Cate joined Excelerator Partners as co-founder and COO in March 2024. She is an experienced business leader and business builder, with a background in executive talent and private equity in the scale-up ecosystem.
Prior to Excelerator Partners she spent 12 years at BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor. She joined BGF shortly post launch and created the BGF Talent Network, developing it into one of the largest and most active value creation capabilities of any investment firm. She and her team partnered with over 500 businesses to shape highly effective Boards, including placing more than 400 Non-Executive Chairs and Directors and hundreds of Experts in the UK, Europe and US.
She was a member of BGF’s Executive Committee, developed their in-house research and intelligence team, and took the lead on BGF’s strategy to increase investment into women led businesses.
Cate is a guest lecturer at Henley Business School and regular speaker on Board Effectiveness; she is a member of the Women in Angel Investing Taskforce; and an Independent NED at the ScaleUp Institute
