Kim McKay

Kim Coral McKay AO FRSN (born 1959) is an Australian environmentalist, author, entrepreneur and business person. Since April 2014, she has been the Director and CEO of the Australian Museum, the first woman to hold the position in the museum's 191-year history.

She co-founded the Clean Up Australia campaign in 1989 and the Clean Up the World campaign in 1992, with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Clean Up the World operates in more than 125 countries. She co-created The National Geographic Society's The Genographic Project, the world's largest DNA population study, and is the co-author of five books.

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