Kate’s extensive background career as an economist and accountant across both private and public sectors has fostered her research interest in the role of reputation risk management and communication channels to strengthen organisation’s capabilities in sustainability impact. Kate is a passionate advocate for the importance of collaboration with industry to foster value creation and innovation. She has received funding for, researched and published across the areas of reputation risk management, corporate philanthropy, sustainability reporting and education.  She has also prepared key documentation for numerous government departments for management of reputation risk.  Kate collaborates with the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non-profit Studies at QUT and is also an active member of the executive and management committee for the Business Educator’s Association of Queensland (BEAQ) to foster and mentor the next generation of business professionals.