Kate Fraser began her career in 1987 with Lloyds Bank (South Bank Branch, London) where she gained general knowledge of the investment and merchant banking industry. She spent the next 10 years in the London financial industry, with Fuji Bank (Money Market department) and Deutsche Bank. Mrs Fraser emigrated to Australia in 1999 and worked in the accounts department of various mining companies including Hamersley Iron and Normandy Mining before co-founding Cherry’s Catering in 2000 and being responsible for all its administration practices.