Kate Cole MSc, BSc, MAIOH COH

Kate is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)® who has worked in the construction industry for almost two decades on projects in Australia, Hong Kong and the USA. She holds degrees in Science, Engineering, and Occupational Hygiene, and works on major projects involving complex contaminated land remediation and large-scale underground tunnelling.

Currently the Manager of Occupational Health and Hygiene with Ventia, Kate works across most tunnels under construction in Sydney. She is currently supporting Transport for NSW on Australia’s largest public transport infrastructure project, the Sydney Metro as the Occupational Health and Hygiene Manager.

Kate was the recipient of the 2013 Draeger AIOH Young Hygienist Award, the 3M Top Student Prize at the University of Wollongong in 2014, the Thiess Managing Directors Award in 2014, a graduate of the American Industrial Hygiene Associations Future Leaders Institute, a past AIOH Councillor, and in 2016, was awarded a Churchill Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.