Biography
Chief Impact Officer at Contentsquare
Katherine joined in 2021 Contentsquare as one of the first Chief Impact Officers on a unicorn's exec team. She served under the Macron administration for over 3 years as Director of La French, a government-led mission built to bolster France’s startup ecosystem.
During her tenure, they created world's most open tech visa, the French Tech Next40/120 programme, a €25 million meta-accelerator for underprivileged founders, and supported thousands of startups at the onset of the covid crisis.
She was also co-founder of the open innovation agency Five by Five (acquired by Cap Gemini). Older hats include Director of the Open Data Institute Paris, Techstars Entrepreneur-in-residence and Managing director of Reporters Without Borders Canada.