Katherine Connor is the Executive Director at for the national peak body for the performing arts, PAC Australia, delivering the organisation’s sector development, capacity building and policy priorities. She has worked as a performing arts presenter, a producer and an arts planning consultant in Australia for 25 years.

Katherine was previously a director at a venue management and consulting firm, and has undertaken a variety of producing roles either in a lead or co-producer capacity, from commercial musical theatre to independent producing for theatre and community engagement. She was also Director of Theatre One Productions and Management Services 2011-2018.

Under Katherine's leadership, PAC Australia's performing arts market, APAX, has become the leading market development event for touring and presentation outcomes within Australia, leading the organisation to be appointed as the service delivery partner for Creative Australia to deliver the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) from 2026-2030.