Kate Saporta

Chief Financial Officer

Kate is Family Life’s Chief Financial Officer, guiding the financial and social enterprise strategy for the organisation.

Kate is a highly experienced chartered accountant who has held prior CFO roles both here in Australia and in Tanzania. Kate is a strategic CFO who demonstrates strong person-centred leadership skills with strong communication capability. She has worked for a number of foundations and supported not for profits.

Kate has spent a decade working with corporate and for-purpose organisations to improve capability, sustainability and impact, developing deep knowledge of social enterprise. As a Chartered Accountant Kate is passionate about enabling financial literacy amongst for purpose organisations. With expertise in financial modelling, business model innovation, strategic accounting, and social finance she guides social enterprise to set up and run impactful and sustainable enterprises.

Prior to joining Family Life, Kate worked in the social enterprise environment supporting start-ups and scaling new social enterprises at the Centre for Social Impact. She specialises in strategic business and financial modelling and design, growth strategies, capital raising and implementation support.

Qualifications:

Chartered Accountant – Institute of Chartered Accounts
Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance – University of Melbourne