Karena Newland

CEO Generation Australia

Karena joins Generation Australia with an impressive 20 years of experience in the Employment Services Industry, having worked with both not-for-profit and profit-for-purpose organisations.

She is passionate about to assisting those whose circumstances see them furthest from labour market opportunities, as she has seen how employment provides both economic and social benefits for the individual and their community, and workplaces benefit from a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Recently she served as the CEO of Jobfind and uLaunch in Australia, a part of the Angus Knight Group. Previous to her time in the Employment Services Industry, she worked in a number of Australian Federal Government Departments.

Karena lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney with her husband of 30 years. She has two adult children- a daughter Tayla who is an archaeologist/student and a son, Luke who is a buyer for an online sports retailer. Karena loves sport, and is currently a Board Member of a large soccer/football association.