Carolyn Judith Hewson AO (née Somerville; born July 1955)[1] is an Australian businesswoman.
[3] She is a Director of CSL,[4] the Reserve Bank of Australia,[5] YWCA,[6] and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
[8] She has previously held top executive positions with Schroders Australia; BT Investment Management,[9] Westpac,[10] AMP,[11] CSR,[12] AGL Energy,[13] the Australian Gas Light Company,[14] SA Water,[15] and the Economic Development Board (South Australia).
[18] The Hewsons lived in Sydney, but Carolyn flew to Adelaide once a month for board meetings, and took her pre-school daughter with her.
In 2014 she was named as one of four possible candidates to become South Australia's next Governor,[23] but the position was eventually given to Hieu Van Le.