Katherine Pearson

I have worked in the cultural and heritage throughout my career. I have always worked to bring people together to explore and discover more about themselves and the world around them. I am passionate about how mobile technologies can be used to transform how people and communities connect with the places, stories, event, and environment around them.

Katherine Pearson is the Managing Director of Flo-culture. Flo-culture is an audience development and mobile app production company that specialises in enabling organisations use mobile, 5G, space (GNSS) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to advance engagement ambitions. 

Katherine is passionate about the potential of digital technologies to transform how people connect with places, events and stories around them, and for ensuring these technologies are accessible and affordable for most organisations.

She qualified from Glasgow School of Art in 1987 before completing an MA in Fine Art at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, USA in 1989. She was awarded an MBA by The Open University in 2002 and received a NESTA International Cultural Leadership Fellowship Award in 2006. In 2015 she was appointed as Fellow of the Royal Society for her work using technology in the arts and heritage sector.  

Prior to establishing Flo-culture in 2012 she held numerous senior leadership positions including: Director, Centre for Creativity & Learning, University of Sunderland; Chief Executive, National Glass Centre; Programme Director, Arts Council England; Head of Arts Development, Sunderland City Council.