Cate Ambrose

Cate Ambrose is CEO and Board Member of the Global Private Capital Association, a non-profit organization representing private capital investors active in Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East. She is a Steering Committee Member of the United Nations Institutional Investor Partnership for Sustainable Development (IIPSD) and a member of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity hosted by the US Department of State. Prior to joining GPCA, Cate was President and Executive Director of LAVCA. Cate was also previously the Chief of Advocacy for the United Nations Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Until 2005, she was Executive Director of Programs for The Economist Group.

Cate was featured in Forbes’ prestigious ‘50 Over 50: Investment’ ranking – which recognizes the leading women in the US in finance and investment. She speaks and writes regularly on a range of topics related to public policy and private investment in global markets. Cate is a commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Fox Business, CNN Business Arabic and CNN En Español and a regular guest lecturer at The Wharton School, and often lectures at other leading business school programs.