Children's Medical Research Institute
Kate Gunn MBA, RTTP, FAICD has extensive experience in executive roles within the medical research and healthcare sectors. Kate most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer and Company/Corporate Secretary at the Children's Medical Research Institute, where they were responsible for overseeing the organization's operations and commercialization efforts. Prior to that, they were the Chief Executive Officer and Founder/Director of Balance! Healthcare Pty Ltd, where they raised funding and developed integrated multi-disciplinary healthcare practices. Kate also held the position of Chief Operating Officer and Company/Corporate Secretary at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, where they successfully grew philanthropic funding and improved the organization's operational performance. Earlier in their career, they served as the Chief Operating Officer of the ARC Centre for Excellence in All-sky Astrophysics, contributing to its recognition as one of Australia's highest-performing research centers. Kate's experience also includes executive roles at the University of Western Sydney, where they played a key role in developing the university's commercial strategy and spearheading commercialization initiatives. Overall, Kate Gunn has demonstrated their expertise in managing operations, driving growth, and leading successful commercialization efforts within the medical research and healthcare sectors.
Kate Gunn earned an MBA in Business from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) from 2000 to 2004. In June 2015, they attended the Women's Leadership Forum at Harvard Business School. Additionally, in 2019, they completed a Corporate Valuation Course at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania through Wharton Executive Education.
Children's Medical Research Institute
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Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) pioneered microsurgery, immunisations against lethal childhood illnesses, and care for premature babies, all of which has improved the lives of countless Australian children. The work at CMRI is made possible by a network of devoted community supporters and Jeans for Genes®, the iconic fundraising campaign established in 1994 to fund revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand, and find cures or treatments for conditions affecting kids. Today, CMRI is an independent institute and the site of world-leading research in the areas of cancer, neurobiology, embryology, proteogenomics and gene therapy. CMRI is affiliated with the University of Sydney and is a founding partner of Luminesce Alliance and the Westmead Research Hub. CMRI collaborates with scientists all over the world to push research forward. It also provides important resources for scientists in Australia. It operates CellBank Australia™, the only national repository of cell cultures in Australia, necessary for many fields of medical science; as well as advanced gene therapy and gene engineering facilities--creating treatments of the future. In addition, CMRI houses the ACRF Cancer Centre, which includes the ACRF Telomere Analysis Centre and ACRF ProCan®, whose combined efforts are to understand, improve diagnosis, survivability and discover new treatments for all types of cancer.