Karen is a Chartered Accountant and has attained a Chartered Director qualification.

She has wide experience in financial direction and business leadership, mostly recently as VP Finance with the CANCOM UK & Ireland organisation, in the IT Services sector. As part of the senior leadership team of Novosco, a UK based IT Services business, she contributed to the growth of that organisation culminating in the sale of the business to CANCOM SE in 2019. The introduction of accreditation to a number of ISO standards was a significant milestone on that journey.

Alongside her professional career, Karen has sought to use her experience to make a wider contribution and has served as Trustee Director for several charities in the areas of supported living and learning disability.

Karen has an evolving interest in the adoption of renewable energy and the target of net zero, and in the role which the finance and technology sectors have to play in their successful achievement.

Karen is also a Director of the MCS Service Company.