Karen assumes the role of Head Life & Health Products Asia from April 2022, responsible for the conduct of Swiss Re's L&H reinsurance business and the delivery of the APAC L&H Plan. Karen also advocates and advances the sustainability agenda in Asia and leads various sustainability initiatives in Swiss Re.

Karen joined Swiss Re as its Asia Chief Risk Officer in May 2014 and assumed the additional role as the global Head of Risk Management for the Life and Health Reinsurance business since 2018. Karen was previously Chief Actuary of Zurich Life Insurance Company in Switzerland.

Karen is a Fellow of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and holds a Master of Business from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. She completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2018. Karen also sits on the Nanyang Business School's Alumni Advisory Board, and the Ecole Hôtelière Lausanne's Singapore Advisory Board.