Expertise

• Regulatory compliance
• Information handling, data protection and privacy
• Risk and reputation management
• Commercial contracts and disputes

Experience

Before joining Stewarts, Kate held various senior leadership and legal and data compliance roles, in-house, at a tech company, class-action law firm and professional regulator.  She started out her career in private practice as a commercial disputes lawyer specialising in the regulatory, insurance recovery and professional negligence sectors.

Career

• Head of Regulatory Compliance and Data Protection Officer, Stewarts Law LLP
• Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Fable Data Limited
• Partner & General Counsel, PGMBM Ltd
• Director of Legal Services & Data Protection Officer, Financial Reporting Council Limited
• Senior Associate, Reed Smith LLP
• Senior Solicitor, Wragge & Co. LLP

Accreditations and Memberships

Kate graduated from Cardiff University with an LLB in Law & French and took the Legal Practice Course at Cardiff Law School.  She was admitted to the roll of Solicitors in 2004 and obtained her Higher Rights of Audience in 2010.