Katharine has spent 20 year career has focused on fintech across retail financial services, crowd-funding/lending, hedge funds, asset management, multi-national banks, insurtech, crypto/web3, cyber for financial services. She has worked with start ups up to tier one banks, and is considered a subject matter expert in bleeding edge technology within financial services businesses, with a particular interest in blockchain, AI, and cyber. She has a decade of experience as a non-executive director and board advisor for numerous tech businesses, has co-authored a number of books on the subject of cutting edge technology in banking, and leadership, won multiple industry awards. She regularly appears on TV and in the mainstream media, and gives keynote speeches at industry events and podcast interviews. Currently she is Chief Strategist (Banking & FS) at Softcat PLC a FTSE listed IT services and infrastructure provider