Kate leads Deloitte’s Cyber Strategy and Transformation practice. Prior to this, she spent ten years in multiple cyber and privacy leadership roles as part of the National Broadband Network's (nbn) Security Group Senior Leadership Team. Kate has also held leadership roles at Symantec (UK) and Microsoft (Australia). Kate spent five years on the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP ANZ), including two as President and is the co-founder of the Security Influence and Trust Group (SIT). In 2024 she won the Cyber Security award at the B&T Women Leading Tech Awards and in 2021 Kate was recognised as ‘Australia’s Most Outstanding Women in IT Security’ at the Australian Women in Security Awards.