Kate Baucherel

Kate Baucherel BA(Hons) FCMA CGMA is an author, speaker and consultant specialising in emerging technologies, with a focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency.
In a career spanning more than 35 years, Kate has held senior financial, technical and advisory roles in businesses across multiple sectors including utilities, construction, manufacturing, leisure and software. She consults with clients from startup and scaleup businesses to blue chip multinationals and is an associate of the Fintech and Payments Advisory network. Kate teaches at the University of Teesside in both the International Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies. Her subjects include digital transformation, emerging technologies in enterprise and accounting, fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency, cybersecurity and financial crime.
Kate’s serious books include Getting Started with Cryptocurrency: An introduction to digital assets and blockchain (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2024), Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP/Harvard 2020) and What’s Hot in Blockchain and Crypto (2020, 2021). She also authors the SimCavalier series of cybercrime thrillers, The Travels of Finch, and short stories that cut through scifi, urban horror and humour. She has spoken at events across the world and online as keynote, panellist, mentor and chair, and regularly appears on BBC radio and TV as an emerging tech and cryptocurrency expert.