Who We Are

Kate is the Chief of Strategy for the TISFD and brings more than 20 years of experience in sustainability strategy and facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboratives.  

Alongside her work at TISFD, Kate is a Partner at SocialSide, a consultancy focused on the social side of sustainability, where she works with business leaders to create positive outcomes for people—in the workplace, in the value chain, and in wider society. She previously worked for Save the Children, where she built the organisation’s Global Business & Innovation Hub. Prior to Save the Children, Kate spent a decade at FSG, a strategy consultancy founded by Harvard Professors Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, where she co-led the firm’s corporate practice and worked with dozens of companies and their partners to develop strategies to address social issues material to business performance, including gender equity, workforce development, and economic inclusion. Kate began her career as a teacher.

She writes frequently on the relationship between business and society, including collaborating with the WBCSD on  “Tackling Inequality: An Agenda for Business Action” and “Empowering People, Driving Change: The Role of the Chief People Officer”; with Unilever on “Equity for Impact”; and with FSG on “Centering Equity in Corporate Purpose”, "What Does It Really Take for Companies to Advance Gender Equity?" and "The Role of Business in Global Education". She holds an MBA in International Business from Georgetown University.