Karen Senior Director

I'm the Senior Director for People Services here at Asda, and I lead an amazing team of around 250 people. We’re here to support our managers through basically everything, from hiring colleagues into the business and supporting the candidate experience, right through to when colleagues retire or leave the business. The highlight of working here is very much the support I've received. More than half of my life has been spent working at Asda, but it's always felt very different, very new, and with continuous learning across the various jobs that I've been in. You're encouraged to think differently, and your ideas and suggestions really matter. We're really listened to, and we're supported to try new things. No two days are the same at Asda. When I was working alongside the Commercial team, we were about to launch Gino D'Acampo's ranges and I came into work that day expecting a typical day, but ended up on a Zoom call with Gino D'Acampo himself, while he was on holiday!

"More than half of my life has been spent working at Asda, but it's always felt very different, very new, and with continuous learning."