Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, who resigned as Optus Chief Executive in 2023 after the telco was hit by a cyberattack and a nationwide outage, will work alongside outgoing MD & CEO Rohan Mead from 5 November 2025, taking up the top job on 15 December 2025.
Mead announced his retirement earlier this year after 21 years with the ASX-listed mutual, Australia's largest home care provider with nearly 2,500 Home Care Package clients.
Under his tenure, Australian Unity grew from a relatively modest organisation with revenue of $400 millioninto a diversified health, wealth and care giant with revenue of $2.3 billion.
Kelly has an engineering degree from Stanford University and was formerly a management consultant at Boston Consulting. She is currently Director of publicly listed digital property advertising firm REA Group and strategic advisor to digital payments company Airwallex. Until 2023 she was CEO of Singtel-owned Optus. The Australian Communications and Media Authority's investigation of the 2023 failure led to a $12 million fine and cost tKelly Bayer Rosmarin her job.
Australian Unity Chair Lisa Chung AM said, "Australian Unity is undertaking a significant transformation program, positioning the organisation to respond to demographic trends that are expected to increase demand for our services and investment in key sectors.
"What stood out to use during the selection process is Kelly's compelling combination of care, intellect and business acumen.
"Coupled with her proven ability to unlock growth through best practice innovation, she is expertly placed to enable Australian Unity to realise this opportunity and improve member and customer outcomes."
Kelly said, "I have long admired the scope and importance of the Group, and feel privileged to be leading Australian Unity through its next exciting phase of growth."
Kelly will receive a salary of $1.5 million plus bonuses. Rohan received a salary of $1.4 million in FY25, plus bonuses of more than $1 million and a termination payout of $1.3 million.
Australian Unity reported EBITDA of $136.2 million in the year to 30 June 2025, nearly double the previous year's $70.4 million on the back of the March 2024 myHomecare Group acquisition. In July, Australian Unity paid $70 million for the national mobile allied health services provider Plena Healthcare.
