Catherine Howarth

Catherine Howarth is Chief Executive of ShareAction, the leading European NGO defining and driving ambitious standards of responsible investment practice. She joined the organisation in 2008.

Catherine serves on the board of NEST pensions, is a member of the Financial Conduct Authority’s advisory committee on sustainable finance and of HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce. She previously served on the board of the Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian Media Group, from 2015-2022.

Catherine was named as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2014, was recognised on BBC Woman’s Hour Power List in 2020, and awarded an OBE for ‘services to sustainability’ in 2022.

Whenever she gets the chance, Catherine heads off to Scotland for time in the mountains and by the sea. Her two boys keep her busy at home but she escapes for runs round the East End of London when she can.