Martin Hosking

Martin Hosking is a co-founder of Redbubble. He first became the CEO and Managing Director in July 2010. Martin resigned from executive duties and commenced as a Non-executive Director on 1 October 2018. Martin was then appointed interim CEO and Managing Director on 18 February 2020, before resuming as a Non-executive Director upon Michael Ilczynski’s appointment as CEO on 27 January 2021. He returned as CEO and Managing Director on 27 March 2023 upon Michael’s resignation.

Martin has spent over 20 years scaling Australian technology companies. Previously, Martin was the chair of Aconex, a SaaS provider to construction firms, and Southern Innovation, a digital pulse processing solution. He was instrumental in the development and subsequent listing on the NASDAQ of search company, LookSmart. Martin started his career as a diplomat with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before joining McKinsey & Company, serving clients focusing on emerging technologies.

Martin is also a director on the Board of the Melbourne Theatre Company and sits on advisory committees at Melbourne and Monash University.