Robyn Denholm
Robyn M. Denholm (born May 27, 1963), is an Australian business executive. She succeeded Elon Musk as chairman of Tesla, Inc. in November 2018.
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Born | Robyn M. Denholm May 27, 1963[1] Milperra, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
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Title | Chairman, Tesla, Inc. |
Term | November 2018‒ |
Predecessor | Elon Musk |
Board member of | Tesla |
Early life
Denholm was born on May 27, 1963 in Milperra, New South Wales.[1] She was raised there, where her parents owned a service station.[2] Working at her parents' service station, Denholm handled the financial accounts, repaired cars, pumped petrol and became interested in cars.[3]
Denholm received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Sydney, and a master's degree in commerce from the University of New South Wales in 1999.[4][3] She is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.[5]
Career
After graduating, Denholm worked in accountancy for Arthur Andersen in Sydney.[3] This was followed by seven years at Toyota Australia.[6][4][3] Denholm worked at the IT companies Sun Microsystems,[6][4] and then Juniper Networks for nine years in finance and operations roles, rising to chief financial officer of Juniper.[3][6][4] In 2014, Denholm became a non-executive director of Tesla, Inc.[6] In the following four years as a non-executive director of Tesla, including as chair of the audit committee, Denholm received $17 million in Tesla stock options.[3]
In early-2017, Denholm was appointed as chief operations officer (COO) of Telstra, Australia's largest telecoms company,[7] subsequently becoming chief financial officer (CFO) on 1 October 2018.[8] Denholm resigned after only 5 weeks in the role and ended her responsibilities on 6 May 2019.[9]
In November 2018 Denholm became chairman of Tesla, with a plan to transition to full-time within six months.[6]
References
- "Robyn Denholm, una mentora para Musk en Tesla". El País. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- Lewis, Michelle. "Telstra appoints new Chief Operations Officer. Who is Robyn Denholm?". voiceplus.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Waters, Richard; Smyth, Jamie (9 November 2018). "Low-key Robyn Denholm takes on challenge of taming Elon Musk". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- "Tesla picks telco executive Robyn Denholm to replace Elon Musk as chairman". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ABB. "Director CV". new.abb.com. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- Kollewe, Julia (8 November 2018). "Tesla names new chair to replace Elon Musk". the Guardian.
- Berndtson, Odgers. "CFO one-on-one interview with Robyn Denholm". odgersberndtson.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- "Capacity Media". www.capacitymedia.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "Telstra announces resignation of Robyn Denholm as Chief Financial Officer". www.telstra.com.au. Retrieved 2020-02-05.