To celebrate Women's Founders month, we are proud to be hosting Penelope Barton this June 8th!

Pene is the CEO of Crimson Global Academy. An experienced people leader, she is passionate about building high-growth, scalable, and successful organizations. Pene brings with her experience working across the world with some of the fastest-growing global startups (Xero, Vend, Crimson Education, noissue) whilst simultaneously running her own businesses. She is passionate about building strong organisations designed for the future of work and leveraging innovations in technology.

Penelope has a wealth of experience in the Human Resources field and worked in a range of roles from being the director of two hospitality businesses to joining e-commerce startups and large public companies. Penelope's experience in Human Resources began in 2011 at Chorus NZ Limited and since she has worked as CPO at Vend and Chief of Staff at noissue (a global ecommerce startup in the sustainable packaging space).
 - what an impressive woman!!

Come along, grab some pizza and hear about Penelope's journey across a range of startups 👯‍♂️