Kathryn studied law at University College, Oxford and then a combined English/French Masters in European Law at the College of Europe, Bruges. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1997 with (now) Herbert Smith Freehills and remaining with the firm thereafter, Kathryn left to do an MSc in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex in 2003-4. She then moved to an in-house legal role at Societe Generale London Branch, a French investment bank, in late 2004. She has held various legal and other roles at SGLB and now manages the UK Regulatory Compliance teams. Kathryn lives near West Buckland.