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Katherine Brown
VP and Head of Inclusive Impact & Sustainability
About Katherine Brown
A demonstrated thought leader and global citizen with over 20 years of professional experience centered around entrepreneurial endeavors, strategy, and catalyzing multi-stakeholder interaction. Katherine is currently Vice-President, Inclusive Impact & Sustainability at Visa Europe LLC and a Senior Advisor on ESG investing to IMD Business School. Previously, she was the Head of the World Economic Forum's practice on sustainable and impact investing, and led the WEF's Young Global Leader (YGL) European and Eurasian communities. She engages top business, government, and civil society leaders in initiatives and activities aimed at creating positive social and environmental change in the business world. In essence, her day job is transforming complexity into concrete action and navigating ambiguity to find shared value.
Specialties: ESG investing; impact investing; strategy; Stakeholder Capitalism; partnership and business development; digital marketing and communications; design thinking; building international communities; global program design, development and execution; program and project management; leadership development; SMEs and early-stage companies, social enterprise