Board of directors

Mike Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian and has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2002, as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2024, and as our Co-Chief Executive Officer from October 2002 to August 2024. Mr. Cannon-Brookes has also served as an adjunct professor of computer science & engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia since April 2014. Mr. Cannon-Brookes holds a Bachelor of Commerce in information systems from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Amy Glancey is the Chief of Staff at Atlassian. Joining Atlassian in 2016 as the Director of Communications for APAC, Amy expanded her remit to Director of Communications for Global Markets covering APAC & EMEA footprints. In 2018 Amy took the position of Chief of Staff in the Office of the CEO. Prior to Atlassian, Amy spent four years at Groupon where she led the communications team across 14 markets in APAC. Prior to Groupon, Amy held various roles across the U.S, U.K, and APAC in both the private and public sector. Amy has a degree in Communications and a Masters in Journalism both of which she graduated with Distinction.

Anu Bharadwaj is the President at Atlassian. Anu leads transformative projects across product lines at Atlassian, including the enterprise business, cloud platform teams and operations.

An accomplished executive with a track record of growing $500M+ businesses, building great teams and shipping blockbuster products, Anu joined Atlassian in 2014 as the Head of Product for Jira, and has held a variety of roles at the company during her tenure. Prior to joining Atlassian, Anu was at Microsoft, launching several products for Microsoft Visual Studio for over 10 years. Anu is passionate about making the world a better place through technology and effective philanthropy. 

As Chief People Officer, Avani Prabhakar leads Atlassian’s People org, encompassing Human Resources, Employment Relations, Talent, Total Rewards, People Insights, People M&A, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Team Anywhere across Atlassian’s global footprint.

Avani’s role focuses on supporting business transformations, developing world-class distributed-first teams, and building the processes, policies and practices that enable Atlassians to unleash their full potential.

Avani is passionate about unlocking the power of cross-functional teams and partnerships to deliver high-impact results.

She brings more than 20 years of experience in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the US across industries including technology, aviation, engineering and professional services.

Brian Duffy is Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer and is responsible for the sales and success teams. He brings over 20 years of extensive experience. Previously, Brian spent 18 years at SAP, where he served as President of Cloud. In that role, he launched, built, and scaled the strategic initiative 'RISE with SAP' to help customers transition to the cloud. Through agility, focus, and innovative migration practices, he grew RISE from an initiative into a multi-billion dollar business within two years.

Following his time at SAP, Brian became the CEO of SoftwareOne, where he positioned the company for its next phase of growth and strengthened relationships with customers and partners.

Brian has gained significant international experience from his time living and working in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in International Law from University College Dublin, Ireland, and a Master's Degree in International Business and Trade Law from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Brian maintains his license to practice law and is admitted to practice in New York State.

Joe Binz is Atlassian’s Chief Financial Officer where he oversees the company’s Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit, Investor Relations, Tax, and Treasury teams. He brings more than 25 years of finance leadership and experience in the technology industry. 

Prior to joining Atlassian in September 2022, Joe was Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, Finance, where he led the company’s financial planning and analysis, investor relations, acquisition integration, and procurement functions. Over his twenty-year career with Microsoft, he was a pivotal finance leader where he most notably guided the company’s business transformation through its multi-billion dollar move to the cloud. Prior to his time at Microsoft, Joe spent eight years at Intel Corporation where he held a variety of finance roles supporting manufacturing operations, product groups, and Intel Capital. Joe has served on the board of directors of Paycom since December 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Rajeev Rajan is the Chief Technology Officer at Atlassian where he oversees Atlassian Engineering, IT, Security and Trust, and the Engineering Operations teams. As CTO, he is focused on our Cloud transformation and continuing to grow Atlassian into a world-class engineering organization.

Rajeev previously acted as the Vice President and Head of Engineering for Meta and spent over two decades at Microsoft, where he held a number of roles, including building and leading the team responsible for Office 365's Cloud Infrastructure.

Stan Shepard is the General Counsel of Atlassian, where he leads the Legal, Policy and Government Affairs, Sustainability, and Social Impact teams. He joined Atlassian in 2015, and has served in several leadership roles during that time, including Deputy General Counsel and Head of Commercial Transactions. Prior to joining Atlassian, Stan practiced technology transactions at Charles Schwab and spent several years in private practice at Gunderson Dettmer. He also sits on the boards of Business Software Alliance and the Atlassian Foundation. Stan holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. 

Zeynep joined Atlassian in 2023 and is responsible for the company’s marketing functions globally. Her team is focused on driving adoption of Atlassian’s products to unleash the power of teams everywhere. Prior to Atlassian, Zeynep was CMO of Palo Alto Networks where she oversaw the company’s rapid expansion into multiple cybersecurity categories and pioneered the XDR category within cybersecurity. Named as one of the ‘top 100 women in tech leaders to watch’ in 2023 by WomenTech Network, Ozdemir holds a PhD in speech processing from Cambridge University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Harvard University.