Catherine Howarth

Chief executive, FairPensions

Catherine Howarth has been the chief executive of FairPensions, a charity that promotes responsible investment by institutional investors, since 2008. She is also a member-nominated trustee of the Pensions Trust and serves on the investment committee.

She was previously director of West London Citizens.

She holds a first class degree in modern history from Oxford University and MSc in industrial relations from the London School of Economics. In June 2011 she was named ‘Rising Star of Corporate Governance’ by Yale University’s Millstein Center.