Kate Markey's Biography

 Kate Markey

Kate Markey
CAN Communications Director

020 7922 7761
k.markey@can-online.org.uk

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developing a powerful and coherent brand identity for CAN and all its activities and communicating these effectively to key stakeholders and opinion formers, Kate ensures that CAN effectively represents the views of social enterprises to government, public authorities and other key bodies. A critical point of CAN’s reputation and Kate’s responsibility, is in putting the social enterprise sector on the map, as well as dealing with internal communications & resource management.

Career background:

Kate has previous experience as an Executive Director for three social enterprise companies (one being a charity), tackling social exclusion. Kate was previously Executive Director of Communications & Integrated Homeless Services and Editor of ‘The Big Issue in the North’ magazine and has over twelve years experience as a print journalist.

Professional qualifications:

Kate holds a BA Honours in English and Communication Studies from Liverpool University and an NVQ Level 4 in Journalism. Board Memberships: Prior to CAN, Kate was a Board member of of ‘The Big Issue in the North’ magazine.