Val Sedounik

Val specialises in working with organisations that are dealing with digital transformation and innovation challenges by adapting strategy, aligning leaders and designing organisations. Her mission is to co-create and deliver, innovative and future-focused solutions that transform the leadership, organisation and workforce. She relishes her role as a trusted advisor and thought partner for business leaders, providing strategic leadership in designing and delivering both small- and large-scale change initiatives, either on a local or global basis.

Val started her consulting career with KPMG and later with Grant Thornton, where she has worked with major clients across the Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Technology, Automotive and Manufacturing industries in the UK, Europe, US, Africa and Asia. She later undertook various interim roles, designing and leading strategic business change initiatives triggered by software implementation and regulatory changes. This led Val to transition to a Director-level role in which her key responsibilities were to reposition and innovate a business, and to develop a digital service line offering, before then returning to business consulting and leadership development. www.kairos-cs.com

Val holds a Ph.D. in Economic Psychology and Sociology, and a post-graduate qualification in Management and Administration from Harvard University. She is certified in Organisational Change (Peter Senge, MIT) and in the practices of Theory U and Presencing (Otto Scharmer, MIT). In addition, Val is an accredited Business and Leadership Coach, certified in Gestalt & Organisational Development and has studied applied System Thinking and Organisational Dynamics. Val has published a variety of articles about management and leadership, and has recently published an article entitled "Why your organisation needs post-heroic leadership". Val holds Austrian citizenship, speaks German and English fluently and lives in London.