Andy Penn (businessman)

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

Andrew "Andy" Penn, FCCA, MBA, is the current CEO of Australian telecommunications company Telstra.

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, Penn 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

Source:[2]

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

Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Telstra Picks Penn as New CEO". Wall Street Journal. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrew Richard Penn FCCA, MBA". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Andy Penn's second act at Telstra". Smart Investor. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Telstra's incoming CEO Andy Penn to help in Asia push". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Andrew Penn new head of Telstra after AXA super fund scandal - Crikey". crikey.com.au.
  6. ↑ "Overlook the spin: APRA got it wrong". The Syndney Morning Herald. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Penn back in charge at AXA". The Age. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Telstra appoints Andrew Penn CFO". The Australian. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "David Thodey leaves Telstra, replaced as CEO by Andrew Penn". ABC News. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.


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