Kate Glazebrook

Head of Impact and Operating Principal

2021 - Current

Blackbird exists to supercharge Australia and New Zealand's most ambitious founders. I work with those founders, their companies, and the fund on all things impact and ESG.

Co-Founder and Board Director

2022

Co-Founder and Chair

2020 - 2022

CEO and Co-Founder

2015 - 2020

Applied is an award-winning tech platform that takes the bias out of hiring decisions. Founded on the best behavioural research, Applied helps organisations to find the best person for the job, regardless of their background. We're passionate about helping teams find the best talent and benefit from diversity, and we believe that science and data helps us achieve that. That's why we also publish all our research and findings at www.beapplied.com/blog.

Board Member

2023

Member of the Advisory Board

2020

Tripple is a private investment company using capital as a force for good. As a member of their Advisory Board I support the team on strategy, social impact and decision-making.

Coach

2021

Venture Partner

2020 - 2023

Ada Ventures is a venture capital firm which invests in overlooked founders and markets. As a Venture Partner, I worked with the team and their portfolio companies on how they define and measure social impact.

Principal Advisor, Head of Growth and Equality

2014 - 2016

Whilst at BIT I worked across multiple teams, ultimately leading the International team and then the Growth and Equality team. I was lucky to spend time working on a range of policy areas, from spending time seconded to HM Treasury on pension reform, researching the impact of poverty on decision-making, growing BIT's work with foreign governments, and heading up our work to improve social mobility.

Course Assistant - 'Behavioral Economics and Public Policy' (Professor Brigitte Madrian)

2014 - 2014

Policy Associate, Senate Finance Committee (Tax Team)

2013 - 2013

Research Assistant - Professor Robert Putnam

2013 - 2013

I was part of Professor Putnam's research team for his book 'Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis', exploring the changing face of inequality in the United States.

Research Assistant - Center for International Development

2012 - 2013

I supported with analysis for a project exploring institutional reform in developing countries.