Katherine Collins

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Ms. Katherine Collins serves as Head of Sustainable Investing at Putnam Investments. Ms. Collins also served as Board Member at Finomial. She is an Angel Investor. She is an Advisor in BVC Partners.She is an Angel Investor. She is also the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Honeybee Capital. She also serves as an Investment Committee Member at Belle Capital. Ms. Collins is dedicated to the belief that pollinating ideas across varied fields leads to optimal investment decision making. Following a long and successful career in traditional equity management, Katherine set out to re-integrate her investment philosophy with the broader world, traveling as a pilgrim and volunteer, earning her MTS degree at Harvard Divinity School, and following lessons from the natural world to focus on investing as a valued and integrated profession, beneficial to our communities and our planet. Prior to founding Honeybee, Ms. Collins served in numerous capacities for Fidelity Management and Research Company: as head of US Equity Research, she led one of the largest buy-side research operations in the world. As Portfolio Manager, she was solely responsible for investment decisions for the multi-billion dollar Fidelity America funds while based in London, and for the entire range of Fidelity Mid-Cap Funds while based in Boston. Every fund that Ms. Collins managed at Fidelity outperformed its relevant benchmark during her tenure. As Analyst, she managed several different industry-specific funds and researched over a dozen different industries. Ms. Collins also spent two years at the Fidelity Foundations, acting as Program Officer for these large philanthropic organizations. She holds degrees from Wellesley College and Harvard University.