Kate McGrath is Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Fuel, which she co-founded in 2004. Fuel is a leading independent producing organisation in the UK, collaborating with theatre makers to create adventurous and socially engaged performance for audiences across the UK and internationally. Highlights include Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles (National Theatre, UK and international tour), David Greig’s Touching The Void (West End, UK and international tour), and Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere (UK and international tour).

Kate is currently a Trustee of Clore Leadership Programme (since 2020), a Board Director for What Next? (since 2020), a Board Director for ARTCRY (since 2024), and Visiting Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford. In 2025, Kate was awarded an OBE for services to theatre.