This section will highlight members of the Katch team! Today, we’re highlighting our new board members and Senior Advisor.
Dr. Grauer is Senior Advisor to Course Hero, Credit Sesame, Avalon Acquisition and Katch Entertainment. Fred is also a Board Member of Course Hero and Credit Sesame,and an Advisory Board Member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. For nine years, Grauer was the Senior Advisor to Barclays Global Investors and it's acquirer, BlackRock, Inc., after spending fifteen years as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Global Investors and its predecessors. Previously, Fred was also a senior executive of Well Fargo Bank with varying responsibilities, as member of its Asset-Liability Committee, EVP, head of its Funding Group and CEO of WFIA. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Fred has a Ph.D. from Stanford University and was a professor at M.I.T. and Columbia University.
Fred was recognized by Global Custodian Magazine as one of the 100 most important contributors to modern finance in the 20th century and has been featured on the cover of Fortune.
“Every business wants to understand its customer. Every customer wants to make good decisions. Katch has breakthrough technology, generating content and taste meta-data for superior business and consumer decisions. Katch answers the questions, “What do I want and why?” Katch has an amazing Team of successful, experienced people dedicated to helping sellers understand buyers, and buyers understand themselves. When preferences are understood, choices are more satisfying. Great to be part of the Team. Carpe diem!”
Drew is the former CEO of InsightExpress (acquired by WPP, 2014), and President of Kantar (acquired by Bain Capital, 2020). During his time with InsightExpress, and later Kantar, Drew was responsible for the development strategy & commercial operations which led to the successful sale of InsightExpress, and growth/profitability of Kantar's digital media division; fastest growing & most profitable division (globally).
"It is a great honor and pleasure to join Katch at this particular moment of growth, acceleration and innovation. I look forward to applying Katch's unique data and measurement solutions to the Advertising, Media and Content ecosystems. I am grateful for the opportunity to elevate Katch, and to help recognize new opportunities for evolution."
Sarah Lucas is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, a writer and visual storyteller, and a passionate philanthropist based in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. In her roles as General Partner at Lucas Venture Group and Partner at Celesta Capital, she works with a diverse group of founders and their teams to build transformative companies across a variety of sectors. She has produced documentaries highlighting important social issues and has raised millions of dollars for organizations focused on youth, health, and education and is a fierce advocate for climate justice, equity and a better world.
“We are delighted to add Katch to the LVG portfolio and look forward to engaging our network and resources to ensure Andrew and the team can focus on building what we know will be a transformative company in the entertainment space and beyond. Using AI to unlock consumer taste is imperative to help brands succeed - and Katch is at the forefront of the race.”
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