Catherine Wakelin

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ABOUT CATHERINE WAKELIN

Results-driven business transformation leader with 20+ years orchestrating high-performance teams to meet aggressive goals and deliver high impact transformative change. Skilled in developing strong internal and external relationships to facilitate the collaborative achievement of high-priority goals. Thrives in a fast-paced setting, leveraging leadership experience, strategic thinking, practical planning, and high-caliber execution to enable team success. Committed to life-long learning and going the extra mile to facilitate continuous improvement.KEY SKILLSo Project and Program Deliveryo Strategic Planningo Management Consultingo Complex Problem-Solving o Business Transformationo Team Leadershipo Relationship Managemento Change Managemento Executive/Pitch Presentationso Omnichannel Experience Roadmaps o Productizationo Strategic Thinking & Analysiso Advanced Facilitationo Workshop Design & Executiono Business Process OptimizationCAREER HIGHLIGHTSo Leadership Excellence: Successfully led large-scale, multifaceted initiatives across diverse business sectors in high-stakes environments, ensuring clarity, transparency, fiscal responsibility and alignment throughout.o Strategic Vision: Using critical thinking, successfully crafted and executed in-depth strategic analyses, developing and implementing comprehensive strategic plans and roadmaps that optimized business outcomes. o Business & Digital Transformation: Guided organizations through business reinvention and reorganizations, leading strategy development, decision-making, technology roadmap building, operating model development, change management and rebranding efforts. o Problem-solving: Applied a management consulting mindset to work with stakeholders to resolve significant business critical issues associated with mergers, reorganizations, rebranding, operational changes, poor-performing programs and digital transformation.