Marie-Helene

Marie-Helene is a highly experienced Lean Six Sigma consultant and multilingual trainer, fluent in English, French, and Dutch. She joined Catalyst in 2002 after working at General Electric as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt supporting European Equipment Finance and Rail.

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Professional Background

Recent Experience

Marie-Helene delivers Lean Six Sigma training (primarily Green Belt) through Catalyst’s open courses in London and in-house programmes for UK and international organisations. She supports implementations through a blend of training and coaching across industries including transport, insurance, and government.

Agile Transformation & Leadership

In addition to Lean Six Sigma, Marie-Helene has delivered programmes in Facilitation Skills, Change Acceleration Process, and GE Work-Out. Her training style is energetic and practical, keeping technical content engaging while ensuring participants can apply the tools immediately.

Major Achievements

At GE, Marie-Helene trained over 350 Green Belts and coached projects across Europe. She has led global improvement projects including a multi-national customer service initiative at RS Components delivering €0.5m savings, and a Kai Sigma event at BAE Systems increasing capability by 50%.

Catalyst & Industry Roles

Marie-Helene has been a core Catalyst consultant for over two decades, combining classroom delivery with hands-on project coaching. Her work spans retail, pensions, banking, pharmaceuticals, electronics, transport, and the public sector, adapting methods to varied operational contexts.

Qualifications & Professional Background

Marie-Helene is a qualified Pharmacist and holds an MBA from the University of Hull. Her analytical foundation and cross-cultural communication skills help her bridge technical improvement methods with leadership alignment and stakeholder engagement.

International & Enterprise Expertise

Marie-Helene has led multi-national and cross-functional teams and is comfortable working across languages and geographies. She brings deep experience deploying Lean Six Sigma at scale across European organisations, supporting both capability-building and measurable, sustained performance gains.

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