Catherine Howarth – Keynote Speaker

Chief Executive of ShareAction

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Specialist Subjects

  • Responsible Investment
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Related Financial Risk
  • Inequality
  • Environment

Language

  • English

Biography

Catherine Howarth has been Chief Executive of ShareAction since July 2008.

ShareAction is the leading civil society organisation in Europe promoting responsible investment, transparency and good governance by institutional investors. Catherine is a board member of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian Media Group, and a member of HM Treasury’s task force on asset management.

She was a Member Nominated Trustee of The Pensions Trust (the multi-employer pension scheme for the UK’s not-for-profit sector) for five years, where she served on the Investment Committee of this £7bn fund. Catherine holds a First Class BA in Modern History from Oxford University and an MSc in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics. In June 2011 Catherine was named a ‘Rising Star of Corporate Governance’ by Yale University’s, Millstein Center.

Catherine was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014.

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