Karen Penrose

Non-Executive Director
Appointed March 2020
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Karen Penrose

Karen has had an extensive executive career in leadership and CFO roles, mainly in financial services. She is well-versed in financial management, customer outcomes and operating in a rapidly changing regulatory environment which stems from 20 years in banking with Commonwealth Bank and HSBC and eight years as a listed-company CFO.

Karen has been a full-time director since 2014 and is an experienced committee chair of audit and risk. In addition to being a Non-Executive Director of Ramsay, Karen serves as a Director of Bank of Queensland, Charter Hall Group and Cochlear. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women, a Non-Executive Director on Golf Australia’s Risk and Audit Committee and a Director of Marshall Investments Pty Limited.

In the past three years, Karen has served as a Director of the following listed companies:

  • Bank of Queensland (appointed November 2015)
  • Cochlear Limited (appointed July 2022)
  • Estia Health (resigned December 2023; Estia Health subsequently delisted on 18 December 2023)
  • Ramsay Santé (appointed February 2021)
  • Charter Hall Group (appointed November 2024)
Committee memberships:
  • Audit Committee (Chair)
  • Risk Management Committee (Member)
Independence status:
  • Independent