Kate role is informed by her career as a senior academic in a university business school, focusing on strategy, leadership and professional development. 

Kate is also a conference keynote speaker, internationally, and provides expert commentary on a range of topics. She is regularly quoted in regional, national and international media, has appeared on both BBC television and radio, is a Forbes contributor and has a regular column in Dialogue Review, the business magazine for leaders.
 

Matt Offord, former naval officer, is the director and founder of Coscoroba Consulting, a data driven management consultancy. 

Matt developed the SWAN leadership model, which he has applied in both public and private sector companies, in industries as diverse as health to marine technology, to help them thrive in complex situations. 

He has an MBA and a PhD in leadership, and is a former senior member of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at Durham University Anthropology Department. 
 

Rod Jones is content manager with The Institute of Leadership & Management where he is responsible for the content of its multi award-winning e-learning platform MyLeadership and other resources which support the learning of The Institute’s members. 

Rod has considerable experience of the education sector; having previously worked in further education as a lecturer in management and accountancy, and then as a curriculum manager before becoming an external verifier and subsequently assessment manager with ILM. 
Rod holds an M.Ed and an MBA.