Meet Catherine

Hi, I’m Catherine, I moved to Haslemere three years ago with my husband and two children from Scotland. I’m originally from Manchester.

My professional background is in operational performance and service improvement. I’ve worked for a number of organisations in manufacturing, construction and banking over past 25 years. In recent years I have focussed on an area I’m particularly passionate about, improving company culture, reducing silos and inefficiency in organisations and supporting the growth of people and teams through collaborative working and honest, open communication. I have always felt that people should be happy in their work and the most destructive things  to an organisational culture are lack of trust, excessive ego, fear, bureaucracy and silo working.

After a mid life crisis I have taken a change in direction in my life and started studying Fine Art at UCA Farnham in 2020.

I’m passionate about the community I live in and I love meeting new people, learning new things and having fun. After making a change I was keen to find out how I could get involved in voluntary activity in Haslemere and how I could connect with the community around me.

That led me on a bit of a voyage of discovery (something for another blog, another time). and setting up a pilot project called Haslemere Co-Lab with an amazing group of people I didn’t know until last year!

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