Thinking Partner
Kate Holden
An engaging, influential global leader and board member, Kate has extensive experience in strategy formulation and execution, digital transformation and building world class high performing teams.
About Kate
An engaging, influential global leader and Board Member, Kate has extensive experience in strategy formulation and execution, digital transformation and complex stakeholder engagement having worked in high performing environments in the Education, Information Services and Media industries.
Kate’s leadership skills and experience in managing P&L of up to £223m and staff of 1,000 has been gained through a successful career with some of the most respected global brands: RELX PLC, Pearson PLC, Financial Times and McGraw-Hill Education and through her own consulting business, providing Strategic Planning and Digital Transformation Services.
Born in Cyprus and educated at an Italian school, Kate completed her undergraduate studies at Southampton University followed by several executive courses at Harvard Business School, Chicago Management School and Cranfield Management School.
Kate enjoys working with Boards, CEOs and their teams facing strategic choices and responding to the challenges of today’s digital disruptions to achieve scale, grow market share and deliver profitable results. She is a Board Member on the Learning Change Programme at The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and a Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee at the University of Warwick. Kate is also a freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman and a Mentor at the Worshipful Company of Marketors – a City Livery Co. which promotes Marketing as a force for economic and social good.
She speaks English, French, Italian and Greek, loves working with different cultures and channels her passion for coaching executives, entrepreneurs and their teams by focusing on helping them gain strategic clarity and create a culture of belief and excellence for themselves and their teams.