60 seconds with Leanne Sheraton

Leanne Sheraton

Senior director of marketing

PayPal APAC

First job? Courier for a stockbroking company in Sydney – hand delivering trade instructions – I am pretty sure it is done by computer now!

First job in marketing? Graduate marketing programme with Nestlé – the absolute best grounding in marketing and brand building a young marketer could ask for (with all the chocolate and sweets you could eat).

Perks of your current job? Immersion in the most exciting, diverse and high-growth region in Asia Pacific. I am personally energized and inspired by the passion, belief and optimism of the new generation of entrepreneurs currently emerging in this region.

Marketing professional you admire? Richard Branson – a disrupter, risk-taker, champion of customers who continually creates and reinvents customer-led businesses.

Why a career in marketing? Marketing is about people – I’m fascinated by human motivation and inspired by making a difference in people’s lives.
If you weren’t in marketing, what would you be? I would like to think I have got a book in me, so a writer, but if that doesn’t work out, human resources – I am passionate about creating great places to work and developing people.

How do you wind down? I absolutely love cooking and chopping vegetables is my wind down activity.