Online Retailer Conference & Expo 2026 Exhibitor List

Drawing on digital leadership experience across both B2B and B2C, Linda offers a rare, comprehensive view of modern buyer expectations and the foundations of seamless, data driven unified commerce. With more than 15 years leading digital transformation for Australian and global multi channel retailers—including Lovisa, Rationale and The Sussan Group—followed by a move into B2B and B2B2C ecommerce and consumer health as Head of Digital at Integria Healthcare, Linda brings a distinctive strategic and operational perspective. Her experience spans the design, delivery and operation of integrated ecommerce frameworks that streamline service, optimise customer experience, strengthen organisational agility, and empower sales teams with a single, connected view of the customer.

Martin Beeson is the founder of Growth Affect CRO, a Brisbane-based CRO agency helping eCommerce and lead generation businesses convert more of their existing traffic into customers. With over 15 years of digital experience across strategy, UX, analytics, and experimentation, Martin is known for transforming underperforming websites into high-converting assets. Martin turns “maybe later” visitors into “where do I sign up?” customers. He works with a diverse mix of B2B and B2C clients - including lighting retailers, window furnishings B2B brands, industrial equipment manufacturers and pure play ecommerce businesses - to uncover conversion barriers, prioritise impactful tests, and create systematic growth. His approach combines a clear-eyed look at the data with practical experimentation frameworks that deliver measurable results, not just theory. Martin is a regular speaker and contributor in the optimisation space, known for his ability to cut through jargon and get to what really moves the needle. His work is grounded in the belief that great digital experiences don’t happen by accident - they’re tested into existence. Whether advising CMOs, guiding in-house teams, or rolling up his sleeves with devs and designers, Martin helps businesses build a culture of experimentation, reduce wasted spend, and grow with confidence in an unpredictable digital landscape.

Hadar Paz is the CEO of Powerfront and a creative technology leader known for bringing energy, originality, and digital craftsmanship to his work. He sees technology as a form of art, combining strong ideas, talented people, and purposeful execution to create digital experiences that matter. Since co-founding Powerfront in 2001, Hadar has helped shape the company into a leading eCommerce platform and digital agency, delivering hundreds of projects for global brands including UNICEF, Nike, Toys"R"Us, Guess, French Connection, and Nine West. He later led Powerfront’s expansion into North America and the development of inside™, the world’s first real-time online Customer Engagement Platform, enabling retailers to view live website activity, understand customer behavior, and engage at the moments that drive conversion.

Matt is a technology leader at Powerfront. He works with retailers to make AI practical, visible, and manageable, supporting CX teams with tools that improve service efficiency, sales conversion, and customer satisfaction. At Online Retailer, Matt will share a grounded perspective on how retailers can adopt AI in ways that enhance customer experience while keeping people, oversight, and measurable outcomes at the centre. Prior to Powerfront, Matt held roles at Mercedes-Benz, McLaren Group, RMIT University, and Achtung Agency across APAC and Europe.

Alex is a CRM marketing enthusiast with 9 years of experience working on customer retention, lifecycle marketing, inbox deliverability (he sent his first email campaign in 2012!), and marketing automation. At work, he values collaboration, proactivity, and lifelong learning most. He blends his expertise with a zest of 'je ne sais quoi' and he is looking forward to meet with YOU!

Ben Coleman is a leading transformation and growth Executive with experience spanning brand development, omnichannel strategy, retail operations, e-commerce and supply chain working with local and global brands, Ben specialises in building scalable, customer-focused businesses that thrive across both physical and digital channels. He’s passionate about creating strong B2B partnerships, leveraging data to drive smarter decisions, and developing products that align with modern consumer and retailer needs. He is known to bring practical insights and executable steps to managing growth, navigating digital transformation, and aligning retail strategies with the evolving demands of the B2B and B2C landscape.

Nathan Bush is the host and founder of Add To Cart, Australia's leading eCommerce podcast with over 600 episodes. He writes a weekly newsletter and runs a free community for retailers navigating the fast-moving world of online retail. A former retailer himself, Nathan helped grow Super Retail Group's eCommerce revenue from $4 million to $140 million. He is a four-time winner of Inside Retail's Top 50 People in eCommerce and works as a consultant and advisor in digital transformation, partnering with local and international retailers, moving fast on digital and eCommerce strategy. He currently sits on the board of Birdsnest and chairs the Thread Together Technology Advisory Board.

Charbel Raffoul is Head of SEO Performance at StudioHawk, specialising in eCommerce SEO, AI search and organic growth. He works with leading brands to improve their visibility online and is passionate about turning complex SEO challenges into practical, actionable strategies that drive results.

Jules leads the commercial function at Kudosity with a strong background in (e)commerce, previously leading Customer Success at Yotpo APAC and a brand-side background as the Country Manager (Belgium & Netherlands) for an online retailer in Europe. He has a passion for bringing easy-to-use, but highly effective tech to merchants while always thinking about the actual use cases and strategies that will uplift the brand.

George is a customer lifecycle marketing specialist with deep expertise in email, SMS, loyalty, and customer journey optimisation across ecommerce and lead generation. With a background working agency-side, George has led lifecycle and CRM strategies for a wide portfolio of Australia’s top ecommerce brands. With a passion for customer centric marketing, bringing a unique blend of data driven insight and human first thinking to everything he does.

Liam Millward started his first venture at 13 years old whilst travelling around Australia and the world with his family. He then went on to curate and develop a well-known travel magazine, Navigate Australia, which grew to be read by over 50,000+ people monthly, within 12 months of launching. Now Co-Founder of Instant; an Australian technology company on a mission to power the world’s most innovative brands, driving their revenue and retention on autopilot. Instant raised their first $2.2m of venture capital when Liam was 17, as Australia’s biggest pre-seed funding round ever known to date, led by Blackbird. They grew to over $1.5m in annualised revenue, and hit 1 million users after our first 12 months in market. Since then Instant has raised over $30m, expanded into global regions, work with thousands of brands and growing by $millions in new revenue each and every month.

Gabrielle Requena is a D2C founder and growth strategist who bootstrapped skincare brand Wrinkles Schminkles over a decade before steering it through acquisition and an 8-figure exit in 2026. She now works with founders on building lean, profitable ecommerce brands - the kind built to scale without breaking, and structured from day one with an exit in mind.

Scott Greasley is a commercial leader with 15+ years scaling branded consumer businesses across retail, ecommerce, and wholesale in APAC, Asia, and the Middle East. From Billabong to Boardriders to his current role as GM & CCO at Sea to Summit, Scott's built a track record of turning complex, multi-channel businesses into highly profitable operations - with minimal capital and maximum commercial clarity.