Catherine Blaiklock (born April 1963) is a British financial trader and hotelier who was the founder and first leader of The Brexit Party, a political party established in January 2019 to support a no-deal Brexit.
She was forced to resign as leader in March 2019 when it was disclosed she had made anti-Islamic and racist statements online.
Blaiklock was a former Economics Spokesperson for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which she left in late 2018.
Before entering politics in 2016, she worked as a financial currency and derivatives trader.
She also founded a Nepali healthcare charity with her ex-husband, an Everest Sherpa.