Andy Penn

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Andy Penn
Born Andrew Richard Penn
(1963-03-30) 30 March 1963 (age 61)
Occupation Chief Executive Officer
Employer Telstra
Predecessor David Thodey

Andrew "Andy" Penn, FCCA, MBA is a British-born Australian businessman, and current CEO of Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company.

Biography

Penn was born in the United Kingdom.[1] He holds an MBA from Kingston University,[2] and a FCCA from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.[1][2] Penn moved to Australia in 1992.[3]

Career

From 1990 to 2011, Andy worked for National Mutual which later merged with AXA Asia Pacific,[3] in the end as its CEO.[4] In 2005, Andy Penn was one of seven directors of the AXA employee superannuation trust who were disqualified from acting as a company director by APRA,[5] but this ruling was overturned on appeal.[6][7]

After taking a 12-month break during 2011,[3] Thodey hired Penn as Telstra's CFO.[1][2][8] In February 2015, Andy Penn was named successor to David Thodey as CEO of Telstra, from 1 May 2015.[1][4][9]

Directorships

  • FOXTEL Cable Television Pty Limited
  • Telstra Applications and Ventures Group
  • Autohome Inc., since March 2012

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Charitable involvements

  • Life Governor and Foundation Board member of Very Special Kids
  • Member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advisory Council
  • The Big Issue Advisory Group
  • Amy Gillet Foundation Ambassador

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