Kris Webb is the Chief People Officer for Coles Group Limited, one of Australia’s largest retailers and most trusted brands. Coles makes life easier for Australians by delivering quality, value and service across a portfolio of leading brands like Coles Supermarkets, Liquorland, First Choice Liquor, Vintage Cellars and Coles Express. The scale of the business is significant with revenues of more than $37B, and over 20 million customer transactions processed each week. This is made possible by the efforts of over 130,000 team members that are united in Coles’ purpose to ‘sustainably feed all Australians to lead healthier and happier lives’.  

Kris has over 30 years of global experience working across multiple industries in senior executive human resources roles. This includes over a decade with GlaxoSmithKline across Australia, Singapore and the UK, prior to joining Coles. Earlier in Kris’ career she spent 10 years with BP, before becoming HR Director, Asia Pacific for PWC and then National HR Director for Clayton Utz. 

Kris holds a Bachelor of Business, is a Fellow of AHRI and a member of the SAP CHRO Advisory Committee.