Catherine Howarth
| Catherine Howarth (Activist) | |
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| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Oxford University,London School of Economics |
World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2014. Member of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian Media Group. | |
Catherine Howarth is a British executive in the NGO sector that has been Chief Executive of ShareAction since July 2008.
ShareAction states that it is the leading civil society organisation in Europe promoting responsible investment, transparency and good governance by institutional investors.[1]
Education
Bachelor's (Hons) in Modern History, Oxford University; Master's in Industrial Relations, LSE.
Career
Chief Executive, ShareAction, a UK-based NGO that promotes responsible investment by pension funds and other institutional investors. Board Member, Green Alliance, the UK's leading environmental think tank. On the investment committee, Trust for London, a charitable trust. Expertise: responsible investment; shareholder activism for public benefit; community organizing; environmental finance; labour standards and the living wage; corporate and investor governance.
Howarth is a board member of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian Media Group, and a member of HM Treasury’s task force on asset management.[2]