Karen Dolan

Inspirer
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Group Financial Controller at Malaberg

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Karen is a finance leader with over 15 years of experience building and leading global teams in the SaaS and luxury retail industries. She specializes in financial stewardship, system transformation, and process improvement across multi-site, multi-currency environments. Karen studied Information Technology at the Technological University of the Shannon.

She is passionate about mentoring and coaching talent, both within and outside her department. Colleagues describe her as a diligent and proactive team member with an extremely astute business sense, capable of providing sensible analysis on complex data.

Karen has a unique career background that combines financial control for modern SaaS companies with experience at heritage luxury brands like Turnbull and Asser.

Personality Overview

Achievment Oriented

Fast Adopter

Charming & Persuasive

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Talent Mentorship
Expresses a strong passion for mentoring and coaching talent, highlighting a focus on developing people within and outside of her department.
Financial Transformation
Focuses on system transformation and process improvement, having led these initiatives in both SaaS and luxury retail industries.
Building Finance Teams
Actively involved in hiring for her teams, with recent activity focused on recruiting specialists for accounts payable and procurement in the EMEA region.

Media Appearances

Karen has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Group Financial Controller at Malaberg
1-2021 - 11-2024
Group Financial Controller at DTN
11-2018 - 10-2020
Senior Finance Manager at Tapestry
3-2018 - 9-2018
Financial Controller/Manager at Turnbull and Asser
1-2018 - 2-2018
Finance Manager at Peter Pilotto

Education

Education details unavailable from Lough Allen College
Information Technology from Technological University of the Shannon

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Insights For Selling To Karen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but insert some anecdotes into it
  • Clearly address the competitive aspects

DONT's

  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Karen is

  • Belief in the value of the product, relationship and a sense of accomplishment matter the most.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Karen

  • They are not shy of saying no if they do not develop trust in your product.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Karen move?

  • They can take fast decisions if they develop conviction in the product and find you trustworthy.
  • Can Karen take some risk or not?

  • They have the capability of taking risky decisions if necessary.

You And Karen

Personality Compatibility


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