About Us

CEO & Business Development

Kat was born and raised in Indigenous communities in North Queensland and is a descendant of the Mer and Mua people of the Torres Strait Islands. Over the past 30 years, she has gained significant experience working in multinational companies, government agencies and universities in Sydney, London & Edinburgh.

Kat worked at City of Sydney (2009-2014) in the Office of Independent Councillors as well as in Council business. Today Kat is an Indigenous Business Advisor and Learning Designer who produced the country’s first Political Leadership Incubator for Women of Colour.  She has volunteered for UN Women (2014), served as Board Director for Women for Election Australia (2018-2020) and Bankstown Women's Health Centre (2022-ongoing) and Indigenous Advisor to Women & Leadership Australia and Women of Colour Australia.  

Director & Advisor

Marie Barbaric is a proud Dunghutti and Gamilaroi woman and CEO of Koori Kulcha Experience, which provides catering, cross-cultural training, team building workshops and tourism. She is a Director of Illawarra Wingecarribee Aboriginal Alliance; a Director of Hume Coal Charity; and lead negotiator for OCHRE , the community focused plan of the NSW Government.    Marie is also Director of Women's Business and has completed political training with Women for Election Australia and Pathways to Politics Program for Women at UNSW.

CFO

Raghu is an experienced CFO and Strategy executive with more than 20 years experience. His career has spanned large companies like Accenture, GE and Westpac and was recently working at an Indigenous Investment Bank (Iba.gov.au). Most recently he is focused on start-ups and scale-ups in the fin-tech and med-tech space, such as X15 and Trimph. His passion with Politics in Colour is to encourage minority groups to participate in the political process.