Catherine Lee

About

With over thirty years’ experience in Occupational Health and Safety and Management, Catherine is the Founder and Director of Lethbridge Piper & Associates, a Queensland-based Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Management Consultancy serving client organisations across Australia.

Catherine’s work draws on her experience in senior and operational leadership and consulting roles across the private, government, and not-for-profit sectors across Australia and the United Kingdom, with a focus on integrating Occupational Health and Safety practices with organisations’ business processes to achieve a high level of safety performance and support the organisation’s strategic objectives.

Catherine holds post graduate degrees in Management and Occupational Health and Safety (QUT) and a Master of Arts Research (Griffith University) in which she undertook original research entitles A Qualitative Analysis of the Impacts of ADHD on the Safety-Related Work of Pilots in the Australian Civil Aviation Sector.

Catherine is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Institute of Management Consultants, the International Coaching Federation and the Australasian ADHD Professionals Association. She is a Certified OHS Professional with the Australian Institute of Health and Safety, a Certified Principal OHS Auditor, Licensed Private Investigator, and Professional Coach.

Most recently Catherine established The Neurodiverse Safe Work Initiative, a verified social enterprise which has as its mission to raise awareness and educate employers about the strategic benefits and risks of neurodiversity in employment. Under the mentorship of Professor Amanda Kirby, Catherine Introduced the Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler and adapted it to the Australian business context, to support and inform neurodivergent workers and their employers.

Catherine’s pioneering work in this space has attracted international attention and led to speaking and consulting in New Zealand, South Africa, USA, Canada and Kenya and being recognised as a Finalist in the 2024 MBRIT awards for improving workplace inclusion and safety for neurodivergent workers. Catherine was featured in The Australian Business Journal as one of “10 Australian Speakers to Keep an Eye on in 2025”.

Catherine is a volunteer Board Member of Protect All Children Today (PACT) which provides a network of highly trained and dedicated volunteers to support children and vulnerable adults who are victims or witnesses in the criminal justice system. She also serves on the Board of No Boundaries Disability Support Inc., a disability support centre specialising in experiential care of young adults with high and complex support needs. This organisation provides a state-of-the-art specialist suite of sensory experiences guided by a sensory specialist.