Kate has 30 years HR experience across legal, healthcare and financial services and is currently Director, Diversity & Talent at Linklaters, leading the firm’s strategic people agenda globally.  Kate is passionate about the experience people have at work and how this is influenced by leadership, organisational culture and values.  While at Linklaters, Kate has driven innovative HR practices around performance management, talent development and agile working.  In her current role, she leads the firm’s progressive DEI agenda achieving recognition in the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality list for 11 consecutive years, #6 in the Social Mobility Employers Index and this year reaching #1 in the Stonewall index.  She has been instrumental in leading the firm’s Race Action strategy, the Women’s Leadership Programme and building a diverse pipeline of talent for partnership roles.