# Catherine Porter

> Catherine Porter is a seasoned executive specializing in business strategy and digital finance. With over two decades of experience, she has held leadership roles in major companies like Meta and LinkedIn and co-founded Metal.

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- Created: 2026-08-13T16:11:20.951Z
- Last updated: 2026-08-13T16:20:47.357Z
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**Catherine Porter** is a business and strategy executive whose career has spanned communications, investment, technology, professional networking, financial technology, and [digital assets](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets). She has held leadership and advisory roles at companies including Metal, Prove, Meta, LinkedIn, OpenTable, Tilia, and several [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) technology firms. [\[4\]](#cite-id-hl6HBRZEByXoDm5I)  

## Education

Porter graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Asian Studies in 1998. [\[1\]](#cite-id-YATacQe5sKKusqoN) 

## Career

Porter began her career as a teacher with the JET Programme from July 1998 to July 2000. She then worked as a Consultant at Watson Wyatt from September 2000 to July 2003, before joining Oracle as an Internal Communications professional from July 2003 to January 2005. From January to November 2005, she held a similar Internal Communications role at Google. From November 2005 to October 2006, Porter was an Account Supervisor at OutCast Communications. She then joined Garnett & Helfrich Capital as Vice President, serving from October 2006 to June 2010, where she led global fundraising and participated in investment diligence and portfolio company operations. Porter joined LinkedIn in July 2010 as a Business Development professional and became responsible for General Management at LinkedIn Japan from January 2011 to July 2013, overseeing market strategy, operations, business development, sales, and the company's expansion in Japan.

From July 2013 to November 2017, Porter served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at OpenTable. She then joined Meta in November 2017 as Vice President of Global Partnerships at Meta Financial Technologies, remaining in the role until November 2022. She subsequently served as Chief Business Officer at Tilia from November 2022 to September 2023, while also becoming an advisor to Mysten Labs in November 2023. In February 2024, Porter became Chief Business Officer at Prove and Executive Advisor at Globis Capital Partners. She remained Chief Business Officer at Prove until September 2025, when she transitioned to Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, while her advisory role at Globis continued. She also served as an advisor to [Mysten Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mysten-labs) until September 2025 and as Strategic Advisor to [Aptos Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aptos) from September 2025 to March 2026.

In June 2026, Porter became President and Cofounder of Metal. She has continued to serve as Advisor to the CEO at Prove and as Executive Advisor at Globis Capital Partners alongside her role at Metal. [\[3\]](#cite-id-wNdru76W3ngiEQRs) 

## Interviews

### Creator Monetization

In a June 2022 fireside chat at Fintech Nexus, Porter discussed the company’s work in payments, fintech, digital collectibles, and [NFTs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft), as well as her background in digital payments and [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency). She described Meta’s efforts to integrate [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain)-based digital collectibles into platforms such as Instagram, focusing on content discovery and creator monetization, and discussed examples of [NFT](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft) adoption alongside challenges involving education and scaling the technology across Meta’s broader platforms, including augmented and virtual reality. Porter also discussed Meta’s approach to [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) through partnerships with third-party wallets and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks, and examined how financial services could adapt to transactions and commerce in the [metaverse](https://iq.wiki/wiki/metaverse). She emphasized the role of long-term partnerships and joint technology development in reducing friction for consumers and merchants and supporting the integration of [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) technologies into existing financial infrastructure. [\[2\]](#cite-id-7rJrMYHgiPRTOtTH) 

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