Karen Scott

Founder

Lighthouse People and Culture Consulting

Toronto

Bio

Karen Scott partners with CEOs, executive teams, and Boards to translate strategy into disciplined execution. With more than 25 years of experience leading organizational transformation across global businesses, she brings the rare combination of strategic clarity and operator credibility. Karen most recently served as Senior Vice President, People & Culture at Softchoice and Chief Human Resources Officer at SGS&CO, where she helped leadership teams align business strategy, culture, and leadership capability to drive measurable performance.

Karen works at the intersection of business performance and people strategy — strengthening leadership accountability, aligning incentives, and ensuring governance structures support growth. Diplomatic yet direct, she moves seamlessly between Executive Leadership teams and Boards to create alignment, transparency, and forward momentum.

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