Kate spent over 10 years working in charities as a direct marketing, legacy and in-memory fundraising manager before a spell as a strategic planner with the not-for-profit agency Whitewater. There she specialised in legacy and in-memory research and strategy.

Kate was a key member of the Our Lasting Tribute team, helping drive some of the sector’s ground-breaking thinking on in-memory and tribute fundraising. Kate is author of the Chapter ‘Giving In Memory of Others’ in the DSC’s popular textbook, ‘Legacy and In-Memory Fundraising’. She has been Secretary of the IOF’s Legacy and In-Memory SIG group and a regular speaker on in-memory topics.