Robyn Denholm
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Robyn Denholm
Board Chair / Audit and Compensation Committee
Tesla
Information Technology and Services $ 531bn 140,000
A specialist in strategy , finance , operations , and M & A , Robyn Denholm has served on the Board of Tesla since 2014 as Director , taking on the role of Chair in 2018 . Denholm is also on the company ’ s Audit and Compensation Committee .
An integral leader in the technology industry , Denholm has held executive roles and served on many boards in a technological advisory capacity for the likes of Toyota Motor Company , Sun Microsystems , Juniper Networks , ABB , Telstra , Blackbird , and the Tech Council of Australia .
“ The only female role model I had growing up that had any success was Margaret Thatcher . Not that I agree with the politics or anything like that , but I think for young women it ’ s really important to see women in roles [ where ] they could do that sort of stuff . It broadens their horizons . It definitely broadened mine ”
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