Summary

Katherine is an experienced executive coach and former Fortune 50 leader who works with senior executives and teams across Asia Pacific, the Americas, and Europe. Her work focuses on strengthening leadership capability, driving strategic transformation, and cultivating organisational cultures that support both performance and purpose.

Coaching Style

Katherine’s coaching blends insight, empathy, and pragmatism. She helps leaders step back to see patterns, clarify priorities, and make decisions that drive both personal and organisational impact. Her style is collaborative yet challenging, encouraging honest reflection, fresh perspective, and sustained change.
 
She guides leadership teams toward defining and executing strategic objectives that bolster competitive positioning and drive corporate success. With over two decades of diverse experience, she helps clients enhance operational effectiveness and achieve sustainable outcomes, emphasising strategic clarity and organisational agility.

Professional Experience

As Chief Operating Officer for MetLife Asia Pacific, a Fortune 50 company, Katherine led Business Operations, Technology, and Risk functions, elevating operational performance across diverse markets. She previously held global leadership roles in Strategic Planning and Human Resources for several Fortune 500 organisations, with experience spanning Financial Services, High-Tech/Manufacturing, and Logistics.
 
Her expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, business integration, and large-scale organisational transformation, where she has successfully guided companies through complex change with a balanced and pragmatic approach.

Qualifications

Katherine holds a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a Sloan Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia. She is a Certified Human Resource Professional and an EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) Certified Individual and Team Coach. She is an Associate of the Institute of Coaching (Harvard/McLean) and the International Coaching Federation. She is also accredited to use Hogan, Saville, and DiSC psychometric assessments.​