Catherine is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience in the finance corporate world.

After graduating in Mathematics, she spent 10 years in the audit and corporate finance departments of large accountancy practices, working with a wide range of companies including advising them on raising finance, management buy outs and advising management on company disposals.

She left public practice in 1996 and has since worked in industry as Finance Director at a number of small to medium sized companies ranging across business sectors including market research, self-storage, haulage and distribution and construction, design and fit out.  This variety provides invaluable experience and insight into corporate life, operational systems and corporate and managment reporting, in addition to developing and working with, different management teams.

Catherine is married with two grown up daughters and two rescue dogs and loves live music, theatre and sport in her spare time.