Kate has worked in fundraising and marketing for over 15 years. After joining BBC Children in Need in 1999 as Marketing Manager she joined Cancer Research UK in 2002 where she held senior roles in Community and Corporate Fundraising. Joining Teenage Cancer Trust in 2009 as Head of Regional Fundraising she developed the hugely successful regional fundraising operation that now delivers over half the organisations income. She became Director of Fundraising & Marketing in 2013 and leads all fundraising, marketing and communications for the charity.