Karen Parkhill is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HP Inc. As CFO, she helps shape the company’s strategy, driving sustainable growth, operational excellence and continued investment in innovation. She leads HP’s global Finance organization and oversees accounting and controls, financial planning and analysis, business finance, tax, treasury, audit, investor relations, and cybersecurity.
Karen plays a key role on HP’s leadership team in advancing AI-enabled transformation through disciplined portfolio and investment decisions and capital allocation that support the company’s long-term strategy. She also serves as an executive sponsor of HP’s Business Resource Groups, supporting opportunities for employees to connect, grow, and lead.
A seasoned financial executive and business leader, Karen brings more than three decades of experience helping global organizations navigate transformation, growth and value creation. She has served as CFO of publicly traded companies for more than 15 years and has extensive experience across the technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
Before joining HP in August 2024, Karen served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Medtronic, one of the world’s leading healthcare technology companies. There, she led the global Finance organization and several key enterprise functions, helping advance the company’s strategy, operational performance, and long-term growth.
Earlier in her career, Karen spent more than two decades at JPMorgan Chase, where she held leadership roles across investment banking, commercial banking and finance. During her tenure, she advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets and later served as CFO for Commercial Banking. She subsequently joined Comerica Incorporated as Vice Chairman and CFO.
Karen serves on the Board of Directors of American Express, where she chairs the Risk Committee.
She holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration and mathematics from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2026, she was recognized by the Silicon Valley Women Leaders Association as one of its Top 50 Women Leaders and has been recognized with similar honors in both the banking and healthcare sectors. She has also received the SMU Cox School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Distinguished Young Alumna Award.