CFA (2002); BComm (Hons, 1999), BA (Hons, 1999), Saint Mary's University, Canada.
Karen is a managing director and an institutional portfolio manager at RBC GAM Inc., where she is responsible for specialty portfolios including universe, long bond, corporate credit, and liability-driven investment mandates. Karen is also a member of the Canadian Institutional Management Committee. She joined the firm in 2005 as a Canadian equities associate analyst, and began working with institutional clients in 2007. Previously, Karen was a research analyst of Canadian, U.S., and international equities at an asset management firm. She started her career in the investment industry in 2002.