Catherine Anne Money AM PSM (née Menzies; born 18 August 1940) is an Australian biochemist whose discoveries have changed leather making.
[2][7] Until this time, the standard method for removing hair in the preparation of hides involved the extraction of a pulp, which has been described as "an intensive effluent system.
"[2] Money and a fellow scientist discovered that freezing hides prior to tanning aided in the gentle removal of hair, without the use of toxic chemicals.
[2] The freezing preparation of hides is used by leather producers who supply to Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, BMW, Nike and Adidas.
She continued to manage an extension of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIR) Project, Salinity Reduction in Tannery Effluents in India and Australia.