Katie is responsible for St Luke’s HR, L&D, EDI & Volunteering teams. Joining St Luke’s in the Summer of 2022, Katie has a degree in Business and HRM from Sheffield Hallam University, and is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD). Katie holds many years of experience in People Team leadership and management roles across a range of industries, most recently within the Manufacturing and Engineering sector, but with her portfolio of experience also including Wholesale, Retail & Distribution, Local Authority and Insurance Services, now extended to the third sector and healthcare. Katie offers an excellent mix of strategic and operational knowledge and experience. This includes supporting new business set up and organisational design, HR function formation, alignment with business needs alongside management of the full range of employee relations (ER) matters and casework and leading on transformation projects including growth, diversification and rationalisation. Katie has a genuine passion for all things people, in particular employee engagement, people development, health and wellbeing and DE&I.