Karen is a multi talented entrepreneur who likes to use her talents and skills in a variety of ways.

Starting out her career as an accountant, Karen is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She worked for over 20 years in the corporate world within the financial services industry. Holding various senior roles within finance, including head of group finance for a global insurer, Karen is known for leading a number of business critical projects, working to tight deadlines and improving business processes as well as building and developing teams.

Moving into programme and change management, Karen worked as a senior management consultant with a global consulting firm on business process re-engineering programmes.

Over the years, Karen became more and more frustrated by the increasing demands being placed on her time and of the people who worked for her. With constant requirements to do more in less time and with less resources, Karen became disillusioned with the corporate world.

Eventually, enough was enough. After 20 years in the corporate world she decided to leave and go solo.

I must admit that at the time I never knew exactly how different this was going to be… it was like stepping out of one world into another one.

But…I can honestly say that I love what I do now. I love the freedom and flexibility I have over my time. I love the variety of using my skills and strengths in different ways and I love the fact that what I do has a direct benefit on other people’s lives. I am committed to helping and supporting my clients in whichever way I can. It is so rewarding.

Karen has always enjoyed starting new projects and likes variety in her work. Being a natural goal-setter, she has always had a keen interest in personal development and trained as a personal performance coach. From there she became a licensed career coach and has also trained in leadership development as an executive coach.

Karen now helps her clients have the courage and confidence to go solo and build their own businesses. Using her skills as a coach and her knowledge and experience in business, she shows others how to make a successful career doing the things they enjoy and which come naturally to them, and to successfully integrate this with their family and personal commitments.

Her other interest is in stress management, nutrition and health. After becoming ill in her early thirties and seeing others around her suffering with various levels of ill health, Karen understands the importance of looking after yourself first before you can help others. She trained in the Pilates technique, a mind-body exercise which builds core strength, supports the spine, improves posture and mobility. She also runs workshops on managing stress.

When not working on her two businesses Karen enjoys watching football, eating out, working out in the gym (so she can eat out!), travelling the world and spending time in her second home in Spain.