Acision Hires Karen Griffiths as Chief Financial Officer

New Chief Financial Officer (CFO) brings strengths in corporate finance expertise and leadership

Acision, the world leader in mobile data, today announced the appointment of Karen Garcia as CFO. With extensive experience and proven as CFO, Karen joined the management team to take responsibility for Acision corporate finance, services and administrative functions.

With over 30 years’ experience in finance, including 18 years at The Coca-Cola Company, Karen has held a number of senior management positions and will be instrumental in helping Acision drive results and capitalise on the opportunities in mobile data. Karen’s most recent role at Coca-Cola was as Finance Director, Europe/Africa Concentrate Operations, where her responsibilities included financial management for manufacturing and logistics of concentrate supply, as well as financial shared services for The Coca-Cola Company revenue stream in Europe.

After Coca-Cola, Karen was SVP & CFO Europe, at technology distribution company, Ingram Micro, responsible for financial leadership across 15 countries and centres of excellence in treasury, M&A, tax, credit and reporting. Karen also worked as an independent consultant developing and delivering leadership, finance and change management programmes for executives across Europe and the Middle East.

“It is great for Acision to have someone of Karen’s calibre join the company to drive forward our financial development and assist in establishing Acision as the world leader in mobile data,” said Rory Buckley, Chief Executive at Acision. “Karen’s broad experience in both finance and business leadership means she will have the ability to contribute significantly to our finance operations and business strategy.”

“Energy in Acision has been an important factor for me to seize this new opportunity to help your company excel in the mobile data ecosystem,” said Griffiths. “Background Acision Innovation, desire to be leaders in mobile data and a proven ability to create value for its customers, clearly demonstrates to me that this is a very exciting time.”