Karen is a Deputy Regional Director at Community World Service (CWSA), a national NGO based in Pakistan, with projects in Afghanistan and parts of Asia. She has worked extensively with civil society organizations, bi- and multi-lateral agencies and governments across the globe on post-crisis recovery, post-conflict reconstruction; development of institutional governance, human rights, and, democratization, for nearly 30 years.

Since 2017, she has focused on civil society sustainability; particularly, engagement with government ministries, administrative departments, elected authorities and NGOs in Pakistan to build awareness around the unintended consequences of CFT/AML regulations. She is an ACT Alliance Governing Board member, an active member of the Global NPO Coalition on FATF, the Charity and Security Network and participates yearly in the Global NGO Expert Review Group, which meets at the invitation of the FATF Secretariat on the sidelines of the FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum (PSCF).