Presently, Karen Witts is Chief Financial Officer & Director at Compass Group Plc. Ms. Witts is also on the board of Compass Group Holdings Plc and Compass Group North America Investments No.2. In the past she was Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Kingfisher plc, CFO-Africa, Middle East & Asia Region at Vodafone Group Plc, Managing Director-Operations at Openreach Ltd., Chief Financial Officer of BT Retail, Chief Financial Officer of BT Wholesale and Controller of Grand Metropolitan Plc. Ms. Witts received a graduate degree from The University of Edinburgh.