Katie Kapernaros
Biography
Katie Kapernaros joined the Board of the Competition and Markets Authority as non-executive director in April 2026.
Katie Kapernaros is an experienced IT executive with a 30‑year career spanning senior leadership roles at IBM across Europe and the Asia‑Pacific region, where she led large‑scale digital teams and complex international technology programmes, including work supporting the Sydney Olympics.
She has held executive‑level IT roles for over 14 years and brings extensive experience in managing global service operations and transformation. Katie now holds a portfolio of non‑executive director roles across public and regulatory bodies, is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and is active in voluntary and charitable organisations, including initiatives supporting women.
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Directors of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board play an important role in setting up the organisation, working with the chair and chief executive.
As board members, they are also responsible for:
- setting the organisation’s strategic direction and policy framework
- developing priorities
- monitoring performance against its objectives
- making decisions on Market Investigation References
Previous roles in government
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Non-Executive Director, BPDTS