Kate Carnell is Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP). ADGP represents 120 Divisions of General Practice which are community-based organisations located throughout Australia which support general practitioners and their practice teams.
A pharmacist by profession, Kate was the first female to become the National Vice-President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
Kate was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1992, and became leader of the Liberal Party in 1993. She was elected Chief Minister in March 1995, and re-elected in 1998 becoming the first Liberal woman to be elected as Chief Minister or Premier in Australian political history.
She transformed a substantial budget deficit into a surplus during her first term and helped make Canberra a "good place to do business" with the lowest unemployment levels and highest growth rates in the country.
Following her political career, Kate became a serious driving force behind Transact Communications' innovative broadband communications network, and also spent three years as Executive Director of the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).
Kate is also WIC's patron until 2010.
Kate spoke at WIC's November 2005 HOT Breakfast on the topic of "Leading through Change".