Kate McGavin, Director of Policy | National Wealth Fund

Kate McGavin, Chief Strategy & Policy Officer (Jobshare)

Kate is Chief Strategy & Policy Officer at the National Wealth Fund, (formerly UK Infrastructure Bank), job-sharing with Helen Williams. They joined UKIB shortly after it opened its doors in Summer 2021 as part of the founding team to establish the Bank and are responsible for leading the policy, strategy and comms teams.

Kate joined the Bank after a 20 year career in the Civil Service. She spent a decade as a senior civil servant in various strategy and policy roles, including leading on UK governance and devolution in the Cabinet Office during Brexit and Covid. She was previously responsible for sponsoring the creative and cultural sectors, leading relations with a range of arms’ length bodies including the Arts Council and British Film Institute. She also has experience of leading regulatory policy in the media sector, having led the government’s engagement on the Leveson Review, sponsorship of Ofcom and reviews of Channel 4 and other public service broadcasters as well as developing digital infrastructure policy.

Kate is also an independent governor on the board of the University of the Creative Arts.

More from Kate

Infra Bank in Focus

Regional and local economic growth

Supporting the whole of the UK

Our Chief Policy and Strategy Officers (job-share), Kate McGavin and Helen Williams, reflect on the Bank's role in supporting infrastructure across the breadth of the UK to help deliver net zero and regional and local economic growth.

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Infra Bank in Focus

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At the forefront: Pioneering new approaches in Scotland's emerging natural capital

As the Bank announces its intention to commit to its first natural capital deal, Kate McGavin and Helen Williams, job-share Director of Strategy and Policy, highlight how this investment can help deliver for climate and biodiversity – and grow the future market for nature-based investment.

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The role of UKIB in natural capital markets

As the Bank publishes a discussion paper on its role in natural capital markets, Kate McGavin and Helen Williams, job-share Director of Strategy and Policy, share why this is a growing area of interest and opportunity.

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