Kathie Knell, Coach-Facilitator-Leadership

Curiosity, a taste for adventure and enterprise has shaped Kathie’s career. She has over 30 years’ experience in the Military, Government and private sector. During her Army career she served on operational deployments in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Belize and was the Training Development Advisor to HM Sultan of Brunei. She was awarded an MBE for her work on operational training for Defence. Elected Deputy Chair for the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP), she worked with NATO Countries and partners to forward the international agenda on Women Peace and Security. Currently, she works as an Advisor to the FCDO Team supporting the Government of Somalia. As a leadership coach and mentor, she advises a range of private sector clients, together with support to international NGO’s and volunteering projects. Her adventures include cycling from Cairo to Cape Town, the Everest and Sahara Marathons, together with cycling the ‘Way of the Rings’ the subject of the book she published tracing the journey of the Neolithic people from The Lakes to Stonehenge.