Kate Pohl

Kate Pohl started her career at Irving Trust Co./Bank of New York in NYC, later responsible for clients in Northern and Central Europe. She moved to Frankfurt as Senior Credit Officer and Geschäftsleiterin (Co-branch Manager) for the bank. Kate joined Chase Bank AG/ JPMC to head Corporate Payments and later ABN Amro as Global Transactions Services (GTS) Head for Germany as well as Central and Eastern Europe. Kate moved to Amsterdam to create and lead: Global Implementation Management and later became Head of Compliance for GTS, IT, & Operations, globally. Returning to Frankfurt for Citigroup in 2008, Kate took on the role of GTS Head for Germany, Austria, & Switzerland. She joined ING Bank Germany 5+ years later to head Transaction Services and in 2016 became Head of Payments Innovation for Germany and Austria. Since July 2018, Kate Pohl has worked as a Freelance Consultant, Advisor and Coach to fintechs, banks and corporations in financial services. She supports digitalization/innovation, strategy/planning, sales/marketing, and risk management/mitigation. Kate developed the strategy and led sales for Traxpay (a Supply Chain Financing platform) for three years, 2020-2023. Kate continues to be a facilitator for EBA (Euro Banking Association) and an Executive Coach working with The Core Leadership Institute, to help professionals to find their Leadership Purpose.