Katherine Ray

Having graduated with a BSc Joint Honours in Psychology and Sociology and a MA in Human Resources Management, her career to date spans 16 years in a variety of senior HR, Learning & Development and Talent roles within market leading FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 organisations. It is this blend of Psychology, HR experience and expertise that drives her interest, curiosity and passion for people development as well as helping organisations know and grow their people.

Katherine’s background has enabled her to experience the entire employee lifecycle, but her specific areas of interest are: Talent Management, People Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Mentoring and Coaching.

Katherine has been coaching managers, leaders and individuals at all levels for many years, and is a trained and accredited coach. Katherine is well known for her work in the mentoring space and the award winning global mentoring programme that she designed and created whilst at Unilever, which has been featured in the Harvard Business Review in September 2010, Coaching at Work magazine in May 2012 and Management Today in November 2012.

Since founding Talentology Ltd, Katherine has been working with a number of different organisations in different sectors on a number of different initiatives ranging from talent management, leadership development, diversity, coaching and mentoring.