Karen Witts occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer of Compass Group Plc. Ms. Witts is also on the board of Imperial Brands Plc, Compass Group Holdings Plc and Compass Group North America Investments No.2.

She previously held the position of 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.

Karen Witts received a graduate degree from The University of Edinburgh.