Cathinka Wahlstrom

Cathinka Wahlstrom is the Senior Managing Director of Accenture's North America Banking practice.

Cathinka's work focuses on supporting mergers and acquisitions, business change and transformational programs and technology initiatives.  She has built deep client relationships among capital markets, stock exchanges and banking clients.  She has worked extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Cathinka leads various mentoring, diversity and civic initiatives and is actively involved in recruiting activities.  She is on the Corporate Board of Global Fund for Women.  She serves on the Executive Committee of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of New York and provides executive coaching to Robin Hood Foundation-supported organizations.  She is a board member of NPower NY.  NPower is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive technology assistance to other nonprofit groups and training and employment for disadvantaged youths.  She is also a Foreign Policy Association Fellow and a David Rockefeller Fellow.

Her earlier work experience includes the International Monetary Fund and Citibank.  She holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Economics and Journalism and she has an MBA from the University of California, Davis.