry - I wanted to thank you for agreeing to present at our 2011 Women's Network Conference. Your presentation was the highest rated presentation of the day. Most employees mentioned that they could relate to you and were highly motivated by what you had to say. They thought you were engaging, and that it was a great success story to hear about. Some of the quotes we received were...
'It was fascinating and I really enjoyed it';
'I really enjoyed the session and found Megan very intriguing, cool and sophisticated';
'Very interesting and inspiring from the perspective that it takes more than a good idea but also determination and courage'; and
'Very interesting to hear her experiences and challenges she faced - best session!'
Thanks again, and we look forward to having you participate in future events with Goldman Sachs.
Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia Pty Ltd - Megan Quinn was fantastic! Her story is inspirational, educational and humorous. We wouldn't hesitate to have her speak at future events. Highly recommended.
Open Universities Australia
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'It was fascinating and I really enjoyed it';
'I really enjoyed the session and found Megan very intriguing, cool and sophisticated';
'Very interesting and inspiring from the perspective that it takes more than a good idea but also determination and courage'; and
'Very interesting to hear her experiences and challenges she faced - best session!'
Thanks again, and we look forward to having you participate in future events with Goldman Sachs.