Karen Matthews

Former Telstra Businesswoman of the Year (NSW)

With over 25 years experience leading turnaround, change and growth across Retail, Wholesale and Franchising Karen Matthews is recognised in the market as a confident and innovative leader with strong operational and strategic experience.

She has won a number of awards over her career including 2004 Telstra NSW Business Woman of Year, 2005 PWC NSW Franchise Woman Year and 2007 PWC National Franchise Woman of Year.

Karen is the former CEO of Ella Bache, spending 10 years developing and launching Australia’s first skincare franchise. Her last corporate role was with Freedom Furniture as Retail Director, where she led their 50 stores and 1200 staff in all things retail.

In 2016 Karen launched, Karen Matthews - Inspiring Change using her extensive experience to teach and support other businesses to identify and implement the necessary changes to grow their own business.

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Key Points

Karen Matthews has over 25 years experience in leading turnaround, change and growth across Retail, Wholesale and Franchising and summarises her career.
Is recognised in the market as a confident and innovative leader with strong operational and strategic experience.
Has won a number of awards over her career including 2004 Telstra NSW Business Woman of Year, 2005 PWC NSW Franchise Woman Year and 2007 PWC National Franchise Woman of Year.
Launched, Karen Matthews - Inspiring Change in 2016 teaching and supporting other businesses.

Topics

Women in Business
Motivational
Leadership

Testimonials

Karen is an incredibly enthusiastic, warm, and energetic speaker. She really impressed with her experience and ability to command the audience. We were especially appreciative of her engagement with our audience prior to the event, it really encouraged them up to engage with us during and after the session. Karen also made the process leading up to our event seamless through easy communication and ensuring our intentions and goals for this event were echoed in her talk. She was a great choice to kick off our Speaker Series.
Chadstone – The Fashion Capital