Katherine was appointed as co-Deputy Director General in December 2022 and is responsible for finance, IT, risk, and financial stability. Katherine joined the Commission in June 2016 as Chief Risk Officer from Deloitte in London where she provided prudential and risk support to a wide range of FCA regulated firms; this included working with firms following regulatory issues. Prior to this, Katherine spent 5 years at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA and previously the Financial Services Authority) where she supervised a wide range of firms including FTSE Listed companies. Katherine has extensive experience in all aspects of prudential supervision and was key in helping the FCA to implement CRD IV for its firms. Katherine joined the FSA from a firm providing internal audit services for Building Societies and other mutual organisations. Katherine is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.