Ken Parsons

Ken Parsons is a senior finance executive with more than 30 years of experience in financial leadership and management.

Ken has an extensive background in financial leadership having held the senior executive roles of CFO and company secretary of Clifford Hallam Healthcare, CFO and company secretary (and became the CEO) of KH Foods and Executive Director Finance of RMIT University. He also held finance management roles at Goodman Fielder, Bunge Industrial and Monsanto and he commenced his career at Rio Tinto. His recent sector experience covers manufacturing, wholesaling, FMCG, distribution, tertiary education and health service provision across public, private and private equity owned companies and semi-government organisations.

Ken holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University and is CPA qualified.

Currently, Ken is a non-executive director of Palliative Care South East Limited and he chairs the Finance and Audit Board committee. He is also engaged by KPMG’s CFO Advisory group to provide interim senior finance solutions to the corporate sector.

Ken is a Director on the Finance & Information Technology, Audit & Corporate Risk Management and People, Culture & Engagement Committees.