Cathy is a corporate affairs leader with more than 20 years’ experience, mostly spanning the financial, telecommunications and media sectors. 

In her current position at FWD, a pan-Asian insurance company, Cathy leads teams focused on internal and external communications, events and philanthropy. She is a member of the Group Management Team and Group ESG Committees. 

Prior to joining FWD in 2021, Cathy spent 10 years at J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong, where she was Executive Director, Communications & Marketing for its Corporate & Investment Bank in Asia-Pacific. Earlier in her career, Cathy worked for four years at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and Sydney, where she held various corporate communications positions. 

She lived briefly in Ireland and worked as a Communications Officer for the Homeless Agency in Dublin. This experience led to a further six years of volunteer work in Scotland, South Africa, Denmark, Australia and France, focused on media relations, social media and writing for the annual Homeless World Cup – a tournament which taps the power of football to engage homeless people to make positive life changes. 

Cathy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Technology, Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Investment & Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia and completed International Marketing Executive Education at INSEAD in France.

Cathy lives in Hong Kong with her husband and three children.