Kate Boyd

Appointed December 2023

Kate Boyd is the Secretary of The Cabinet Office, which was reinstated on 1 July 2023 to provide the Government with strategic advice on the most complex policy challenges affecting the people of NSW. Kate is a standing advisor to the NSW Cabinet, helping to uphold Cabinet conventions across government and providing stewardship of the Cabinet system.

Kate previously served as Deputy Secretary, General Counsel in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. She advised across a range of areas in the Premier’s portfolio including constitutional and electoral law, parliamentary matters, integrity and accountability, privacy and access to government information. Kate led the legal and governance functions and was the Department’s Chief Risk Officer. She was named as a finalist in the category of Public Servant of the Year in the 2020 NSW Premier’s Awards, and received the Public Service Medal in the 2022 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her work on the legal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before joining the NSW Government, Kate specialised in competition and consumer law at Allens.