Karen Aldridge

Karen Aldridge is an experienced Human Resources and Industrial Relations professional with more than 25 years’ experience helping organisations navigate the complexities of managing people, compliance, and workplace relationships. She works closely with business owners to deliver practical, commercially focused HR solutions that support both day-to-day operations and long-term business strategy. Karen’s expertise spans employee and industrial relations, performance management, organisational change, restructuring, HR compliance, and workplace investigations. Her approach is pragmatic and solutions-focused, ensuring that workplace challenges are managed in a way that is both legally sound and aligned with business outcomes.

Karen has extensive experience working across both small to medium enterprises and large multi-site organisations in Australia and Singapore, including telecommunications, consulting, and not-for-profit sectors. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Sydney and is an accredited HR coach. Known for her approachable and consultative style, Karen partners with leaders to simplify complex workplace matters, strengthen management capability, and build workplaces founded on fairness, respect, and sustainable performance.