Associate Director, Kate Gaffney takes up position at Federation University
Associate Director and co-founder Kate Gaffney has been seconded by Tennant Burnett to take up a role with Federation University, Australia's leading regional university.
From November 2023 Kate will be based at the Gippsland campus of Federation University in the Office of the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Engagement where she will take up the role of Manager Renewable Energy Transition working in partnership with TAFE Gippsland, Energy Australia, and Star of the South to develop the essential energy transition workforce. The role is the first of its kind in Australia.
As well as addressing the transition of existing workers, the role also involves Kate liaising with industry to ensure the design of appropriate Energy Transition courses and credentials by Federation University and its education partners, and working closely with local school, students and their families to help encourage secondary and primary school students to consider future employment in the Clean Economy.
Gippsland is a designated "Renewable Energy Zone" and hosts Australia's first designated off-shore wind zone. .A life long educator with over 20 years experience in academia and university teaching before entering investment banking, Kate is committed to supporting communities and businesses through the New Energy Transition across Australia.
We will miss Kate's contributions at Tennant Burnett. She has been pivotal to the development of the business and the development of a positive, inclusive, caring and professional culture we enjoy. We know our clients will miss her too. But this was too good an opportunity to miss and we wish her all the best in this important new hands-on role in developing real solutions to global challenges.