Karena Duane is the founder of Money, Just For Her, providing independent financial coaching and education for women in Ireland and financial wellbeing programmes for workplaces. Her work centres on the financial decisions that come with career breaks, caring, redundancy, returning to work and retirement.

A Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA) and MBA graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Karena brings more than 25 years of experience in Irish financial services. She is a QFA pensions educator at IOB and a member of the Pensions Authority Technical Expert Panel.

Karena has contributed to the Irish Independent’s Money Talks and Newstalk, spoken at IOB’s Wealth Management Conference, and is listed on the Women in Finance Awards 2027 judging panel. She translates technical subjects into practical conversations about working lives, pensions, workplace benefits and financial behaviour.

Money, Just For Her provides education and coaching. It sells no financial products, earns no commission or referral fees and does not provide regulated investment advice or product recommendations.