Carol Burt has served as a ResMed director since November 2013 and is chair of the audit and compliance oversight committees. She is also a member of the nominating and governance committee.
Ms. Burt, principal of Burt-Hilliard Investments since 2008, is a private investor with more than 35 years of experience in corporate governance, operations, strategy, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and investment banking. Since 2013, Ms. Burt has served as a senior advisor and a member of the operating council of Consonance Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused on investments in the healthcare industry. Ms. Burt serves on the boards of IQVIA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: IQV), a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, where she chairs the leadership development and compensation committee and is a member of the audit committee; and two private companies, Global Medical Response and WellDyne.
Prior to their sale, Ms. Burt served on the public boards of four NYSE companies: Envision Healthcare, Transitional Hospitals, Vanguard Health Systems, WellCare Health Plans, and private equity-backed KEPRO. Through her public board service, Ms. Burt has served, or currently serves, as chair of audit, compensation, compliance and nominating and governance committees.
Ms. Burt was formerly senior vice president corporate finance and development of WellPoint, Inc. (now Elevance Health, NYSE: ELV) where she was part of the executive team that built WellPoint from a single state health plan to one of the leading health benefits companies in the U.S., at the time ranking in the top 35 Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Burt was responsible for, among other things, corporate strategic planning and execution, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and venture investments, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, administrative accounting, treasury and chief investment officer, business information services and corporate real estate management. In addition, WellPoint’s financial services and international insurance business units reported to her.
Before WellPoint, Ms. Burt was senior vice president and treasurer of American Medical Response. Previously, she spent 16 years at Chase Securities, Inc., now JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), most recently as founder, managing director and head of the Health Care Banking Group.
Ms. Burt is Co-Chair of the Emeritus Trustee program for the Colorado Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Ms. Burt is a member of Women Corporate Directors, and the International Women’s Forum. Her philanthropic activities focus on mentoring women for leadership positions and environmental causes.
Ms. Burt graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration.