Katy Worobec
Head of Fraud Control, APACS

Katy has worked at APACS, the UK payments association, for over fifteen years, initially in the Standards Unit. Several years working on card fraud communications followed, including responsibility for the Card Watch fraud prevention campaign. In July 1998 she moved into the Risk Management team, and in 2003 became Head of Risk Management, renamed the Fraud Control Unit in 2005. Her current responsibilities include the various projects and tactical initiatives running under the auspices of the APACS Plastic Fraud Prevention Forum and Fraud Control Steering Group, and operational aspects such as the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit, Fraud Intelligence Bureau and Industry Hot Card File.

APACS is the UK payments association, a trade association of institutions delivering payment services to end customers. It provides the forum to address co-operative aspects of the payment services and other payment related developments.