Cathy is Accenture's Circular Innovation Lead, and spends her time bringing her expertise in responsible business, innovation, circular economy and technology to bear, to support clients creating and executing on circular economy & sustainable innovation strategies.

 

Cathy designed & led The Circulars Accelerator in it's first year. She remains a Strategic Advisor to leading growth-stage circular start-ups through this program and ongoing through engagement with Unreasonable. Cathy has also led previous public sector programs on circularity and responsible leadership, in collaboration with The World Economic Forum, is a regular guest lecture across Irish universities & on business panels, and is a published author, contributing to Accenture's key thought leadership sustainability and the circular economy, most notably, The Circular Economy Handbook. 

Before the world of strategy & innovation consulting, Cathy spent four years working with Teach for All, as a primary school teacher leading development education & life skills programmes in disadvantaged contexts across London & Dublin.