Catie Sheret

Cambridge University PressGeneral Counsel and Company Secretary

I am the General Counsel for Cambridge University Press. I have worked as an in-house lawyer in educational publishing for most of my career moving to the Press in May 2018. I am responsible for legal and compliance, and lead a team of 35 supporting an international business.

Before joining the Press, I worked at Pearson first as a junior lawyer then eventually as SVP, Chief Privacy Officer, and Associate General Counsel for its £1bn Core Markets group. I trained at Linklaters, having graduated in law from the London School of Economics, and was in the Commercial team at Charles Russell before the move in-house.

I want to help the organisations I work for appreciate the value that in-house lawyers and compliance professionals bring. I think in-house colleagues can do a lot more to help demonstrate that value. I am particularly interested in bringing operational and process focus to our work to ensure that the work we do delivers that value.