Dr. Catherine Duggan

Catherine is a senior sustainability specialist with 15 years global experience. She joined Grant Thornton in 2021 to lead the sustainability offering in Financial Services. Prior to joining the firm, she worked for 13 years with FTSE listed Tullow Oil, holding both technical and non-technical roles with responsibility for portfolio management, business performance and risk, working extensively with multidisciplinary teams and increasingly focusing on ESG issues. Catherine holds a Ph.D. in geology, a science integral to the understanding of climate change and the associated physical risks. Working in oil and gas, an industry at the forefront of transitional risk, she has first-hand experience of the impacts of sustainability related issues on both day-to-day operations and long term strategy. Her insights are informed by her engagements with a varied range of stakeholders across politics, civil society, industry and senior management, and her experience in balancing those views with the long term ambition of a company. Catherine is now applying her industry experience to the financial sector, with a particular focus on banking and the risks and opportunities the transition to a low carbon economy presents.