Karen Bell

Karen Bell has worked in the financial markets for over 30 years.

She has been the executive chair of Bell Partners since May 2017 and chief operating officer of Privatus Capital Partners since January 2021.

Prior to those roles, Ms Bell spent 20 years at Deutsche Bank in Sydney, Singapore and London across a number of areas including the business, technology, operations, real estate, physical security and procurement where her primary focus was driving technology-led transformation. She was also at KPMG for 5 years in their banking and finance division, and at Security Pacific Investment Bank for 2 years in their financial markets group.

Ms Bell is a member of the Young Global Leaders Forum established by the World Economic Forum.