Caitlin Iles

Highly accomplished, growth focussed senior executive with 15+ years’ experience in global C Suite positions with a proven track record for delivering profitable ($10M - $500M+) solutions.

8+ years’ experience within the venture capital and startup ecosystem globally; as an executive within one of APAC’s leading venture capital firms; advisor to high growth startups/scaleups; angel investor in some of Australia’s top preforming and most promising startups including Yabonza, identified by Macquarie and KPMG to be a “Future Australian Proptech Unicorn” ($1B+ business).

Analytical and collaborative business builder with track record for assessing and testing the applicability of new approaches, identifying the best way forward and delivering growth through sound strategy and lean techniques.

Extensive commercial experience, proven managing SMEs through to heading ANZ regional businesses for leading USA based multinational organisations with annual revenues of $10B+.

Led and managed geographically dispersed teams, focussed on developing high performance cultures. Recognised by AIM as a “Leader of Excellence”.

Experienced in driving startups, scaleups and enterprise organisations to produce high-growth results ahead of schedule, exceeding industry standards and in many cases below budget. Most recently illustrated by HungryHungry’s achievement in 2020 of being “One of Australia’s Top Ten Fasted Growing Startups”.

Proven ability within the fintech sector as co-founder of a USA based fintech and recognised as “One of Australia’s Top 25 Fintech influencers”.

Mentor, advisor, and board director with leading accelerators/innovation programs across APAC, lecturing, and speaking at industry events. Well-connected to the startup ecosystem in USA, UK, Israel and APAC.