After qualifying as a solicitor and a Chartered Tax Adviser, Karen Speight LLB, MSc has worked for more than 25 years in professional services, including 11 years as a tax partner with Ernst & Young. Her area of expertise is employer services and over the course of her career, she has collaborated with a large number of different organisations to address the challenges that stem from motivating, rewarding and dealing with diverse employee populations.

Karen currently has her own business providing education services for tax professionals. This includes lecturing on CTA and ATT exam training courses as well as creating and delivering post-qualification CPD courses. She is also responsible for preparing study manuals and support material for one of the UK's main providers of CTA Human Capital exam training.