Ana Wright

Ana Wright

Ana Wight is general manager, retail at Lightspeed Commerce. She has over 15 years’ experience across strategy and operations in the TMT sector across both B2B and B2C, and in corporate, management consulting, and start-up environments. Bringing a blend of strategic and operational expertise, analytical thinking and rigour, and a strong bias for action and execution to the teams and organizations that she leads, she has a strong track record of creating high performing, highly engaged teams.

Prior to her role as GM Retail at Lightspeed, Ana was the CEO of Vend. Before leading Vend, she held roles at McKinsey & Company (SVP), Microsoft, and Spark. Ana received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, graduating with honours, from the University of Auckland.

September 4, 2023 Top Marks: How Retailers Can Stay One Step Ahead of Savvy Back-to-School Shoppers

For many retailers, the back-to-school season is one of the biggest events of the year — and 2023 is looking to be no exception. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), total expected spending will be $890 per U.S. household for back-to-school shopping in 2023, for a total of $41.5 billion. Back to college looks to…