Kiersten Robinson

Kiersten Robinson is the Chief People Officer at Commonwealth Bank. She commenced this role in February 2025.

Kiersten is a seasoned HR and business executive with nearly 30 years’ experience across Europe, The Americas, Asia and Australia/New Zealand. Most recently, Kiersten was the General Manager, Family Vehicles at Ford Motor Company and President, Mexico and Canada, for Ford Blue.

Prior to this position, Kiersten was Ford’s Chief People Officer and Employee Experience Officer responsible for leading the people strategy, capabilities and employee experience across all business segments, supporting nearly 250,000 employees in 125 countries.

Additionally, Kiersten had responsibility for the global corporate real estate portfolio, and the dealer policy board. Since joining Ford in Australia nearly three decades ago, Kiersten has served in a variety of HR roles developing expertise across talent development, organisation design, culture change, compensation design, employee/customer experience and strategy.

Kiersten graduated from the University of Melbourne. She has previously served on the Board of HR Policy Association, the Board of Trustees Ford Philanthropy and as Past Board Chair of Inforum (non-profit helping women remove barriers to accelerate their careers).