The Kemnal Academies Trust is one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the South and East of England with 45 Special, Primary, Secondary and All Through Academies in the TKAT Family.

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Karen Poulton

Trustee

Karen Poulton

Karen has spent the past 20 years working in Human Resources and has broad expertise in this sector. 

Starting her career in Learning & Development, she discovered a passion for Early Careers running and evolving campus, school leaver and Apprenticeship programmes within the Professional Services sector, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cushman & Wakefield and Aviva. In 2019 Karen moved into generalist HR, working within senior HR Business Partnering roles at C Hoare & Co and most recently BlackRock.  

Karen has a passion for Diversity, Inclusion and Equality and is a volunteer advisor for the charity “Pregnant.Then.Screwed”, has held Mentor roles for the 30% Club and ran the London Marathon in 2021 to raise money for the charity “ThinkForward” which provides long-term coaching in schools to get young people the support they need to get ready for the world of work.

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