Cathy has a broad mix of ‘real world’ and research experience at the intersection of telecommunications, smart cities and blockchain across a variety of countries and research domains. She is currently a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College and was a founding Co-Director of the ICL Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, which was Europe’s first centre dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrency research. She also holds an Honorary Research position at University College London, where she is Chief Technology Officer of the GovTech Lab and DataNet, which focuses on the potential and application of blockchain, AI and advanced communications technologies as a foundational part of the world’s governments and economy. Cathy is an expert and fellow of the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain council and a member of the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Digital Co-Operation. She holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge, where she also received her master’s degree in Engineering for Sustainable Development. She is the author of six books on technology covering IoT, EPC and the economics of the emerging digital economy based around information supply chains.