KATE SHAW

General Manager Partnerships & Enablement

Kate has held leadership roles in the Disability Sector for 20 years, upon completion of a Bachelor of Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management at the University of Waikato. Kate is currently fortunate enough to have been sponsored to be a member of the Community Enterprise Leadership Foundation (CELF) class of 2023.  

Kate has held her role at ConneXu for 10 years, she is responsible for strategic tasks, the development of new opportunities for the organisation, as well as ConneXu higher level partnerships, a team of 250 employees and the experience received by the people we partner with/work for.  

Kate has been a member of the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) Waikato Leadership Group as a provider representative, a position that she held for 8 years.  She is focused on ensuring that ConneXu holds the eight principles of EGL and the organisation’s values at the forefront of every decision. Her aim is to ensure that the people ConneXu support live in an Inclusive Community, where they have natural connections and are empowered to live the life of their choice.  

Kate grew up in Tauranga, before heading to the mighty Waikato to attend University. Kate, her husband and three children live at the base of Mount Pirongia, where they are equity owners of a 540-cow dairy farm, milking beautiful pure-bred Jersey girls.