Karen Adam (nee Dowdy)

Karen Adam (nee Dowdy) has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and responsibilities. Karen'smost recent position is Chief of Staff at C&R Software, where they began in June 2023. Prior to that, they served as the Senior Director of Strategic Change and Continuous Improvement and the Director of Programme & Project Delivery at the same company. Karen worked at FICO as a Programme Director for Collections and Recoveries, Change Delivery Management from February 2019 to June 2021. Karen also held the position of Project Director at Coventry Building Society from October 2018 to January 2019. Karen worked at Barclays for several years, holding positions such as Portfolio Director, Programme Director, Director of Taxonomy, and Director of Change Delivery & Business Operation Support. Karen also worked at Barclaycard as a Director of Customer Management & Collections, Data and Risk Technology, Head of Change Delivery and Technology, and Change Portfolio Lead for Credit Risk Systems. Before that, they worked as a Primary School teacher at Warwickshire County Council and as an Information Systems Manager at SevernTrent Water. Karen'searlier roles at SevernTrent Water include Business Consultant and Customer Service Manager.

Karen Adam (nee Dowdy) began their education at Barr's Hill School, where they attended from 1975 to 1982. Although no degree or field of study was specified during this time, it is assumed that they completed their secondary education at this institution. After completing their studies at Barr's Hill School, Karen went on to attend Liverpool Hope University from 1982 to 1985. Karen obtained a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree with a focus in American Politics.