Kate is SBC's Head of Climate Action, responsible for driving implementation of our strategy to accelerate the transition to a zero carbon future.

Before she joined SBC, Kate spent nine years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she focused principally on trade and economic and environment/climate change issues, including during a posting to Berlin. Her roles included negotiating for New Zealand at the UN climate talks, and as Private Secretary in the office of the Minister of Climate Change. Prior to that, Kate was a lawyer at a major New Zealand law firm.

Kate is based in Wellington.