Kate Clark is an industrial archaeologist who has had a career in museums and heritage management in the public, private and voluntary sectors, in Australia and the UK. She has worked in Wales as CEO of Cadw (the Welsh Government heritage service), in Australia as Director of Sydney Living Museums (the Historic Houses Trust of NSW), and in England with the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage and Ironbridge Gorge Museums, as well as in her own business. She has written about a wide range of heritage topics including conservation planning, industrial archaeology, heritage management, research and evaluation, landscapes, building conservation and sustainable development.