Senior Partner and founding member of NEXYAN, Karen has more than 20 years experience working as an employee benefit consultant for international consulting firms such as Sedwick/Mercer (where she headed the Antwerp office) and KPMG. She has a large experience in designing and setting up company sponsored employee benefit plans, focusing on group insurance. She assists employers in choosing the right financial vehicle for their pension plans. Furthermore, Karen has also a large experience in designing and preparing benefit statements and in all kinds of verbal and written communication of employee benefits to all parties, board of directors, unions and members of the plan. As Anne Thiry Gollier, she is a specialist in all technical aspects of the Belgian legal and fiscal legislation concerning pensions and employee benefits. She is a regular speaker to various seminars in the employee benefits area.