Edwina McCann

Edwina McCann

Editorial Director & Publisher, News Prestige & Conde Nast titles Australia. 

Edwina McCann is the editorial director of News Corp Australia’s Prestige Network and Conde Nast titles, previously holding the position of editor-in-chief at Vogue Australia from 2012 to 2022. During her editorship, she was at the helm of the Vogue brand’s strategic digital growth and played an integral role in launching the innovative STEM-focused Vogue Codes event series.

In 2015 Edwina topped B&T’s list of 30 Most Powerful Women in Australian Media, and in November 2018 she was presented with the Australian Fashion Laureate’s Lifetime Achievement Award as an acknowledgement of her significant and ongoing contribution to the national fashion industry.

Edwina joined the UTS Business School Advisory Board in 2014. In 2017, she was announced as a board member for The Australian Ballet and chair of The Australian Ballet Foundation Board, from which she retired in 2021.

 She has served on Westpac Scholars Trust, was co-chair and founder of the Australian Fashion Council and a council member of Australia’s Nation Brand Advisory Council.

Today she serves on the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), The Australian Rugby Foundation Board, the Venues NSW Board and the St Joseph’s College Foundation board.

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