Sydney is where Dr Kate Barker began. Born in the city, educated at the University of Sydney and the Australian Graduate School of Management, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and formerly with Deloitte Australia, she returns to Australian stages with a global mandate: Chief Futurist at NEOM, advisor to heads of state and boards, and the world’s first Chief Futurist.
For Australian boards her AICD grounding matters practically; her governance sessions speak the language of the country’s director community while carrying international AI authority into it. The board leadership succession framework she built for a global energy company prepared 42 senior leaders for elevated oversight roles and now sits inside that company’s NED evaluation cycle, machinery Australian directors will recognise. She is available for Sydney and Australian conferences, board briefings and leadership programmes on AI, the future of work and board governance. For Australian executive teams rather than boards, her AI leadership sessions start from the two advantages the machine has already taken, being the best informed and being the fastest to answer, and work through what rises in value in their place.
Australian conferences, board briefings and director education · AICD Graduate · Career history with Deloitte Australia
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Dr Kate Barker, born in Sydney and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is the world’s first Chief Futurist and a TIME100 AI Impact Award honouree, delivering AI and governance keynotes for Australian audiences.
Yes; her board sessions are built on the Board AI Index and align naturally with Australian governance practice given her AICD grounding.
Twelve weeks minimum lead time. Eighty bookings a year. Every enquiry is read personally.