Kate Mavor

Kate Mavor CBE is Master of St Cross College, Oxford. She was previously the Chief Executive of English Heritage where she led its transformation into a charity, when it was formerly a government-funded institution. English Heritage has over a million members and looks after over 400 monuments representing 5000 years of history. Kate was also the Chief Executive of the National Trust for Scotland, where she was instrumental in transforming the charity's fortunes at a time of crisis.

Kate was previously Chief Executive of the UK interpreting service, Language Line, where she led a private-equity-backed management buyout, and Chief Executive of the youth volunteering charity, Project Scotland. Her early career was spent in the book publishing and educational tourism industries in London. She was educated at Oxford University where she is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College.