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Karen A. Morris MA (Hons), Dip. Laws, LLM
616 2nd Street, Brooklyn NY 11215
30 Montague Square, London W1H 2LQ
Karen.morris2@yahoo.com
kmorris@theinsuranceinnovationinstitute.com
aren
is
a
strategic
advisor
specializing
in
all
aspects
of
innovation
strategy
and
execution.
She
has
developed
unique,
pragmatic
and
proven
methodologies
for
growth
strategies,
innovation
and
product/platform
development
often
in
challenging
market
conditions.
Currently,
Karen
is
on
an
intensive
advisory
assignment
to
the
CEO
and
leadership
team
of
the
world’s
largest
international
underwriting
agency,
focusing
on
expansion,
strategic
alliances,
product
innovation,
distribution
and
team
transformation
and
engagement.
For
the
previous
three
years,
Karen
was
a
consultant
to
the
W.R.
Berkley
leadership
team
designing
and
executing
strategic
projects
including:
product
innovation
and
service
proposition
development;
brand
positioning;
organizational
redesign;
customer-­‐centricity
and
distribution
management.
She
focused
particularly
on
CEO/President
leadership
skills.
Formerly
Chief
Innovation
Officer
at
AIG,
Karen
has
also
held
the
roles
of
International
Underwriting
Counsel
and
Head
of
Product
and
Service
Development
and
SVP
for
Southern
Europe
for
Chubb.
She
was
appointed
European
General
Counsel
for
Kimberly
Clark,
a
Fortune
500
company
following
a
period
of
private
practice
as
an
M&A/tax
lawyer.
Karen
has
over
25
years’
experience
in
law,
management,
underwriting
and
multinational
business.
She
is
a
frequent
speaker
and
writer
on
innovation
and
leadership
at
global
forums.
Karen
is
a
Senior
Fellow
of
The
Institute
for
Innovation
in
Large
Organizations.
Karen
has
served
as
adjunct
professor
at
Fordham
University
in
New
York
teaching
innovation
and
customer-­‐centricity
as
part
of
the
MBA
program.
She
has
been
a
visiting
lecturer
at
universities
in
France
and
Spain
including
IESE,
voted
the
world’s
foremost
executive
MBA
program.
She
served
on
the
Advisory
Board
of
The
Howe
School
of
Business
at
The
Stevens
Institute
of
Technology.
She
currently
sits
on
the
Advisory
Board
of
The
University
of
Colorado,
The
World
BPO/ITO
Forum
and
Insurance
Times
Innovation
2016.
She
is
a
frequent
public
speaker
(FT
View
from
the
Top,
“Meet
the
Boss”,
PLUS,
IADC,
Frost
&
Sullivan,
Bedlam
Entertainment,
The
World
BPO
Forum,
The
International
ICT-­‐BPO
Investment
Forum
and
StrategicRisk)
and
writer
(Carrier
Management;
Insurance
Times;
GR
Magazine;
Intelligent
Insurer
etc.)
on
innovation
and
leadership.
In
2005,
Karen
co-­‐founded
and
remains
a
board
director
of
The
Global
Sourcing
Council,
a
not-­‐for-­‐profit
(U.N.
NGO
status
pending)
committed
to
economic
and
sustainable
best
practice
in
global
sourcing.
In
this
connection,
she
has
given
pro
bono
advisory
support
to
the
governments
of
the
Philippines,
Bangladesh
and
Mauritius.
Karen’s
other
not-­‐for-­‐profit
commitments
include:
New
York’s
Special
Needs
Activity
Center
for
Kids
and
GallopNYC.
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Background:
An
English
barrister,
Karen
began
her
career
in
1983
as
a
multi-­‐lingual,
multi-­‐jurisdictional
tax
and
M&A
lawyer
with
the
international
law
firm,
Morgan
Lewis
&
Bockius.
In
1988,
Karen
became
General
Counsel
for
Europe
with
the
global
consumer
goods
business
Kimberly
Clark.
In
this
role,
Karen
was
also
drawn
into
the
fields
of
environmental
stewardship
and
diversity
leadership,
joining
the
European
Corporate
Governance
Institute
at
its
inception
and
spearheading
Kimberly
Clark’s
compliance
programs.
She
joined
Chubb
Europe
in
London
as
Deputy
General
Counsel
in
1991.
Over
the
next
decade,
based
in
Paris,
she
established
and
led
a
global
legal
and
underwriting
team
of
product
development
specialists
for
Chubb
Financial
Lines
worldwide
ex-­‐USA.
In
addition,
Karen
ran
a
P&L
as
European
SVP
of
Chubb
Specialty.
In
2004,
Karen
joined
AIG
in
New
York,
initially
to
manage
international
product
development
for
Financial
Lines
later
encompassing
all
Commercial
Lines.
She
was
appointed
SVP
and
Chief
Innovation
Officer
for
AIG
with
responsibility
for
strategic
and
tactical
innovation
across
the
business.
Karen
has
created
over
50
insurance
products,
including
niche
new-­‐to-­‐market
offerings
generating
today
multiple
billion
dollars
in
GWP.
She
was
also
architect
of
numerous
product
differentiators,
now
standard
worldwide,
in
D&O
such
as:
reputational
recovery
expenses;
extradition
protection;
life-­‐long
run-­‐off
for
retired
directors;
corporate
manslaughter;
data
privacy
and
EU
Dawn
Raid
exposures
to
name
but
a
few.
Karen
has
also
designed
unique
products
for
areas
as
diverse
as:
supply-­‐chain
risks;
trade
embargo
issues;
FCPA
risks
and
brand
value.
She
designed
and
launched
products
in
over
20
jurisdictions
including
many
first-­‐to-­‐market
locally
customized
offerings
not
simply
translations.
Karen
expanded
AIG’s
product
portfolio,
designed
the
blueprint
for:
AIG’s
Renewable
Energy
Practice;
micro-­‐insurance
programs;
Takaful
insurance
and
complex
trusts.
Education:
MA
with
Honours
(Edinburgh
University);
L.L.M.
(University
of
London);
Dip.
Laws
(City
University
London);
Inns
of
Court
School
of
Law,
Barrister,
Gray’s
Inn;
Visiting
Scholar
L’
Université
de
Lyon
II
and
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Languages:
French
(fluent),
Spanish
(technical
reading
proficiency),
conversational
Italian
and
German.
Links:
LinkedIn
–
Karen
Morris
www.iloinstitute.org
www.worldbpoforum.com
gallopnyc.org
hawthornecountryday.org
events.insurancetimes.co.uk/id-­‐2016/speakers