Karen M. Totland
Vice President
Business & Management
FMC Corporation
Ireland
Biography
Karen M. Totland, Ph.D. serves as Vice President, Global Procurement, Global Procurement and Corp Sustainability for FMC Corporation Karen joined FMC in November of 2010, from Firmenich, a leading Fragrance and Flavor company based in Switzerland where she spent 14 years, most recently as Vice President, Global Purchasing. Here she obtained experience leading purchasing and strategic sourcing at a global level. Karen has a proven track record building new organizations, achieving bottom-line results and developing talent. A trained chemist, Karen has a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa and has conducted post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the course of her career Karen has lived in Europe, the Middle East and North America. She grew up in Canada and has Canadian and French citizenship. Karen currently resides in Philadelphia PA.
Research Interest
Business & Management