Helen Smith

Helen is a Senior Partner at Catalyst with a background in financial services and banking, specialising in continuous improvement and change leadership.

Professional Background

Helen is a Senior Partner at Catalyst with a background in financial services and banking, specialising in continuous improvement and change leadership.

Recent Experience

Helen has delivered projects ranging from local improvement initiatives to multi-country change programmes across regulated environments.

Agile Transformation & Leadership

Helen is passionate about people and change, blending data, facilitation, and coaching to empower teams to adopt new ways of working.

Major Achievements

Helen supported a major UK utilities CI programme in an interim Master Black Belt role, earning strong client feedback for professionalism.

Catalyst & Industry Roles

At Catalyst, Helen designs and delivers training, facilitation, and change programmes that embed sustainable improvement capability.

Qualifications & Professional Background

Helen holds a BSc (Hons) in Management Sciences, an MBA, and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

International & Enterprise Expertise

Helen has worked across financial services, utilities, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, health services, and public sector organisations.

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