Ms Carter joined Novo Nordisk in November 2018 as senior vice president for Global People and Organisation and was promoted to executive vice president in August 2019.
Prior to joining Novo Nordisk Ms Carter was group HR director and member of the executive committee at GKN plc, UK. Ms Carter was at GKN plc from 2014 to 2018.
Ms Carter worked in the chemicals industry from 2005 to 2014
starting with ICI plc, UK (which later became part of Akzo Nobel, the
Netherlands). Ms Carter later moved to Singapore to head up the APAC
regional HR while in the decorative paints division of ICI plc. In
2010 Ms Carter became leading HR for the specialty chemicals
businesses of AkzoNobel in the Netherlands after the acquisition of
ICI plc by Akzo Nobel.
Prior to ICI plc, Ms Carter held HR positions in a number of international companies.
Ms Carter is both a British and Irish national, born December
1973.