Karen
Billings-Jensen

CEO | Age Concern NZ

Karen is the Chief Executive of Age Concern New Zealand. She joined the charity in March 2022 and draws from nearly 30 years of experience in managing and delivering services across the New Zealand not-for-profit sector.  A social worker by training, she champions the wellbeing, rights, respect, and dignity of older people and supports local Age Concern services across communities, delivers national advocacy, and represents key topics impacting older people in the media. In addition, Karen works in partnership with key stakeholders across the sector, including the Aged Care and Disability service providers, to ensure that the vision of Better Later Life is achieved for all. Karen’s work at Age Concern currently focuses on critical areas impacting older people including housing and age friendly communities and design, income and cost of living impacts, health services and access, loneliness and social connection, and elder abuse and neglect prevention.