This shows a conversation with Kate Baucherel, who is a speaker, author and consultant specializing in blockchain, crypto and emerging technologies. Kate has spoken at events across the world and online as a keynote, a panelist, a mentor and chair, and regularly appears on BBC radio and TV as a blockchain expert to provide straightforward commentary on news stories. Kate lectures at Teesside University in both the International Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies.
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Guest Bio
Kate Baucherel BA(Hons) FCMA CGMA is a writer, speaker, and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency. She is the author of several books including Getting Started with Cryptocurrency: An introduction to digital assets and blockchain (BCS Publishing, 2024). Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP / Harvard, 2020), the What’s Hot in Blockchain and Crypto series (2020, 2021) and the SimCavalier cybercrime thrillers.
In a career spanning more than 35 years, Kate has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors including utilities, manufacturing, leisure and software, leading several enterprises through their start-up and growth phases. Her interest in technology was sparked at her first role with an IBM business partner in Denver, back when the AS/400 was a cutting-edge piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist. She now works with clients from start-up to blue chip multinationals in the UK, Europe and around the world.
Kate graduated in business from Newcastle University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and lectures at Teesside University in both the Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies. She holds a 3rd Dan black belt in karate and lives in the UK with her husband and daughters.
