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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin considers stepping down

Jenny Wiggins, Kylar Loussikian and Paul Smith

Nov 17, 2023 – 5.00am

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Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is considering exiting the country’s second-largest telecommunications group after two major crises in 12 months and as she prepares for a difficult Senate hearing on Friday.

Ms Bayer Rosmarin, who will appear at a parliamentary hearing called by the Greens into a lengthy, network-wide outage last week, has faced considerable pressure to resign. She will appear at the inquiry with Optus’ network business chief, Lambo Kanagaratnam, after a week of recriminations between the company and its owner, Singapore’s Singtel.

Jenny Wiggins writes on business, specialising in infrastructure, telecommunications and transport.

Kylar Loussikian is the Financial Review’s deputy editor – business.

Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy.