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About Cathy

Cathy is an experienced communications expert with an in-depth knowledge of the facilities management and support services industries. She launched FM World, the award-winning magazine for the British Institute of Facilities Management, in April 2004 and edited the title for seven years, latterly also as publishing director, until founding Magenta Associates in spring 2011. After leaving university in the mid-1990s, Cathy worked for FM service provider Europa before embarking on a journalistic career editing Charity Finance as well as working on business titles such as Financial Management, Supply Management and Unions Today. She has also written for numerous magazines as a freelance journalist including Marketing Week, Soccer Analyst and the IOD’s Director magazine. She holds a Masters degree in journalism, is studying for the CIPR’s post-graduate diploma in public relations and is a member of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the British Institute of Facilities Management. In her professional capacity she was involved in the conference programme for World Workplace 2008, the global event for the International Facility Management Association, is a judge for the BIFM Awards and a committee member of the BIFM London region, where she was voted regional committee member of the year in 2012. She was also named as one of FMX magazine’s 40 under forty, a recognition programme for emerging talent and high achievement in the facilities management industry.