Keynotes to inspire.
Safety is the
new frontier
of design.
Catherine Fitzpatrick brings decades of leadership experience, award-winning research and powerful storytelling to the stage.
Known for her clear, disarming style, she reframes financial safety as innovation, and equips decision-makers to respond.
FOR QUESTIONS YOU CAN’T IGNORE. FOR HARM HIDING IN THE EVERYDAY.
FOR LEADERSHIP THAT CAN’T WAIT.
Topics.
Financial abuse is a business risk.
This keynote shows the hidden harms every board and executive should know – before someone asks why you don’t.
- Reframes domestic and financial abuse as a product, regulatory and reputational risk
- Survivor-informed insights and industry case studies
- A practical framework for safer, smarter design
FINANCIAL SAFETY. BY DESIGN.™
What abusers do with everyday products – and how to design out harm in the everyday.
A practical, evidence-based framework for product, risk and service design teams.
- A new lens for spotting abuse-enabled features
- Survivor-informed insights and industry case studies
- A practical framework for safer, smarter design
WHEN YOU CAN’T LOOK AWAY.
What do you do when you see something that troubles you?
From uncovering abuse in bank transaction descriptions to convincing more than 80 brands to change their customer terms, Catherine shares what she’s learnt about credibility, courage and influence – especially when the stakes are deeply personal.
- How to lead systemic change with integrity and unlikely partnerships
- Tactics for influencing without formal power
- Insights about setbacks, backlash and resilience
BEFORE YOU SAY YES.
We teach young people about sexual consent – boundaries, choice, safety. It’s time we did the same with money.
This keynote reframes financial safety as modern relationship literacy – practical, honest and free of shame.
- How to think about consent when it comes to money
- Why digital convenience increases risk from people you know, not just strangers
- Simple financial safety steps to stay in control, whatever life brings
Keynotes can be tailored for your audience or event.
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“Very timely session to remind us all of our roles that can spot financial abuse. Thank you Catherine for all your work in this field.”
“Amazing advocate for change.”
“Catherine Fitzpatrick – amazing. A woman who is making a difference every day. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us all.”
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Meet Catherine.
I didn’t set out to do this work.
It began because I couldn’t look away.
When I met a woman more than 30 years ago who suffered a terrible crime.
When Rosie Batty AO called on all of us to play our part.
When I saw abusive messages being sent through
e-payments in 2019.
I realised that harm isn’t only driven by behaviour. It is enabled by design. And what isn’t designed to protect will be exploited to harm.
The cost is paid in silence. In erased agency. In the inability to leave, rebuild or be believed.
Just as we design for privacy, accessibility and fraud prevention, we must design for misuse, coercion and control.
Because safety isn’t a policy.
It’s a design choice.
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From major conferences to closed corporate sessions, Catherine’s keynotes and workshops reveal how harm hides in everyday products and services – and what it takes to design for safety.
Grounded in her executive experience driving industry-wide change, she reframes financial safety as both a leadership challenge and a life skill, equipping audiences to take practical steps that protect women’s financial independence.
Known for her clear, disarming style, Catherine helps audiences to see what has been hiding in plain sight – and shows how design choices can enable harm or prevent it.
