A veteran advisor to global banks providing transformational responses to regulation, Kara is a leader in the EY EMEIA Capital Markets services focused on helping large, complex financial institutions understand, respond to and manage their risks and regulatory obligations.

She is a thought leader in the market, building on 25 years as an advisor to financial services institutions, to convene industry and regulatory stakeholders in order to shape effective and efficient approaches to regulation, risk management and control.

Kara is at the forefront of efforts to educate the market about the impact of emerging technologies on the financial sector and the opportunity for these same technologies to transform how financial firms understand and manage their risks to provide better outcomes for all stakeholders.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Los Angeles.