Caroline started her professional career as a nurse, before moving into human resources (HR) and organisational development (OD). She has worked for the Department of Health, Ministry of Defence, Scottish Executive Health Department and in a range of NHS providers, implementing new services and developing service improvements.
As Director for Organisational Effectiveness for the NHS provider regulator and improvement agency and Executive / Senior Manager Coach, she was a board director for HR and OD, leading strategies focussed on staff engagement, inclusion, leadership development and wellbeing. She has been an NHS regional director of workforce (Chief People Officer) for the South East England (250 000 workforce, 9 million population) and then invited to be a partner at a global consultancy.
The breadth and depth of her skill and experience allows her to work across the public sector, with third sector organisations and in some commercial settings. Her goals are always to unlock the potential in others to ensure they can maximise their impact and ambition, whilst remaining conscious of their preference and triggers for stress when in high pressure environments and in times of change.
2.00pm: Transforming work: Innovative approaches for the digital age