30 years of experience leading change through people and technology
Passionate about Building Generation Zero
Combining Experience with Innovation
- Karen Wint, an experienced senior leader and Director, is helping other business leaders achieve their goals through her portfolio career.
- As a former COO in a £20bn asset lender she understands the difficult choices that leaders face in delivering change whilst growing their business.
- Her ‘building generation zero’ portfolio is focused on supporting innovative people who are doing practical things to create sustainable, affordable choices for homes, clean energy generation, e-mobility, or smart technology solutions.
- She is available for a range of roles including NED appointments, short-term advisory assignments and leadership mentoring.
Board and Corporate Governance Experience
Regulator approved Director
Experienced Director of Leeds Building Society (£20bn assets).
Chair of 3 Risk Governance Committees (Credit, Operational & Regulatory Risk & Operational Resilience).
Attendee at Board Risk, Remuneration & Board Transformation Oversight Committees.
Chair of multiple IT transformation project Steering Committees.
Accountable Director for gender diversity targets. Introduced cognitive diversity assessment for Board effectiveness review.
Regulator approved Senior Manager (SMF3 & SMF24).
Leadership and Strategy
Technology, People, Change, Operational Resilience.
COO responsible for shared-service provision supporting a customer-base of 800,000.
Creation & implementation of people strategies (including diversity & inclusion & executive remuneration schemes).
Development of technology & operational resilience strategies (including IT Supplier partnerships, legacy systems re-platforming to cloud, cyber & the architecture to enable digital).
Carbon Trust accreditation for property estate (4 administrative centres, on premise data centre & 50+ branch locations).
Freehold acquisition & redesign of 80,000 sq.ft Head Office to deliver financial, cultural & environmental benefits.
Advisor and Mentor
For CEOs, senior leaders and community benefit
Delivered various advisory assignments including to the CEO of Holbeck Together, a charity in Leeds. Mentoring a senior female executive responsible for strengthening environmental & social performance in another sector. A mentor in both the Women Ahead 30% Club Cross-Company Scheme and the Prince’s Trust Mosaic Scheme for schools.
Karen’s Philosophy
“I believe everyone from ‘boomers’ to Gen Z has a stake in the benefits of a low carbon future. I’m interested in the role that affordable housing, clean energy and transport will play.”
“I’ve worked in the mutual sector for all of my career. Building Societies were the first ‘crowd-funders’, which taught me there is nothing more powerful than people helping people.
I believe we can build a new mutually supportive ‘Generation Zero’ by combining new thinking with business experience.”
Smart technology, smart people & engaging leadership are key.
I’m optimistic that innovation in smart technology, clean energy & modular home construction will make a difference quickly. I drive an electric car & am passionately trying to persuade others of the benefits the change can make.
I’m impressed with the entrepreneurship of young companies in all these areas & would love the opportunity to help as they scale up & need to resolve operational & people challenges.
