Karen is the Regional Administration Manager of Vriens & Partners. Beyond office administration in the Singapore headquarters office, Karen provides IT Systems administration, HR administration support, events organization, and finance support across the nine offices in the region and Washington D.C.
Before joining the firm, she was the Office Manager of CSR Asia Singapore for nearly five years; she handled finance and supported the organization of various CSR/Sustainability events and training across Southeast Asia. Prior to CSR Asia, Karen was connected to Robinsons Land Corporation – Commercial Centers Division, a major real estate player and operating one of the most successful mall chains in the Philippines. She has worked as a Marketing Communications and Events Officer for six years at Robinsons Place Cebu and Property Operations Officer for a year at Robinsons Cybergate Cebu.
Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Cebu Institute of Technology University in the Philippines. She also completed a Level 1 Bookkeeping Course at the London Chamber of Commerce Industry – Uptrend College Singapore and attended a course module on Asia Pacific Marketing through the National University Singapore (NUS) Extension Programme at the Marketing Institute of Singapore. Karen has recently obtained a Fundamentals in Cybersecurity certificate from the Institute of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore.