Catherine Friday

Catherine has spent much of her career providing services to state and federal departments and regulators, ministerial councils, not-for-profits and NGOs in every state and territory in Australia, and in New Zealand. The implications of the work she does are far-reaching, delivering the best outcomes for citizens across education, health, human services, defense, transport and infrastructure, and central agencies. In particular, Catherine has spent much of her time serving public institutions that design and deliver education. As EY Global Education Leader, she is responsible for bringing together teams from around the world to support engagements in the departments and ministries of education and higher education, vocational and K-12 providers. Catherine has post-graduate qualifications from Monash University, Harvard University, Stanford University and the Cranlana Programme. She is a Trustee and Audit Committee Chair of the Melbourne Olympic Parks Trust, which governs the largest sports and entertainment precinct in the Oceania region.