Cat is a social investment specialist who works across the for-purpose and for-profit sectors, with nearly two decades of experience in philanthropy and social investment globally.
As Managing Partner of Community and Social Investment and ESG at Perpetual Wealth, she advises families, individuals and institutions on their philanthropic and social investment strategies. Cat oversees approximately $5 billion in community funds across Perpetual Wealth’s work with philanthropists, non-profits and Native Title groups. Under her management, Perpetual Wealth’s clients distribute around $120 million annually through philanthropic trusts, estates, and endowments. She is also responsible for driving Perpetual Wealth’s client strategy in ESG investment.
Before joining Perpetual Wealth, Cat worked at The Ian Potter Foundation and at the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland and London, advising on community and built heritage regeneration projects. She is a founding board member of GiveOUT (formerly The Channel), Australia's first sexuality-, sex- and gender-diverse giving circle, a founding member of the Melbourne Women's Foundation, a board member of The Ladder Project Foundation and a member of the International Women's Forum.