Product Description
Karen Kosiba Edwards
Boyden
Karen Edwards has 25 years’ experience consulting with boards, CEOs and government on a range of strategic matters.
Also, Karen Kosiba Edwards draws on her own experience serving as a public company director, and as a C-level executive, to help clients build diverse, high-performing leadership teams and boards of directors. Her deep expertise in all areas of finance and banking is also a major asset to our clients.
Professional Focus
- Experience as a C-level executive, corporate consultant and investment banker
- 20 years’ experience serving on the boards of public and private companies; strong command of corporate governance leadership and best practices; special interest in sourcing diversity & inclusion; expertise in assembling boards and structuring executive compensation
- Background in investment banking and capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, regulatory compliance, business valuation, financial institutions, fintech, venture capital, wealth management, cross-border investment, retail brokerage, insurance and real estate
- Expert advisor on growth, turnaround and risk management strategies
- Federal government regulator and consultant to domestic and foreign governments
- Industry thought leader with speaking engagements at Deloitte, CFA Society, Institutional Investor, and UPWARD
- Proficient in English, French and German
Business Expertise
- Public company board member; advisory board member and investor in early-stage tech companies
- Financial and strategic consulting; business brokerage
- Senior Vice President of business development for ultra-high net worth multi-family office
- COO of firm managing early-stage funds for angel investors; helped create successful VC fund WomenAngels.net
- Managing Director of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.: co-founded and built investment banking group; became partner prior to firm’s own IPO
- Director of Resolutions – Oversight Board for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), a temporary federal agency tasked with overseeing disposal of assets from failed savings and loans (S&Ls)
- Consultant to financial institutions globally on capital markets; advised the Chinese government on failed bank resolution strategies; trained investment bankers at China’s largest commercial bank; introduced US wealth management concepts to Chinese investors
- Prior experience in B2B sales, alternative energy, retail investing, underwriting commercial insurance risks
Practice Memberships
Industry Practices
- Financial Services
- Technology
Cross-Sector Practices
- CEO & Board Services
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Professional Services
Additional Sector Expertise
- Banking & Capital Markets
- Institutional Asset Management & Alternatives
- Insurance
- Public Sector
- Real Estate
- Wealth Management & Private Banking
Education & Certifications
- MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business
- BA from Carleton College, Minnesota
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Series 7, 63, 24
Affiliations & Awards
- Member, Board of Trustees, Darden School of Business; former Alumni Board Chairman
- Member of:
- Women Corporate Directors, and Chairman, DC Chapter Program Committee,
- Women in Technology Leadership Foundry Steering Committee
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- Former President, CFA Society of Washington
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