Dr Cath Bishop

Cath competed in rowing at 3 Olympic Games, winning World Championships gold in 2003 and Olympic silver in Athens 2004. As a diplomat for the British Foreign Office for 12 years, Cath specialized in policy and negotiations on conflict issues, with postings to Bosnia and Iraq. Cath now works as a speaker alongside her work as a leadership and culture coach, facilitator and author. Cath is a member of the Executive Education Faculty at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. She works with leaders across business, education and sport to develop high performing teams, resilient and inclusive environments and sustainable performance cultures where people can thrive and do their best work. Her approach is one that both challenges and supports leaders to think differently, to trust and to adopt a human centred approach. Cath speaks at events globally on topics of leadership, performance and cultural change in business, sport and education. Cath writes regularly on topics relating to culture in sport for The Guardian. Cath is an Independent Advisor to British Gymnastics on cultural reform and also Chair of Love Rowing, British Rowing’s charitable foundation that raises funds for projects to increase access to rowing and an Advisor to The True Athlete Project, a non-profit organisation which provides holistic development programmes in sport. Cath is a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta and Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.