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Kate Russell

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Director at Hum[ai]n
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kate Russell is the Director at Hum[ai]n, focusing on the people and culture aspects of AI transformation. Leveraging nearly two decades in brand and marketing for major brands like lululemon, she now concentrates on the human side of business. Colleagues describe her as energetic, insightful, and collaborative.

Outside of work, Kate values building genuine connections globally, sometimes sparking projects from conversations in places like Bali. She shares relatable stories about navigating the challenges and negotiations of life with a young toddler, finding leadership lessons in unexpected moments.

After a successful 20-year career in marketing, she pivoted her entire career to focus on people and culture.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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AI Culture Shift
Advocates that AI transformation is a people project, not just a tech project, highlighting that most failures stem from a lack of cultural readiness, not faulty technology.
Human-Centered Business
Pivoted her career from marketing to people leadership based on the belief that connection, belonging, and culture are the primary fuels for successful business transformation.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director
Hum[ai]n
7-2022 - 5-2024
Director of People & Culture
Example
9-2021 - 6-2022
Head of Marketing, Partnerships & People Operations
iEqualChange (i=Change)
3-2020 - 9-2021
Brand consultant- Marketing, Communications, Partnerships and Project Management
Self-employed
1-2019 - 3-2020
Strategic Sales Australia and New Zealand
lululemon Australia & New Zealand
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Education
2005 - 2007
Bachelor of Communications
Western Sydney University
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