
	Karen McLoughlin is Chief Financial Officer overseeing the company&rsquo;s worldwide Financial Planning &amp; Analysis, Accounting &amp; Controllership, Tax, Investor Relations, Treasury, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management functions.

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	Prior to her current position, Karen was Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Transformation and Financial Planning &amp; Analysis &ndash; leading teams that she architected and built during her time at Cognizant. During her tenure, Karen has spearheaded several critical transformational initiatives that made significant contributions to the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations. Through this work, Karen developed a deep understanding of Cognizant from both financial and business operations perspectives.

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	Prior to joining Cognizant in 2003, Karen spent six years at Spherion Corporation (acquired by Randstad in 2011) and three years at Ryder System Inc. where she held key financial management positions. Prior to joining Ryder, she spent six years in the South Florida Practice of Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

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	Karen obtained her Bachelor&#39;s degree in Economics from Wellesley College and her MBA from Columbia University.
