Dr Kate George is a Putejurra woman from the Murchison-Gascoyne region in WA and was the first Aboriginal student to graduate in law from the ANU and the first Aboriginal woman to be admitted to practice law in WA. She has held senior public service positions, including as a Ministerial Advisor at both the State and Federal level and worked across the corporate, public and non-government sectors during her career.
She has a unique background of experience in the public, corporate and community sectors across Australia including extensive and long-term international, national and state-wide experience in law, community development and planning in key areas including justice, governance, training and employment, renewable energy and economic development.
She is currently a Board member of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF), Deputy Chair Marputu Aboriginal Corporation (RNTBC) and Co-Lead of DCCEEW’s First Nations Clean Energy and Climate Change Advisory Committee.