Kate brings extensive strategic and operational management experience to the role of Director, IMAGINE

She builds businesses at the intersection of the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and has held executive and non-executive roles within corporations, start-ups and higher education institutions. She was Director of Operations at Freeserve UK (latterly Wanadoo/Orange UK) and Chief Operating Officer, University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations. Most recently, Kate was CEO of RegGenome, a public and private impact research spin-out of the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Kate excels at empowering teams and is passionate about fostering affinity and engagement around purpose and impact.

Kate is Canadian and has lived in the UK since 1996. She is a Fellow and trustee of St. Edmund’s College at the University of Cambridge and a trustee of Wedu, an international charity which invests in next generation women leaders.

She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.