Kathryn Apte is a high-achieving marketing and communications expert with over a decade of experience working for top tech companies such as Google, Twitter, and Medium. She holds a Bachelor of Communications with Honours, majoring in Advertising and PR, from the University of Technology, Sydney, and has also completed the Google Executive Program at INSEAD.

Throughout her career, Apte has held several senior leadership positions, including Global Head of Content Marketing at YouTube and Global Director of Product Marketing for Consumers and Creators at Twitter. She has also served as CMO, North America, at Xero, and Global Head of Marketing and Communications at Medium. Apte is currently a Non-Executive Director of Atomic.io and has previously worked as a Parenting Sabbatical, Investor/Advisor at Startmate.

Apte's expertise lies in brand strategy, content marketing, product marketing, and communications. Her impressive professional journey started as a copywriter at Fred Street and then led to strategic brand planning roles at agencies such as TBWA, Leo Burnett, and BBDO. This experience helped her to develop an analytical and creative approach to marketing, which she employs to develop and execute effective marketing strategies.

Apte's interests include promoting women in leadership, studying consumer behavior, keeping up with industry trends, and mentoring emerging professionals in marketing and communications.