NEW YORK, NY, May 26, 2026 – Sharon AI Holdings has appointed Andrew Penn AO as non-executive chairman of its board of directors. Penn is a former Telstra and AXA Asia Pacific chief executive with experience across technology, telecommunications, finance, cybersecurity strategy and infrastructure.
“I am excited to join the board at such a pivotal and exciting time. I look forward to leveraging my experience to help Sharon AI shape its strategic goals and expand its impact in the coming years,” said Andrew Penn.
Penn is a non-executive director and chair of the audit and risk committee at Coles Group. He also chairs Visit Victoria and serves as a senior adviser with McKinsey & Company.
His executive background includes serving as CEO of Telstra from 2015 to 2022 and CEO of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings from 2006 to 2011. Penn also chaired the advisory boards for Australia’s 2020 and 2023 National Cyber Security Strategies.
Penn was named an officer of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day honors for service to business, charitable organizations, youth, and the arts.
“We are delighted that Mr. Penn has joined the Sharon AI board of directors as Chairman as we enter our next phase of growth. His expertise across technology, telecommunications, digital and physical infrastructure, in addition to his proven track record of successfully guiding technology businesses through periods of rapid growth will add significant value to our business,” said James Manning, co-founder and CEO at Sharon AI.
Source: Sharon AI
About Sharon AI
Sharon AI is a high-performance computing company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The company provides cloud GPU services, AI computing infrastructure, and data storage systems for organizations that run compute-heavy workloads. Sharon AI offers virtual machines, GPU-as-a-service options, and cloud capacity designed for AI training, machine learning development, and high-performance computing tasks. The company supports customers that work with generative AI, large-language models, and scientific or engineering simulations. Sharon AI serves businesses, research institutions, and government agencies that require flexible access to GPU clusters and sovereign cloud environments. The company designs its systems to support resource-intensive projects and to handle datasets in production or research settings. Sharon AI operates its services through an Australian data center and maintains infrastructure to support high-bandwidth networking, distributed training, and data lifecycle management. The company also provides workload management tools that help users deploy applications, manage storage, and allocate GPU resources for specific tasks.