Dr Kate Simmonds

Kate is the Senior Manager, Climate Resilience at the Investor Group on Climate Change. She is responsible for uplifting investor understanding and action on physical risk, advocating for effective adaptation policy, and supporting opportunities for private investment in resilience. Kate is also on the Steering Committee of the NESP Climate Systems Hub.

Previously, Kate worked in the insurance sector as a Senior Climate Analyst for Willis Re and Gallagher Re. She led the development of their Australia and New Zealand climate change strategy and built their first physical climate risk models, covering bushfire, flood, and cyclone. She was a member of the Insurance Council of Australia’s Climate Change Action Committee and contributed to the Climate Measurement Standards Initiative.

Kate has a PhD from the University of Melbourne in landscape resilience, a First Class Honours in climate science from the University of New South Wales, and a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) from the University of Sydney.