Karen, 32, is a financial reporter for Mergermarket, a Pearson company. She has wide Asia experience: after doing a Masters in Journalism at the Ateneo De Manila University in the Philippines, she worked at the Asia News Network in Thailand, the Hindustan Times in India, and Malaysian news media. Her coverage of the plight of Burmese refugees in Thailand earned her a SEAMEO-Australia Press Award in 2007. She wants to study organ trading in Singapore.
