Catherine Eve Poole OBE (born 5 February 1972) is a British writer and Executive Chair of Woodard Schools.

One of four children, she was educated at Madras College in St Andrews and at Westminster School (Connecticut), having received a scholarship from The English-Speaking Union.

She completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Divinity at Newnham College, Cambridge,[4] in 2010 with a thesis titled From the fall of The Wall to the collapse of credit, Church of England views on capitalism 1989–2008.

Poole now is on the Hult EF Global Advisory Council and is a Visiting Fellow of their Leadership Lab.

She is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Visiting Scholar in Human Flourishing at Sarum College.

[13] Poole was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to education and gender equality.