Catherine is a writer, speaker and coach/mentor focussed on developing the practice of senior leaders. She is a mature and unconventional leader with a reputation for authenticity, passion and extraordinary resilience. As a CEO she steered large-scale mergers and transitions in both public and private sectors. She promotes the potential for growth in all individuals, communities and organisations, and fosters the responsibility of those with influence, to nurture that potential.
Integral to her leadership style are her qualities and commitment to integrity, humour, generosity and openness to inquiry, with an established reputation for using her passion, personal experience and story telling to inspire others.
Widowed suddenly in 2016 Catherine began a personal and professional transformation, and now focusses her attention on her writing, and supporting others in developing the practice of senior leadership. Catherine writes and speaks about her bereavement and personal resilience and change, believing that sharing her experiences can support others in transformation.
Catherine is an Associate with Amara Collaboration, a Non-Executive Director with a local Health Service Trust, and is currently working on two children’s books.