Canva Hires Ex-Zoom CFO but Hedges on IPO Timing

Design software firm Canva has hired Zoom Video’s longtime finance chief, Kelly Steckelberg, as its chief financial officer, filling a 10-month vacancy in which the company prioritized picking an executive who had taken a fast-growing company public.

The hiring is important for Canva’s ability to go public, although its co-founder in an interview said the company preferred to stay private in the near term to make product investments public investors might scrutinize, like those in artificial intelligence and corporate sales.