Speaker profile

Kate is a Enterprise Data Transformation Leader, Visiting Professor in Systems @ Loughborough University. Board/Trustee/NED, Women in Defence Award winner. Digital Data & Technology, Innovation and Change Evangelist.

At BAES Systems, she led and delivered cultural digital transformation. With over 20 years of experience in software and engineering leadership, she has the credentials, proven competencies and experience to deliver innovative and impactful solutions for complex digital challenges.

Her personal mission is to create a sustainable funding structure, data network, and policy to ensure the long-term utility and accessibility data sets, while also exploring new ways to analyse and combine diverse data forms to support emerging research trends.

Kate is a Fellow of the IET and Royal Aeronautical Society, and has been recognized with awards from Women in Defence UK (2020 and 2022), Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal (2021) and is the recipient of two personal US Department of Defence medals for contributions to the defence and aerospace sectors.