Cate Buchanan
Co-Managing Partner
Cate is a mediation support and process design specialist focusing on inclusive political analysis, conflict prevention and conflict sensitivity strategies.
Cate Buchanan is the Conflict Adviser to the LIFT Fund in Myanmar, SURGE (Support Unit for Gender Equality managed by DT-Global for the Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs), the European Institute for Peace, UN Women Afghanistan and others. She also leads a coaching process focused on Myanmar.
Over 2025 she is working towards accreditation with the International Coaching Federation as a certified coach to support those in conflict-affected contexts transition to new roles, strengthening leadership skills, and accompanying high-potential individuals.
In 2020 she was the Specialist Editor of Conciliation Resources' Accord 29, Pioneering peace pathways – making connections to end violent conflict. In 2018 Cate was on the Standby Team of Experts for the UN Mediation Support Unit in the Department of Political Affairs providing advice on process design and gender & inclusion as a Senior Mediation Adviser. In 2019 Cate worked part-time as a Standby Team Expert and for UNFPA Myanmar as a Senior Protection Adviser, Dialogue Advisory Group, UN Women, Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution, International IDEA, the UK and Norwegian Governments.
From mid-2014-2018 Cate worked as the first Technical Adviser to the Myanmar Alliance for Gender Inclusion in the Peace Process and as a consultant to the Nyein (Shalom) Foundation. She then worked as an adviser to Nyein (Shalom) Foundation and the Ethnic Armed Organisations it supported in the then political dialogue and ceasefire process, including national dialogues and peace secretariat development.
Cate worked for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue from 2001 to 2013. This was in Programme Manager and Senior Adviser roles supporting peacemaking initiatives in Asia & the Pacific. Cate has worked extensively on gun violence reduction and control including a secondment to Viva Rio in Brazil as a Human Security Adviser. Cate spearheaded the Surviving Gun Violence Project and was Chief Editor of Gun Violence, Disability and Recovery (2014).
See LinkedIn profile for more detail.