Biography of Katherine Cowell

About Katherine Cowell

Katherine Cowell started in her role as Regional Director for North East in September 2022.

She was previously the Regional Schools Commissioner for North. Katherine is also the Senior Responsible Officer for the Opportunity North East Programme.

Prior to this Katherine was Deputy Director within the north region from 2016. Katherine is an experienced civil servant with a broad range of experience including:

• an area director within the Cities and Local Growth Unit
• FE and skills policy
• an education advisor in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit