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Kathryn Giudes

Founder and Managing Director of ORCA Opti

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Biography

Kathryn Giudes is the Founder and Managing Director of ORCA Opti, an AI-powered platform helping organisations automate cybersecurity, compliance, and operational governance. With senior leadership experience at Microsoft and a career spanning large-scale digital platforms, product innovation, and security-led transformation, Kathryn is known for making complex risk and compliance challenges practical and achievable. Having sat on multiple listed and unlisted boards Kathryn works closely with SMEs, government, and regulated industries to enable secure growth through responsible AI and automation.