Kate Pike

Lead Officer for Tobacco and Vaping

Chartered Trading Standards Institute

Biography

Kate Pike is the Lead Officer for Tobacco and Vaping for the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and Co-ordinator for Trading Standards North West. She supports the delivery of Operation Joseph through National Trading Standards to tackle the supply of illegal vapes, and sales of vapes to children. She sits on the Vaping Expert Panel, which provides support to Trading Standards Officers across the country in delivering regulation around vaping as well as to businesses to enable them to comply with the complex legislation around vaping.

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is a professional association which represents and trains trading standards professionals working in local authorities, business and consumer sectors and in central government in the UK and overseas. She has been involved for many years on the regulatory side and was a member of the Department of Health tobacco expert group for many years.