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Australia Executive
Leadership

Our growing team of global ecommerce experts in Australia works together as a seamless
unit to ensure our brands’ profitable ecommerce growth.

Australian Leadership

MerlineMcGregor

Merline McGregor

MANAGING DIRECTOR AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND

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Dan Richardson

Dan Richardson

DIRECTOR OF SALES JAPAC

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Stacey Hyland

Stacey Hyland

DIRECTOR

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Sean Walsh

Sean Walsh

DIRECTOR

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Kathryn Coleman

HEAD OF CUSTOMER MARKETING

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International Leadership

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Melanie Alder

CO-FOUNDER / CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

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Dave Wright

CO-FOUNDER / CEO

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Brett Bardsley

CHIEF INTERNATIONAL OFFICER

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Victoria Henderson Bowers

CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER / CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CEO

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Jason Beesley

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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Nilesh Biniwale

GENERAL MANAGER INDIA

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Missy Johnson

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

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Arthur Cheung

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ASIA

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Rob Hahn

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

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John LeBaron

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

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David Quaife

GENERAL MANAGER MENA

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Chris Baird

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

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David Jennison

MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROPE

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Hugh Hinkson

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

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Jason Wells

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Merline McGregor

MANAGING DIRECTOR AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND

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Merline McGregor leads our Australian business at Pattern. Merline manages our teams based in Sydney and Melbourne as well as supporting global client projects. Merline has worked with retailers to drive their digital marketing and customer acquisition strategies successfully to market. Specializing in strategy, international commerce, and customer engagement and loyalty, Merline has held senior roles with some of Australia’s largest global retailers such as Mimco and Forever New. Prior to Pattern, Merline ran her own digital agency, working with iconic fashion brands including Calibre, Review, Metalicus, G-Star, and Love&Lustre. Merline has a postgraduate degree in Psychology and Statistics as well as a master’s degree in Media and Communications.

Dan Richardson

DIRECTOR OF SALES, JAPAC

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Dan is responsible for connecting Australia’s leading retailers and brands with our first-class team of Ecommerce specialists to drive profitable and sustainable growth for them both at home and internationally. Dan has over 25 years of commercial experience and has spent the last 13 years working in digital marketing agencies in both the UK and Australia. During that time, Dan has worked with brands such as Apple, Nestle, L’Occitane, The Athlete’s Foot, Havaianas and Fantastic Furniture to create game changing Ecommerce strategies.

Stacey Hyland

DIRECTOR

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Stacey is one of the senior leaders in our Australian team. Specialising in Ecommerce and digital customer experience, she has worked as a senior Ecommerce specialist in retail, lifestyle, and FMCG industries for brands such as Dreamworld, Unilever, and OPSM. Prior to joining Pattern, Stacey co-founded her own Ecommerce grocery flash sale site, Off Your Trolley. She holds a degree in Commerce, Marketing & Management from Bond University.

Sean Walsh

DIRECTOR

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Specialising in ecommerce strategy, supplier selection, user experience, internationalisation, and business transformation, Sean Walsh has more than a decade of experience in ecommerce, running both domestic projects for Australian brands, and supporting their digital expansion to overseas markets. Before joining Pattern, Sean spent seven years at the SurfStitch group where he held several senior technology and operational positions. He is a qualified PRINCE2 Practitioner and attended the University of Canberra.

Kathryn Coleman

HEAD OF CUSTOMER MARKETING

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Kathryn joined the team in 2019 with her extensive local and international experience in CRM, loyalty and marketing. Having worked for well-known brands such as Topshop, French Connection and Sportscraft, Kathryn brings her customer focused and analytical thinking to our clients and to our Pattern Australia Business where she leads the marketing function.

Melanie Alder

CO-FOUNDER / CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

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For Pattern’s first five years, Melanie Alder managed the company’s operations team. Her prior experience as managing partner for an investment company fostered strategic planning and revenue growth skills that have helped her lead Pattern to become the No. 1 third-party seller on Amazon, globally. With an extensive real estate background that honed her entrepreneurial skills, she has shifted her focus at Pattern to acquiring other companies and facilities to expand Pattern’s fulfillment capabilities, as well as overseeing corporate expansion.

Dave Wright

CEO / CO-FOUNDER

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Dave Wright is the CEO and founder of Pattern. Pattern is the world’s leading ecommerce accelerator with a world-class analytics platform and strong culture obsessed with the success of Pattern partners, demonstrated by a near-perfect customer retention rate. Prior to Pattern, Dave spent his career as a data fanatic and technology executive. Dave graduated from Brigham Young University with dual degrees in Accounting and Information Systems. Dave graduated as top 1% of the Marriott School of Business.

Brett Bardsley

CHIEF INTERNATIONAL OFFICER

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As Chief International Officer, Brett leads the go-to-market and e-commerce strategies in Pattern’s international markets across Asia, Australia, Europe and Middle East. Prior to this role, Brett oversaw Pattern’s Advertising and Creative teams, driving incremental demand and conversion for hundreds of brands. Prior to joining Pattern, Brett led the Sonicare toothbrush brand for North America, and oversaw global product development for Amsterdam-based Philips.

Victoria Henderson Bowers

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER & CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CEO

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Victoria Henderson Bowers serves as Pattern’s Chief Growth Officer and Chief of Staff to the CEO, where she drives global growth initiatives and partners closely with executive leadership to align strategy and execution. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading ecommerce and omnichannel transformation at Fortune 500 and private equity–backed companies. Prior to joining Pattern, Victoria held senior leadership roles at Newell Brands and NBG Home, where she built and scaled digital sales strategies, and teams, across leading retail and marketplace channels.

Jason Beesley

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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Jason Beesley brings more than 20 years of global finance, operations, and strategy experience with public companies to his role as CFO at Pattern. Prior to joining the company, Jason served as CFO in London for NBCUniversal’s International division, where he ran multibillion-dollar global businesses and worked on the $36 billion acquisition and integration of Sky. He previously held multiple senior financial leadership roles at NBCUniversal and General Electric, based in the United States and overseas. Jason graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University.

Nilesh Biniwale

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INDIA OPERATIONS

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Nilesh Biniwale brings around 25+ years of experience in Software engineering & leads our Pattern India team in capacity as the Managing Director. His role includes overseeing & managing the operations of the technology development center. He specializes in Product management, Software Engineering Practices, IT Operations, IT Service Management processes. He is also experienced in setting up entrepreneurial ventures to ideate, design and develop technology products. Nilesh’s solid engineering experience comes from being associated with tech Giants like Schlumberger, Allscripts & Microsoft. Along with his graduation degree, he also holds various certifications, like PMP, PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner, ITIL Expert & is also a Certified Coach (ACC) by the International coaching federation.

Missy Johnson

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

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Missy Johnson serves as Chief People Officer at Pattern, where she oversees global people operations, talent strategy, and organizational development. She previously served as VP of Global Talent at Pattern, building the culture and recruiting capabilities that helped earn Pattern recognition as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®. Prior to joining Pattern, she spent more than a decade at PW Companies, where she scaled recruiting operations and directed leadership development for brands operating in 22 countries.

Arthur Cheung

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ASIA

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Arthur Cheung leads Pattern’s Asia Pacific business, working with both Hong Kong and Chinese businesses. He also supports our clients around the world who need assistance to negotiate the Chinese market. Based in Hong Kong, Arthur has more than 20 years of experience in senior ecommerce and ICT roles, working directly for brands and as a consultant. Prior to joining Pattern, Arthur was a Partner Consultant with WiseSmart Consultants specializing in ecommerce business strategy and supporting digital start-ups such as Vcare Company Limited. He has also worked as a Senior Consultant for the Hong Kong Productivity Council and spent five years as Chief Operations Officer for fashion eyewear manufacturer OKIA Optical. He holds a Master of Arts degree specialized in Information Systems Development from City University of Hong Kong.

Rob Hahn

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

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Rob Hahn brings more than a decade of executive experience in operations, robotics, and automated warehousing to his role as Pattern’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hahn joined Pattern from Whitebox where he served as COO and built the company’s global fulfillment network from the ground up. Previously, Hahn served as a senior leader at Amazon where he pioneered the company’s automated fulfillment centers, driving the successful integration of robotics and global expansion of the company’s logistics services.

John LeBaron

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

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John oversees go-to-market activities for the company and its partners. Prior to joining Pattern, John ran marketing for the Google Cloud business at Rackspace and has held a variety of global marketing roles with leading tech companies including Apple, Cisco, and Ciena. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, an MSW from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Communications from Brigham Young University.

David Quaife

GENERAL MANAGER MENA

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David Quaife runs Pattern’s Middle East and North Africa division based in Dubai. He has considerable expertise in creating seamless customer journeys across online and offline touchpoints for consumers in the Middle East region, having worked for two of its major retail players. He joined Pattern in October 2018 from Landmark Group, where he was Head of Omnichannel at Home Centre with responsibility for the retailer’s entire digital strategy including ecommerce, digital marketing, and in-store digital. Prior to this he was Head of Ecommerce for Alshaya’s Mothercare business with responsibility for its online presence in both the Middle East and Russia, including owning the P&L for both sites. Earlier in his career, David spent a decade working in the U.K. for retailers such as Amazon and Dixons Carphone.

Chris Baird

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

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Chris Baird serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Pattern, where he leads global marketing and go-to-market strategy with a focus on brand building, demand generation, and revenue alignment. Most recently, Chris served as Chief Marketing Officer at Weave, where he built and scaled the company’s end-to-end go-to-market engine, and prior to that served as Chief Marketing Officer at ObservePoint, driving adoption among Fortune 500 companies.

Hugh Hinkson

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

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Hugh Hinkson leads global revenue growth as Chief Commercial Officer at Pattern. Hugh brings extensive experience in ecommerce strategy, analytics, and consulting, most recently serving as VP of Ecommerce for the Americas & Europe at Pattern. Before joining Pattern, he held strategic roles at One Click Retail (now Flywheel Digital), Groupon, and Sears Holdings, where he combined operational insight with data-driven decision-making to drive growth for major consumer brands.

Jason Wells

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Jason Wells brings a decade of software development and analytics experience to his role as CTO of Pattern. Prior to launching Pattern’s software platform in 2014, he previously held a variety of positions from Business Intelligence Engineer to Software Architect for a large global organization. His product-focused expertise in software, analytics, and infrastructure allows him to effectively manage strategic initiatives as well as daily technology operations. Jason received his bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Brigham Young University.

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