Kate Gilmore

Kate is deputy to Irene Khan and as such is responsible for operational  leadership of the international dimensions of our work.  She oversees the daily workings of our more than 450 staff based in international offices around the world and has been responsible for leading broad-ranging organizational change since arriving at our International Secretariat in 2001. 

Prior to this appointment, Kate was the national director of Amnesty International in Australia.  Previously she had worked in the health sector including as an activist for women's human rights particualrly in the area of violence against women.  She was the founding coordinator of the Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA House) at the Royal Women's Hospital and has degrees from the University of New England, the University of Melbourne and the former Phillip Institue of Technology, now RMIT.