• Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Biology) - University of Technology, Sydney, 1992.
• Graduate Certificate (Environmental Engineering and Management) – University of Technology, Sydney, 1995.
• Graduate Certificate (Social Impact) - University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011

• Certified Environmental Auditor by RABQSA International
• Member, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
• Member, Emerging Leaders for Social Change
• Women on Boards
• Founding Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Manly Council 1998 – 2002 providing water quality, stormwater and environmental management advice.
• Invited Independent Judge for AGL’s Life Guard Excellence Awards for 2000 – independently assessed the health, safety and environmental performance of AGL’s projects across Australia.
  

Anna is the founding Director of Orbis Environmental, a specialist environmental and social advisory firm which focuses on incorporating sustainability principles into projects and identifying opportunities to create social and environmental value. Anna is a recent graduate of the Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, at The Centre for Social Impact (UNSW). In 2011, she received the Centre for Social Impact prize for outstanding academic performance in the course Leadership for Social Impact.

She has two decades of experience working in government, utilities and the professional services sector as an environmental and sustainability specialist/strategist. She has worked across many large and often controversial projects particularly in the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors and innovatively incorporates sustainability principles into projects and considers project and company based decisions are strengthened when applying these principles. She has also advised government on impacts associated with key State projects in the mining and infrastructure sectors.

Anna has a proven track record on major projects; managing environmental teams, establishing collaborative relationships including community programs and advising on key strategic issues for proposed developments. Anna's experience is wide ranging, from reviewing the status of the environmental character of the Homebush Bay site prior to its redevelopment as the Sydney Olympic Site in 1991-1992, to preparing environmental impact assessments and environmental management plans for a range of major developments and undertaking due diligence and environmental compliance audits in Japan. Anna also has an excellent understanding of the outcomes sought by government agencies through the Environmental Impact Assessment process, from her review of many projects and reports on behalf of the lead Planning government agency in New South Wales, since 2001.

Anna is passionate about creating opportunities for business to create social and environmental value and developing the next generation of sustainability leaders and responsible business models.

She has a degree in Environmental Biology and postgraduate qualifications in Environmental Engineering and Management and more recently, Social Impact.

Kachka Anna 1998, "Effective Monitoring of Stream Health", Water Quality and Waste Treatment, Conference Program and Abstracts, Lombok, Indonesia, 19 to 22 October, organised by The Australian-Indonesian Environmental Science Project with the University of Mataram.

Kachka A.M. and Turner, C. 1996, "Performance Evaluation of a Water Pollution Control Pond – Lake Annan", Proceedings of the WaterTech Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 27 to 28 May, organised by Australian Water and Wastewater Association.

Kachka A.M., Mackay S.M., and Simeoni M.A. 1994, "Sampling Methodology for the Assessment of Nutrient and Bacterial Loads in Stormwater". In: Preprints of Papers, Water Down Under Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 21 – 25 November 1994. Organised by the Institution of Engineers, Australia and International Association of Hydrogeologists, Volume 3: Surface Hydrology and Water Resources Papers, pp. 327-334.

• Environmental Auditing – Environmental Auditor Certification Series Workshop - 5 day Course – Accredited by RABQSA – Attendance 20/5/02 - 24/5/02
• Environmental Management Systems – Environmental Management Systems Workshop - 2 day Course – Attendance in 2001