Sue Cato

Cato works to support a serious art habit. She has worked on business-critical issues and corporate activity for Australian and international corporations and entities for over three decades. Following an an early career as a political staffer, she co-founded and then sold a corporate affairs company to multi-national interests. In 2003, she built another company corporate communications company that provides high-level strategic transaction support and public and corporate affairs advice. Cato is recognised as one of Australia’s leading special situations management experts, having managed some of the largest issues confronting corporate Australia and beyond. Cato is on the board of the National Gallery of Australia Foundation and the Garvan Medical Research Institute Foundation. She is the Deputy Chairman of the creative policy think tank, A New Approach and is an advisory board member of Sydney Contemporary. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women and is a regular commentator on business and arts issues for the national media.