About
Most communications advice was built for a prior world — where the rules were stable, regulators were knowable, and stories had time to breathe.
Bayes Global was built for today's world.
We work with organizations facing a specific challenge: when ambition, innovation, and growth meet the realities of regulation, public scrutiny, and institutional constraint.
At that moment, communications cannot operate as a support function. It becomes a core strategic discipline, shaping how companies are understood, governed, and ultimately allowed to grow.
Most firms approach this from one side: communications, policy, or operations.
We connect all three.
Bayes Global aligns narrative, strategy, and risk with how businesses actually function.
Our perspective is shaped by experience at the intersection of markets, institutions, and policy—where decisions carry consequence, and narratives are tested in real time.
We work with companies approaching regulatory inflection points, as well as established institutions navigating transformation in complex, high-stakes environments.
In the moments that define companies, the strategy and the story have to be
the same thing.
Complexity, decoded.
Founder
Few advisors have stood on all three sides of the table. Cate brings each of those perspectives to her clients: the instincts of a Wall Street executive, the experience of a White House policymaker, and the judgment of a seasoned Chief Communications Officer.
She has guided communications for multibillion-dollar transactions, launched global brands across 40+ countries, and advised C-suite leaders at Fortune 100 companies and high-growth technology firms across financial services, fintech, healthcare, and AI.
Cate is a Nonresident Fellow and policy lecturer at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. She served at the White House as Director for International Finance at the National Security Council and as a White House Fellow.
Cate's media appearances & placements include:
