Karen Kroger

Karen joined Queen Mary as Chief Financial Officer in December 2020, with responsibility for finance, strategic planning and the strategy delivery office. Previously she was Finance Director at the University of London.

Karen is a chartered accountant and has held strategic finance roles across higher education and with a number of global third sector organisations, both in London and overseas. At the University of London she developed a new finance strategy to underpin the 2020-2025 strategy, and recently raised new financing. At Save the Children International Karen led the financial integration of the international operations of 17 global Save the Children member organisations.

Karen is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and has a BA in Economics and Politics from the University of Warwick.