Katharine Teague

Katharine Teague is currently Head of Global Advocacy at ABF Sugar.

Katharine oversees ABF Sugar’s global advocacy and sustainability strategy. She is responsible for ABF Sugar’s global outreach on energy, trade, sugar & health and regulatory affairs.  In 2018, Katharine launched ABF Sugar’s new sustainability approach, Global Mind, Local Champions with ambitious 2030 Commitments that reflect what customers and communities care about in the end to end sugar supply chain.

Katharine has worked in both the private sector and non-governmental sector. She started her career at Dennis Publishing working in sales and strategy for the IT Group, later joining Reed Elsevier and ExCeL London in the travel industry, finally ahead of joining ABF Sugar she worked for Christian Aid. In this role she lead the policy and advocacy strategy on themes such as climate change, tax, ethical sourcing, human rights and the role the private sector plays in development globally.