A
world class organisation and leadership development professional
with BP: leaving the
UK’s leading company after working on a global scale for
over twenty years. Kate’s key contribution to BP’s transformation
involved helping to guide organisational change and develop
leadership capability during a period of continuous growth,
major mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic
shifts in direction that helped BP become Europe’s biggest
and most profitable company.
Kate’s strengths include a practical
approach to understanding and implementing the big picture,
an innovative approach to meeting challenges and solving
problems combined with an ability to bring together the
needs of the individual, the organisation and the external
world. A summary of Kate’s background and the principal
areas where she can add value in the public and private
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EXPERIENCE
& QUALIFICATIONS
- Twenty
four years with BP including 15 in senior corporate
roles working with BP executive leadership and senior teams.
- Leaving
BP at the end of 2005 as Vice President Executive
Development with responsibility for meeting the development
needs of the top 600 building capability in BP’s Group
Leadership.
- Previously
VP Group Learning and Organisation Development from
’96 and ’03, leading a global team that created radically
new ways of working, developing innovative processes and
driving performance improvement.
- Earlier
roles include from 1990-93, leader of BP's Culture Change
Team that started the transformation of the organisation;
and from 1993 to 1997, Head of OD under David Simon and
then John Browne.
- Joining
BP as a training specialist, in 1981 and as Group
Training Manager from ’87-’90; experience outside BP
after graduating from Nottingham University with a 2:1 in
Applied Social Sciences in 1971 included working initially
for Harrods and the Distributive ITB.
- Non-executive
appointments include HM Revenue and Customs Board,
since 2000; HM Government Risk Review Implementation
Steering Group; MOD Armed Forces Training and Education
Steering Group; Kate was Chair of the Conference
Board Europe Business Council from 1996 – 2001 and is
a Fellow of the Windsor Leadership Trust.
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STRATEGIC EXECUTIVE
COACHING |
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Extensive experience of working with individuals
facing challenges and at critical points in their careers
has made Kate a much sought-after coach at executive level. |
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Aligning individual and organisational needs,
developing a strategic perspective through one to one
performance coaching and mentoring. |
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Combining a structured approach with an
informal style, Kate draws upon a wide range of tools
and proven processes to help the individual manage transitions.
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| ORGANISATIONAL
CHANGE & DEVELOPMENT |
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• Shaping and designing fit for purpose
management and organisational structures that are robust
enough to meet dynamically changing demands and challenges.
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• Change management and major culture change
programmes were a significant part of Kate’s work in BP:
consultancy, facilitation and advice for top management
helped to transform the organisation. |
• Radically new ways of working, restructuring
business streams, establishing cross-functional and peer
processes, Kate operated in many parts of the world including
extensive work in China, Russia and USA |
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| LEARNING
DESIGN & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT |
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• Developing a framework for building leadership
capability and exploring new ways to develop executive
talent are amongst Kate’s primary areas of interest and
expertise. |
• Working with leading consultancies and
centres of excellence in business education, Kate has
a wide global network and has worked closely with the
world’s best practitioners. |
• Advising government and higher education
bodies, collaborating with a wide range
consultants, Kate has also contributed to a number of
international conferences and top business school programmes.
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