Speakers

Catherine COLTHART is currently serving as INTERPOL’s Assistant Director for Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosives (CBRNE) and Vulnerable Targets. Through an intelligence-driven approach, Ms Colthart manages INTERPOL programmes that support global law enforcement efforts to mitigate CBRNE incidents and protect critical infrastructure.

Ms Colthart is seconded from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) where she has been a Police Officer for 27 years.  She has a varied background, having worked in all levels of policing.  In 2018, Ms Colthart was appointed as RCMP’s Officer in Charge of CBRNE and Critical Infrastructure, which she held until her secondment to INTERPOL in May 2023.  Prior to this, she held positions in National Security, Operational Policy and Compliance, as a crisis negotiator, and commercial crime investigator, to name a few. Ms Colthart received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her extensive work over and above providing RCMP employees with mental health assistance, crisis negotiating skills, and volunteer work in the community at a Crisis Line, whilst also providing suicide prevention training.