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CEW members are leaders across diverse sectors in Australia, including government, business, sport, academia, the arts, and the not-for-profit sector.

Our members share a unifying goal: to remove systemic barriers and create pipelines that enable Australian women to rise to leadership positions in their communities. This ensures a diversity of women's voices at every decision-making table while supporting both women and men to thrive—at work and home.

Kat Stapleton

Kat Stapleton
Katarzyna (Kat) was appointed Queensland Rail’s CEO in April 2022. Kat is a high-impact, agile and driven leader with executive experience in finance, commercial and operational roles, both locally and internationally. Passionate about customer service, Kat is recognised for driving strategic change through large-scale transformation initiatives in highly complex and challenging environments across public and government organisations. Prior to commencing at Queensland Rail in 2019 as the Chief Financial Officer, Kat held a number of executive roles with nbnCo and as Group CFO for Bahrain Telecommunications company. Kat commenced her career as an officer in the Canadian Navy in operational sea-going assignments.
kat.stapleton@qr.com.au