Kate Anthony Wilkinson is Group General Counsel & Company Secretary for Mulberry, the English luxury leather goods manufacturer and retailer, famous for its iconic leather bags such as the Bayswater and Alexa.  Kate is based at Mulberry’s main manufacturing operation in the Somerset countryside. She is responsible for all legal facets of Mulberry’s global business, from  intellectual property and brand protection issues to real estate and retail leases, banking arrangement, insurance, contracts, company secretarial, governance and compliance and of course M&A activities.

Previously to Mulberry, Kate was a corporate finance Solicitor with a national UK law firm, focussing on M&A and joint ventures, following which she moved in-house and has held General Counsel roles with a number of international companies. She remains a practicing English solicitor.

Kate is involved with a variety of voluntary and charitable organisations including as a Trustee of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre (the oldest continuous operating Theatre in the English speaking world), writes articles and blogs and presents on a variety of legal and commercial matters.