Managing Partner, Community, Social and ESG Investment, Perpetual
Leads Perpetual Private’s Social Investment businesses and ESG Strategy
Cat Fay is a senior social investment and business leader in Australia. She has more than twenty years’ experience advising families, individuals and institutions on philanthropic and social investment strategies.
At Perpetual, Cat oversees approximately $5 billion in community funds across Perpetual’s work with philanthropists, non-profits and Native Title groups. Under her management, Perpetual’s clients distribute more than $130 million annually through philanthropic trusts, estates, and endowments. She is also responsible for driving Perpetual Private’s client strategy in ESG investment.
Prior to her time at Perpetual Cat worked at The Ian Potter Foundation in Australia and the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland and London advising on community and built heritage regeneration projects.
Outside of Perpetual, Caitriona is a leader in democratised philanthropy, focused on giving voice to communities in decision making. She’s a founding Board Member of GiveOUT – a national day of giving for LGBTQIA+ causes, a founding member of Melbourne Women’s Fund, a Board Member of The Ladder Project and a member of the International Women’s Forum.
