Catharine Seddon

Catharine brings a wealth of experience to Cafcass having spent 14 years working in public service as a non-executive director, principally for national regulators. She is currently a Senior Independent Director for The Gambling Commission and for the Legal Services Board, a Deputy Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and a Trustee for CPotential, a charity which provides a range of services and support for children and young people who have movement disorders. She also sits on tribunals in mental health and employment as a lay assessor on civil cases in the county courts, and she is a presiding magistrate in Central London.