GOLD STAR ANALYSIS - Key Persons

Karen Dufrene began her career working within Finance departments at Shell HQ in London, which provided invaluable practical experience of international company operations. After gaining a psychology degree at an American college, Karen returned to Great Britain to pursue a career in Business Analysis. She worked as a Credit Analyst for a Cambridge start-up company, moving on to a telecoms company as the Group Manager, Business Analysis and Management Information across 10 sites in the UK. This was during a period of consolidation of small companies into a large, national business and provided insight of organisational change. Since 2000, Karen has gained significant experience working on projects with senior management across a variety of industries from government sector to private industry. She often works within Finance divisions, particularly Credit, and works closely with IT, Customer Services and Sales. Karen enjoys turning raw data into useful, objective information to apply innovative solutions to improve performance. She is motivated to complete projects to time, scope and budget to deliver real value. Karen holds professional examinations in Business and Finance and is a graduate member of the Institute of Credit Management. She also earned a psychology degree while studying in America.