Norah Barlow

Norah holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Norah is amongst Australasia’s most experienced and respected executives and directors, with an in-depth knowledge of the aged and health care sector. Norah also holds extensive experience as the highly-respected former CEO and former Director of Summerset Group, an NZX and ASX-listed company named Australasia’s best retirement village operator four years running.

Norah has a strong background across business leadership and management, strategy, corporate finance, governance, tax and accounting. Norah was President of the Retirement Villages Association (NZ) for seven years and made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business in 2014.

Norah was also a Non-Executive Director of Ingenia Communities Group, Evolve Education Group Limited, and Chair of the Audit Committee for Methven Limited. Norah stepped down as CEO of Estia in November 2018 and remains on the board as a Non-Executive Director. Norah is currently Chief Executive of Heritage Lifecare Limited.