Katie Bickerstaffe
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board: October 2024
Katie is a highly regarded retail and consumer business leader, bringing strong perspectives on digital business models and transformation programmes to the abrdn board, where she serves on the Remuneration Committee.
She sits on the board of leading housebuilder Barratt Developments as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and is Senior Independent Director of Diploma PLC and of the England and Wales Cricket Board. She is also Non-Executive Director of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
During her executive career, Katie held numerous leadership positions, including as Co-CEO of multinational food, clothing and homewares retailer, M&S; Executive Chair and CEO Designate at energy provider SSE; and CEO, UK & Ireland at Dixons Carphone. She also served in managing director roles at the Somerfield Stores group and was Dyson Appliances’ group HR director. Previously, she held various roles at PepsiCo and Unilever.
Katie has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Nottingham University and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Geography from Loughborough University.