Catherine Fitzpatrick

Catherine unmasks and disrupts financial abuse - exposing how domestic abusers weaponise everyday products and services, and advising governments, regulators and businesses internationally on how to close the loopholes.

A former bank executive turned social entrepreneur, she pioneered financial safety by design after uncovering widespread abuse in online banking and leading industry-wide reforms to stop it.

Her Designed to Disrupt® reports and Respect and Protect™ campaign have driven world-first reforms across more than 10 sectors to ban product misuse and make 20 million customers safer.

Catherine is founder and director of Flequity Ventures, co-founder of the One Generation business alliance against domestic and family violence, Chair of the Australian National University’s Safety and Wellbeing Committee and a member of the NSW Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault's Corporate Leadership Group.

Her work has been recognised with awards including AFR|Qantas 100 Women of Influence, Shared Value Bravery Award and National Consumer Advocacy Award.

Catherine is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Social Sciences and an expert adviser to the World Bank's International Finance Group.