New HR Head at Crown Entity
Public Trust employer of 350 staff nationwide announces the key appointment of Ms Karen Hutson to the role of General
Manager Human Resources.
Prior to the appointment with New Zealand’s largest trustee service and Crown Entity, Hutson was based offshore as Head
of HR Business Partnering for multinational insurance corporate, IAG an $11billion + company employing over 15,000
employees.
She has extensive experience in both operational and strategic HR management particularly in multifaceted transformation
programs of scale.
“Public Trust is attracting a new generation of dynamic and driven executive talent to the leadership team. Karen has an
international reputation for successfully delivering strategies and solutions which is an invaluable investment to
improving our ‘people capability’” says Mr Bob Smith, Chief Executive, Public Trust.
Career highlights include; designing, developing and implementing ‘best fit’ people strategies for high performing teams
that consistently deliver superior results in demanding environments and delivering people solutions for integration and
transformation programs of unprecedented scale and complexity,
Former NZ employers include Tyco, the world’s largest fire protection and security company with 69,000 employees in 50
countries, and various other private and public companies within the United Kingdom
British-born Hutson has a Master of Arts from the University of Westminster, London, Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Psychology and is an alumni of the highly esteemed ‘Global Women’ intensive leadership programme.
She is a member of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ).
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