Karen Pedersen spent over 20 years in various senior roles within the property and construction industries.
Ms Pedersen joined Lendlease in January 2013 as group general counsel.
She commenced her legal career at Clayton Utz and was deputy general counsel of Leighton Holdings. Prior to Leighton, Ms Pedersen spent almost 15 years at Brookfield Multiplex (formerly Multiplex) as group general manager for corporate, company secretary and general counsel. While at Multiplex, she was involved in a number of high-profile Sydney projects, the development business in the UK, the Initial Public Offering of Multiplex, the takeover by and integration with Brookfield, the group’s financing arrangements, and led a range of mergers and acquisitions.
Ms Pedersen holds a Masters of Law from the University of Technology in Sydney, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy and Finance) & Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.
