Katie Page is the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Harvey Norman Holdings. From commencing in 1983 when Harvey Norman was a single retail complex in Auburn, NSW, Katie built expertise through the product merchandise, marketing, supplier management, R&D and operational divisions of the company. She went on to join the board in 1987 when Harvey Norman publicly listed. After leading the successful national store expansion within Australia and early international growth into New Zealand in 1997, Page was appointed CEO in 1999.

Page has continued to lead the successful domestic and international expansion of Harvey Norman, now in eight countries, with the first store in Birmingham, England opening in late 2024.

As at November 2024, there are 198 Harvey Norman, Domayne, Joyce Mayne franchised Home & Technology in Lifestyle retail complexes throughout Australia and 119 company owned stores in New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia and England.

Katie’s leadership contribution to Harvey Norman extends beyond the success of the commercial operation. She harnesses the company’s strength, via financial investment, media advocacy, marketing as well as staff and customer engagement, to effect long-term positive change in lives of Australian girls and women in the arenas of employment, education and sport.

Current Positions;

• Executive Director, Harvey Norman Holdings
• Director, Pertama Holdings
• Director, SPACE Furniture Ltd
• Director, SCG Heritage Foundation
• Co-owner & Director, Magic Millions’ Sales Ltd
• Director, Carsingha Investments Pty Ltd

Former Positions;

• Director, Tourism Australia
• Director, Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust
• Director, NSW Domestic & Family Violence Corporate Leadership Group
• Director, NSW Council for Women’s Economic Opportunity
• Director, UWS Foundation Council
• Director, NSW Public Service Commission Advisory
• Commissioner, National Rugby League
• Director, Place Management NSW

• Director, Retail Council Ltd
• Director, Rebel Sport Ltd
• Director, Museum of Contemporary Art
• Director, Bradman Foundation
• Advisory Council, Business Council of Australia’s BizRebuild (to manage the business funds allocated to the Bushfire recovery - five years from 2020)

Women in Sport outcomes;

Rugby League – National Rugby League Women Premiership partner (2018-ongoing), Women in League Round Founding Naming Rights Partner (2007-ongoing), Queensland Rugby League Women’s State of Origin & Grassroots Partner (2017-ongoing), NSWRL Women’s State of Origin (2017 – 2023), Jillaroos Naming Rights Partner (2015 – ongoing), North Queensland Cowboys – Girl’s Rugby Clinic/Carnival (2019), Bourke Outback Challenge (2015), Ireland Ladies Touch Football major partner (2021)

AFLW – AFLW Broadcast partner (2016-ongoing), Giants AFLW Major Partner (2017-ongoing), Auburn Giants Major Partner (2015-2016)

Paralympics – Paralympics Australia Major Partner (2019-ongoing), Madison di Rozario Paralympian partner (2023-ongoing), Montana Atkinson Paraswimmer/Aspiring Paralympian partner (2022-ongoing), Katie Kelly Paratriathlete / Paralympian (2016-2021)

Olympics – Australian Olympic Committee & Australian Olympic team major partner (2023-ongoing), Ariarne Titmus Olympic swimmer partner (2019-ongoing),

Commonwealth Games – Official Partner 2022

Surfing – Surfing broadcast partner (2020-2022), World Surf League major partner (2020-2024), Surfing Australia major partner (2022-2023), Isabella Nichols surfer partner (2021), Sally Fitzgibbons surfer partner (2022-ongoing), Layne Beachley (2023)

Supercars – Women’s Wildcard entry (2016), Simona de Silvestro (2017-2019)

Soccer – W League broadcast partner (2017-2022), Matildas broadcast partner (2022-2023), Northern Suburbs Football Association grassroots partner (2021)

Basketball – Sydney Flames & Future Flames Naming Rights Partner (2023-ongoing), WNBL Broadcast partner (2018-2022)

Rugby Union – Easts Rugby Women’s team partner (2017-ongoing), Two Blues Rugby (2019-2023)

Netball – Super Netball broadcast partner (2017-ongoing), Maccabiah Australia Netball team sponsor (2022)

Cricket – Cricket ICC World Cup / Ashes / WBBL broadcast partner (2015-ongoing)

Team Harvey Junior – Ten financial grants to young female athletes and teams (2017-2019).

Women in Education outcomes;

Since 2015, Katie Page has personally donated 78 scholarships to Western Sydney University supporting opportunities for women, those from refugee backgrounds and financially disadvantaged, high-achieving women. These personally supported scholarships are in addition to the 29 supported by Harvey Norman Holdings.

Led by Katie Page, in 2024 Western Sydney University launched a first-of-its-kind 10-year development program Harvey Norman Young Women’s Leadership Academy with the Harvey Norman philanthropic donation of $7.9 Million.

Women in Employment outcomes;

As at June 2024, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd & subsidiaries globally employ over 6500, 44% of these are women. Harvey Norman franchisees employ approximately 9400 employees, combined, each from within their local community. 12% of franchisees are women and 42% of franchisee employees are women. Targets are set around the % of women undertaking the Key Development Program each year (which is the pathway to becoming a franchisee), to drive improved outcomes in gender balance.

Harvey Norman has cultivated a global pipeline of women leaders via proactive succession planning and leadership development.  Women comprise:

• 50% of Managing Directors of all global regions
• 40% of Senior Executives across all global regions.