Karen Witts

Director of Finance/CFO at DUNELM GROUP PLC

Net worth: 1 M $ as of 30/05/2026

63 year

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Presently, Karen Witts is Chief Financial Officer & Director at Compass Group Plc. Ms. Witts is also on the board of Compass Group Holdings Plc and Compass Group North America Investments No.2. In the past she was 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. Ms. Witts received a graduate degree from The University of Edinburgh.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
DUNELM GROUP PLC 0.05%	22/02/2026	92,036 ( 0.05% )	968 288 $	30/05/2026
IPSEN SA 0%	30/12/2025	500 ( 0% )	91 372 $	30/05/2026

Latest news about Karen Witts

01/04/22

FTSE 100 Seen Opening Lower Ahead of Key US Jobs Data

Karen Witts active positions

Companies	Position	Start
IPSEN	Director/Board Member	20/01/2022
DUNELM GROUP PLC	Director of Finance/CFO	08/06/2022
Compass Group North America Investments No.2 Compass Group North America Investments No.2 Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Provides financing services	Director/Board Member	24/04/2019
Compass Group Holdings Plc Compass Group Holdings Plc RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries provides catering services	Director/Board Member	24/04/2019
Ipsen Pharma SA Ipsen Pharma SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Karen Witts

Companies	Position	End
COMPASS GROUP PLC	Director of Finance/CFO	30/10/2021
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC	Director/Board Member	14/06/2020
KINGFISHER PLC	Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2018
SAFARICOM PLC	Director/Board Member	11/09/2012
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Private companies	17
Vodafone Group Plc Vodafone Group Plc Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides mobile and fixed telecommunications services	Communications
Imperial Brands Plc Imperial Brands Plc TobaccoConsumer Non-Durables Manufactures and markets cigarettes, tobaccos, cigars, rolling papers and tubes	Consumer Non-Durables
Ipsen SA Ipsen SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures pharmaceutical products	Health Technology
Dunelm Group Plc Dunelm Group Plc Specialty StoresRetail Trade Retails home wares products	Retail Trade
Compass Group Plc Compass Group Plc RestaurantsConsumer Services Provides food and support services	Consumer Services
Kingfisher plc Kingfisher plc Home Improvement ChainsRetail Trade Operates and manages retail chains	Retail Trade
BT Retail BT Retail Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops and delivers innovative telecommunications solutions, such as BT Fusion, BT Talk Together, Entertainment, BT Answer and BT Broadband.	Communications
Grand Metropolitan Plc Grand Metropolitan Plc Beverages: AlcoholicConsumer Non-Durables Consumer goods manufacturer	Consumer Non-Durables
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
BT Wholesale BT Wholesale Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides network services	Communications
Ipsen Pharma SA Ipsen Pharma SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products	Health Technology
Openreach Ltd. Openreach Ltd. Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides broadband services	Communications
Safaricom Plc Safaricom Plc Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides mobile phone services, fixed line wireless telecommunication, internet and data services	Communications
Compass Group Holdings Plc Compass Group Holdings Plc RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries provides catering services	Consumer Services
Vodacom Group Ltd. Vodacom Group Ltd. Wireless TelecommunicationsCommunications Provides voice, messaging, data and converged communication services	Communications
Ferguson Holdings Ltd. Ferguson Holdings Ltd. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Distributes plumbing, construction and maintenance materials	Distribution Services
Compass Group North America Investments No.2 Compass Group North America Investments No.2 Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Provides financing services	Finance