Kate Brandt

As a Sustainability Officer, Kate Brandt is at the forefront of the war against climate change. A pinnacle figure in Google's climate-friendly action plan, Kate has worked with the American government and market-leading corporate organisations to revolutionise their business operations. Kate is a successful TEDtalk speaker, with her presentation gaining tens of thousands of views. Titled A World Without Waste, she explains how every Google search costs the planet, and how innovation, AI and recycling can reduce the environmental pressure of technology.

After graduating with a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, Kate first started working for the political organisation, Obama for America, before joining the National Security Agency Review Team. Remaining at the White House, she worked as a Political Analyst in the Office of Energy and Climate Change, as well as a Special Advisor for Energy to the Secretary of the Navy. These high profile roles shaped Kate as a professional, a person and as a speaker. From Director for Energy and Environment to Federal Chief Sustainability Officer, Kate remained at the American government until 2018, when she moved to Stanford University to be a leadership and sustainability professor. She remained in this role until 2019. During this period, Kate also worked at Google, first as Lead for Sustainability from 2015 to 2018 then as a Google Sustainability Officer from 2018.

Among her other achievements, Kate oversaw the sustainable upgrade of 360,000 buildings and 650,000 vehicles while working for the Federal Government. This amounted to $445 billion in annual products and services. As a testament to her success and influence as a woman in business, Kate was named one of the 40 most influential women in the world and in the top 46 sustainability leaders by Forbes. The perfect speaker for your event, her authority of sustainability and climate change mean that there is no one as impactful as Kate. Judging from her confident, eloquent TEDtalk, Kate is no stranger to the stage. A trailblazer in her field, she can help businesses to embrace the sustainable options out there for them and reduce their impact on the planet. She has been awarded the Public Service Award, considered to be the highest award a citizen can receive from the Navy. An authority on both government action and corporate sustainability plans, Kate is the ideal speaker for a wide range of audiences.