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Dr. Catherine Mulligan is an interdisciplinary researcher focusing on Digital technologies and Digital transformation from the perspectives of Computer Science and Economics. Cathy has advised multiple governments, companies, and NGOs on Digital Transformation & Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies. She has held a lifetime research grant portfolio of £6.1 million and co-founded the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering – the world’s first academic centre on cryptocurrency and blockchain.

Cathy has a PhD and MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge. Cathy has also had numerous corporate positions, advisory and Non-Exec roles, including CTO for a consulting company with a technical team of 14,000 over North and West Europe.

Her research interests lie in the area of new economic structures enabled by the digital economy, in particular the role of cybersecurity and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the creation of trust in digitally-enabled industries, governments and in the creation of citizen-centric smart/sustainable cities.

Catherine has published several books, with topics ranging from mobile technologies to the evolution of innovation within the communications industries from 1960 through 2010.