Karen Arnold

Background

Arnold grew up in Portuguese Isaac, Cornwall, and studied economics and accountancy.

Career

Since 2006 she has been the chief executive of The Enterprise and Skills Company Limited, based in Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Her Enterprise and Skills Company, founded together with Doctor John Knowles, is devoted to promoting entrepreneurship among teenagers. This includes organising competitions in which teenagers briefly set up and run their own businesses.

Arnold has been a director of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a governor of Weymouth College and of The Bishop of Winchester Academy.

Achievements

In 2009 she received the Queen"s Award for Enterprise Promotion, and in 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bournemouth University for services to education and the charitable sector.

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Born

1964
Nationality
United Kingdom

Awards

In 2009 she received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, and in 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bournemouth University for services to education and the charitable sector.

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In 2009 she received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, and in 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bournemouth University for services to education and the charitable sector.