Speaker biography
Dr Kathryn Severn
Chair, SAPCA
Kathryn has more than 16 years’ experience in the sports surfacing industry. Her academic research and development work led to a PhD from Loughborough University, where she studied the science of synthetic turf surfaces and player interactions.
Kathryn then pursued a career in the sports construction industry, including technical roles at Labosport UK, where she was Technical Director and the Football Foundation where she was Framework and Procurement Manager, before joining joining Greenfields in 2022 as the Product Director for EMEA and Asia. She is currently Managing Director of Labosport UK.
Within SAPCA, Kathryn is a chair of the Board of Directors and a member of the Technical Committee.