Karina is currently Non-Executive Director at Terna S.p.A, having previously been a Director at Eni since May 2014. She is currently Chairman of the Governing Board of the Climate Governance Initiative, a member of the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute and a member of the Senior Advisory Panel of Critical Resource. From 1986 to 1988 she was a member of the Corporate Finance team of Paine Webber Incorporated. From 1991 to 1993 she was a Project Manager of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In 1998 she joined F&C Asset Management plc where she held the position of Analyst Ethical Research, Director Ethical Research and Director Head of Governance and Sustainable Investments (2001-2012). She was also a member of the Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (2003-2009) and of the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange Primary Markets Group (2006-2012).From 2003 to 2014 she was a member of the CEO Sustainability Advisory Panel of Lafarge SA; from January 2008 to December 2010 she was a member of the CEO Sustainability Advisory Panel of Veolia SA; from January to December 2010 she was a member of the CEO Sustainability Advisory Panel of ExxonMobil and Ipieca; from January 2010 to November 2017 she was a member of the CEO Sustainability Advisory Panel in SAP AG. From January 2015 to May 2019 she was a member of the Board of Yachad and from November 2014 to June 2021 she was a member of the Board of Business for Social Responsibility. From June 2019 to May 2021 she was executive member of the Board of Chapter Zero Limited, from June 2011 to December 2021 she was a member of the Advisory Council for Transparency International UK and, from July 2020 to January 2022 she was non-Executive Chairman of the Board Sustainability Committee of Viridor Waste Management Ltd. She graduated in Political Economy at the University of Toronto and in Finance and International Business from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.