Cathy undertakes a portfolio of work as Chair of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and the independent Chair of Community and Business Funds for the Government’s High Speed 2 (HS2) project. She is a leading social policy advisor, working with a range of not-for-profit organisations, including the national Power to Change Trust.

Cathy’s previous experience includes as a Non-Executive Director (NED) for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Chief Executive of Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside, and interim Chief Executive of the national Cohesion and Integration Network charity, working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She is a Faculty member of the Good Governance Institute and a Senior International Fellow of the City University of New York.