Karen Richardson

Karen joined the BT Board as a non-executive director on 1 November 2011. She is a member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Technology Committees. During her 30-year career in the technology and software industry, Karen has held senior operating roles in the public and private technology sector. Karen is a former adviser to Silver Lake Partners and from 1998 to 2005 Karen worked for the NASDAQ-listed software company Epiphany Inc, latterly as chief executive officer. In her early career Karen held a series of roles in technology companies such as Netscape Communications Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation and 3Com Corporation.Karen has also served on a number of corporate boards including, VirtuO2, Proofpoint and Hi5 Networks. Karen is an advisory board member of Stanford University Technology Venture Program and Khosla Ventures and a director of Exponent Inc, AYASDI and the San Francisco Opera. Karen is a US citizen, based in San Francisco.