Who are Canva's decision-makers?
Canva remains founder-led, with Melanie Perkins as CEO, Cliff Obrecht as COO, Cameron Adams as chief product leader, and Kelly Steckelberg adding public-company finance experience.
- CEO
- Melanie Perkins
- CTO/key exec
- Cameron Adams
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- ~4,500
- HQ
- Sydney
- Notable
- Founder-led global SaaS
- Melanie PerkinsCo-founder and CEOCo-founder - since 2012Leads Canva's product vision, growth, and long-term ownership culture.
- Cliff ObrechtCo-founder and COOCo-founder - since 2012Leads operations and company building.
- Cameron AdamsCo-founder and Chief Product OfficerCo-founder - since 2012Leads product and design direction.
- Kelly SteckelbergChief Financial OfficerCFO since 2024Former Zoom CFO brought public-company finance experience.
Who leads Canva?
Melanie Perkins leads Canva as CEO, with Cliff Obrecht handling operations and Cameron Adams leading product. Kelly Steckelberg's CFO role gives Canva more public-company readiness.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Canva?
Engineering, security, data, AI, enterprise, marketing, finance, and workplace teams own most vendor decisions. Large purchases likely involve procurement and security because Canva serves enterprise and education users globally.
How is Canva organized as it scales?
Canva is organized around product surfaces, AI, enterprise, content, education, platform, international growth, and infrastructure. The company blends consumer-scale product teams with enterprise go-to-market and trust requirements.
As of June 2026.Sources:Canva aboutCanva CFO announcement
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