Kate stands as a key thinker in the humanitarian sector across Australia and region. She was selected as one of Australia’s top 100 Women of Influence in 2015 and has published work on women in humanitarian leadership – an area of personal interest that has prompted reflection and writing on what makes great women leaders including published writing in the Australian Financial Review. Her dedication to advancing the sector is mirrored in her academic achievements, holding two master’s degrees: a Master of Human Rights Law and a Master of International Development.
With over two decades of experience, including eight years in field-based roles, she has been a driving force both in terms of leadership and operational within international organisations working in some of most challenging humanitarian contexts. Kate has a specialist interest in humanitarian protection and displacement, and technical expertise in research, evaluations, training and facilitation. Her in country experience includes long term positions in Albania, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Timor Leste and short-term assignments to responses in Sri Lanka, Kenya and Indonesia.
Since 2012 Kate has been called Melbourne as a home – where she co-founded Humanitarian Advisory Group. Kate’s contribution to the humanitarian sector is inspirational, she has authored and co-authored some key documents such as technical guidance documents for protection including Minimum Inter-agency Standards for Protection Mainstreaming (2012), the Global Protection Cluster Training Package on Protection Mainstreaming (2014) and the revision of the protection chapter of the Sphere Handbook (2018).
Kate’s most recent works include:
- Humanitarian Assistance in The Pacific: An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Australia’s Response to Cyclone Pam
- Independent Evaluation Of The Syria Crisis Humanitarian And Resilience Package
- Leading For Impact: The Measurable Effect Of Diverse And Inclusive Humanitarian Leadership Teams
- A Pathway to Localisation Impact: Laying the Foundations
- A Pathway to Localisation Impact: Laying the Foundation
- The Beginning of the Road: A practical approach to defining and measuring localisation impact for communities
To send Kate an email, please write ksutton followed by @humanitarianadvisorygroup.org
