Kelly Young is a senior People & Culture leader with 20+ years’ experience driving transformation, growth, and turnaround across media, communications, and technology. She has held executive roles including CHRO and P&C Director at Edelman, Thrive PR, Isentia, Bauer Media and Fairfax.
Trusted by CEOs and boards, Kelly is known for her pragmatic and collaborative style, guiding organisations through change with a balanced, people-first approach. Her expertise spans people strategy, leadership capability, change management, talent, and culture building across multi-market environments in South East and North Asia.
With a Masters in Human Resources Management from UTS, she is passionate about aligning people with strategy, building resilient performance cultures, and enabling businesses to thrive in times of disruption.




