Karen Chow
As a fully qualified CPA Australia, Karen is well-versed in developing financial statements and analysis, financial modelling and risk management. She has been engaged in various roles across project management, resource optimization, industry market research, investment strategy development, and economic modelling. She also worked as a Research Assistant during her undergraduate degree, providing insights for the future development of e-commerce platforms in the countryside of China, and supporting national funding applications for various research programs.
Prior to joining CIS, Karen worked for 3 years at Ernst & Young as a senior management consultant broadly involved in various industry sectors, including education, telecommunication and environment. In her role at EY, she has leveraged expertise in business process optimization and internal control system enhancement to drive organizational improvements.
Karen has a strong academic background which includes a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Melbourne where she achieved a HI in all subjects and won various awards. She has an undergraduate degree in Management Science and Engineering, specialising in Supply Chain Management.
Karen has a great passion for discovering the commercial potential of innovative technologies, and she is particularly interested in ESG, including the topics of natural capital, energy transition, and social inequality. She is keen on promoting and helping clients to embed ESG into strategy, risk, capital, operations, products and services to help them transition to the economy of the future.
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