Kate was thrilled to join the Heli Appeal Board in July 2019, and is excited to continue to support this wonderful charity as a member of the new Philanthropy Forum, working alongside the wonderful team at CAAT.
A Social Policy Graduate, Kate spent twenty years working in Critical Care in the NHS, initially, on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, at St George’s Hospital, then located at Hyde Park Corner, London.
She went on to be a Sister, Senior Nurse and Nurse Educator specialising in Intensive Care and Cardiac Nursing, mostly in London. St George’s was a supra regional centre receiving very sick patients from Cornwall, and she has always had enormous admiration for first responders, and those who transport critically ill patients with enormous skill in challenging conditions – it is much easier in a hospital!
Kate then enjoyed a successful career in the Higher Education sector, as a Head of Department and Associate Dean, coordinating complex projects at local, regional and national level, often involving the setting up of extensive partnership arrangements. She was a founder member of the University Vocational Awards Council, championing the importance of graduate and postgraduate apprenticeships, including advising the Department of Lifelong Learning and Higher Education.
Her interests include singing in a local choir, racing her traditional dinghy, and walking the Coast Path. She is a JP and (the first female) Flag Officer at her local Yacht Club. She has recently been a School Governor and Trustee of an Arts Festival.