Kate Kirwin

Founder & CEO / She Codes Australia

Kate Kirwin is a passionate advocate for women in STEM and the innovation ecosystem.

Founder of She Codes, she has led the steep growth of the project since 2015. Kate has also contributed to the growth of Spacecubed, and since 2014 has played a pivotal role in building community and coordinating other programs including Plus Eight, Startup Weekend, Meshpoints.

Ms Irwin was awarded a Business News 40under40 award in 2021, the West Australian Rising Star award in 2019, a runner up for the 2019 and 2020 Seven News Young Achiever Awards, and was named the 2024 WA Young Australian of the Year.

Lists and Charts

40under40 Winners

40under40 Award Winner 2021

All 40under40 winners for 2021

Name	Current company

Damion Verhoogt	Bruce Rock Engineering
Aaron Teo
Adam Santa Maria	Acacia Coal
Alex Dorsch	Chalice Mining
Andy Wood	Committee for Economic Development of Australia
Ben Aldridge	30 Foot Drop
Ben Hollings	Blue Ocean Monitoring
Brendan Parker	LiveMine
Brittany Garbutt
Cameron Scadding	Source Certain
Christian Stanes	Peritas
Daniel Estrin	Estrin Saul Lawyers
David Jenaway	A&O Shearman
Dawn McAleenan
Ella Hickman	Hickman Family Lawyers
Erin Studsor
Gina Ravenscroft	Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
James Staples
Jaydon Hirst	JMH Group WA
Jess Karlsson	The General Gumala Foundation
Jo Hawkins	The University of Western Australia
Joe Oliver	Delorean Corporation
Justin Linney	Linneys
Kate Holsgrove	Tourism Council WA
Kate Kirwin	She Codes Australia
Katie Day	Fortescue
Kim Smith	Standing Strong
Kyla Smith
Melissa Strutt	3BY2
Michael Bartier	BGC Australia
Navik Shah
Neale Crawford	Recharge Petroleum
Neil Miles
Paul Claxton
Rebecca Epworth
Rob Mason	WA Fuel Supplies
Sophie Doyle	Alf the Label
Steven Russell	Blasta Brewing Company
Tim Cornish	Pentanet
Wade Jolly	KTrans

Roles

2015

Founder & CEO

She Codes Australia

Year started and most recent title

Person Activity

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02 Mar 2022

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