Katie Ghose
Katie Sushila Ratna Ghose (born July 1970) is a British charity chief executive and campaigner. In September 2019 she was appointed chief executive of KIDS, a national charity for disabled children and young people. She was previously Chief Executive of the Women's Aid Federation of England and the Electoral Reform Society. Personal life and education Ghose was born in Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, to an Indian father and English mother. She went to Boundstone Community College in Lancing, Sussex and Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College. Ghose read Law at Somerville College, Oxford and during her time at Oxford, she was editor of the student newspaper Cherwell. She then studied for a Masters in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. Career In the early part of her career Ghose worked in politics, law and charities. She worked as a parliamentary researcher and senior caseworker for a Labour MP Greville Janner (1992-1994) and was then Parliamentary Officer for the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (1994–1995). Ghose qualified and practised as a barrister (1997–1999), specialising in immigration, family and Human Rights law. Following her two-year law career she wrote Beyond the Courtroom: a lawyer's guide to campaigning, which