Katica Dias
Miss Katica Dias
Business Development Manager
Australia Red Cross
Katica has worked in the international humanitarian aid sector for the past nine years and is currently the Business Development Manager at Australian Red Cross. She entered the industry from a social-psych perspective, with post-graduate qualifications in psychology and having worked in the mental health sector in Australia. Her work overseas was primarily with American organisations and included roles such as a program design consultant to prevent child sex trafficking in Nepal and as a technical advisor to a child soldier reintegration program in Lord's Resistance Army-territory in Uganda. Prior to her current role, Katica managed Australian Red Cross' landmine and public health programs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Katica's experience overseas compelled her to undertake a Masters in International Relations as she sought to understand the geopolitical framework that the international aid sector operated within. She has a particular interest in socio-political analysis of contemporary conflict and security issues and seeks to actively engage in this sector in the future.