Karen Hanton

Karen Hanton MBE is a Scottish entrepreneur, known for founding JustAddRed, Toptable and Mortimer & Spinks.

Hanton founded Mortimer & Spinks, an IT recruitment consulting firm sold in 1996 to Harvey Nash, listed on the FTSE 250.

[citation needed] Hanton then worked at The Allders Group, a large, privately owned group (the Lyons family) including 12 department stores and duty-free shops at airports.

She was recruited as a trainee in the HR department at William Whiteley's of Bayswater and subsequently joined and completed a general management training course whilst continuing to focus on HR.

Hanton has received significant public recognition, including:[2][3] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.