Kathryn Swintek

Golden Seeds, New York
Managing Partner, Golden Seeds Fund 2

Kathryn Swintek is a business leader with wide-ranging international financial services experience. She is a Managing Partner and Member of the Investment Committee of Golden Seeds Fund 2, and a Managing Partner of Golden Seeds LLC, a leading angel investment firm dedicated to women entrepreneurs.

In the corporate arena, she was a senior executive in investment banking in New York and London at the leading global banking firm BNP Paribas. Prior to this, she worked at Irving Trust Company: banking officer in the Middle East & Africa Division, Rep for France based in Paris, and Head of the Acquisition Finance Division.

A governance expert, Kathryn has served as a Director of corporate and not for profit entities since 1998. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of four private companies in the industrial distribution, medical devices, digital publishing and financial services sectors. She was awarded Private Company Director of the Year 2020 by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

She served as Chair and as Treasurer of C200, the leading business women's organization founded in 1982, and served as Chair of the Membership Committee and as a Director of the Women's Forum of New York. She is a Trustee of the MINT Theater, a member of the National Council of Graywolf Press and a past Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the College of Mt St Vincent.

Kathryn is a graduate of the College of Mt. St. Vincent and has an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business. Fluent in French, she is a dual citizen of the United States and France.