The impact I've made on people, and their businesses.

Bec Burrows, Sales Director, Data HQ.

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We have worked together for the last 3 years or so, and it has been an utter delight. Her enthusiasm is infectious, which is exactly what you need from a marketing consultant. She truly did help me fall in love with our company again, and I always knew that if Catherine was going to be in the office, it was going to be a good day.

Her hard work, diligence and patience is inspiring. She took us from a stuffy and corporate data supplier, to something so much more. She drove our re-brand, helped us to position our offering and find our voice.

We are a different company now, thanks to Catherine. I would not hesitate to recommend her to any sales leader looking to revamp their approach, and I truly hope I get to work with her again in the future.

Tom Berry, Managing Director, MikeWorldWide.

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Catherine is a great marketer, but her strengths in community building are where she is in her element. With ClubCISO, Catherine has helped build a vibrant and engaged community of c-level executives that is helping to strengthen the CISO voice in the UK. Catherine is unafraid to take risks and try new things, which is why ClubCISO keeps improving year by year. She is also a pleasure to work with.

Marc Lueck, CISO in Residence at Zscaler

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Catherine amazes me. From a quiet presence at first; through to a clear driving force for change at Company85; at each stage I have enjoyed working with her and been astounded at the positive influence she has wielded. Her clear insight into just what potential and existing clients want to see and read, and how both sales and our delivery should engage with them has led to a lasting marketing presence.

It has seen our business move from word of mouth and transactional to campaign and product/service forward, long term buyer journey relationships. Add to that a wicked sense of humour and a profoundly human and kind way of engaging, and you have possibly one of my favourite human beings.

Chris White, CIO, Clyde & Co LLP.

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I first met Catherine when she came to see me at Clyde & Co to ask if I would partner with her team on a set of tech debates in the legal sector.

As CIO I was approached for this kind of thing often. What was interesting about Catherine was her collaborative approach. She treated everyone on the team as equal regardless of rank and understood that everyone had personal goals they would like to achieve through the activity.

Catherine is the kind of person that tunes into what people need, then builds communities to support that. I particularly enjoyed working with her on the creation of her New-In-Role community which hosted a supportive network for senior leaders in the early months of demanding roles. Her drive to make things happen, and bring people together to create positive change is infectious and I greatly enjoyed our time working together.

Gabe Barrett, CIO, Abellio Group.

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Community maker is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Catherine Coale.

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Catherine for four years, during which she built a powerful community of data experts from the ground up. Catherine motivated me to join the Advisory Board with her compelling vision of how I and others could contribute our different experiences and perspectives to develop something bigger than ourselves.

Above all, I was impressed with her ability to build trust, encourage connection and facilitate a group of strong personalities to develop something great, fuelled by her authentic love of people and our capacity for growth.

Manoj Bhatt, Founder, Cyberhash UK.

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I have had the pleasure of working with Catherine a couple of times now and everytime I work with Catherine, I am wow’ed by what Catherine brings to the table. Catherine not only provides you with great insights and thought provoking consulting but takes you on a journey.

I feel that everytime I work with Catherine I learn something a little more each time. Catherine, in the most recent engagement has helped set some really clear foundations for the success of the business.

I can’t thank Catherine enough and would never hesitate in recommending Catherine. If you come into the engagement with an open mind and work with Catherine, you don’t just get a marketing experience but one which coaches and guides you to where you want to take the business.

Dr Carrie Goucher, Founder, FewerFasterBolder

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Catherine is an incredibly sought after B2B marketer – she could fill her day several times over if she wanted to. There are lots of strategic marketers and Catherine is definitely at the top end of this list, but what sets her apart is her strength of character – the warmth to build strong relationships, the critical challenge to sharpen every deliverable, the drive to get the result not just a tick in the box, the pragmatism to say ‘enough’ when perfection becomes the enemy of the good. Catherine’s reputation goes before her – and she doesn’t disappoint!

James Frost, Coast Digital, Gay Times.

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Catherine is super creative, highly organised and ruthless with both time and task management. She has a unique ability to cut through the fluff and deliver tangible and actionable results for her clients. Catherine is a visionary, and one of the most talented marketing professionals I have had the pleasure of working with. I would not hesitate to recommend her.

Joe Breen, Director of Sales EMEA, Telstra Purple.

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Catherine Coale annoys me! I believe I can do all of the things that Catherine can do, but not all at the same time, and certainly not as well! I have worked with Catherine for over 7 years, firstly in her role as Marketing Director at Company85, and more recently as head of our Social Organisation program at Telstra Purple.

Catherine is intelligent, thoughtful, insightful and extremely hard working, but most importantly, working with her has just been great fun! She has built our Social Organisation program from scratch: explaining the benefits, getting the right sponsorship, defining the plan, then executing perfectly!

Dave Battson, Operations DIrector, Data HQ.

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When Catherine started working with us we knew we definitely needed help with our marketing but what she has given us is so much more than that.

On a company level she has helped us identify our brand and put actions in place to help us move forward. But she is so much more than this – she has helped us identify a number of areas that we needed/wanted to improve and her commercial awareness is extremely high. Whether it be helping us build new sales strategies or improving the communication within the business it has all been fantastic.

On a personal level I have loved working with Catherine. I feel I have evolved as a person and as a Company Director and really understanding the impact I make.

As I went to write this I noticed her job title is listed as “Helping people fall in love with their business (again)” and nothing sums up her time with us more than this.

Can’t recommend her highly enough 👍

Chloe Faizullah-Ward, Co-Founder, ACT Authentic.

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Working with Catherine has inspired ambitious projects with the objective of achieving long lasting change in the confidence and expertise of her team. Her vision is balanced perfectly with a pragmatic and straightforward approach that realises tangible results.

Daniel Rendell, Client Services Director EMEA, Telstra Purple.

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Catherine seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to unearthing the issues that are important to a person or a project or a company. She is then also very adept at distilling a complex situation into a simple problem statement, and coming up with a plan that gets everyone’s buy-in.

Catherine is a joy to work with, always genuinely interested and inquisitive, with a very high EQ and a wry sense of humour. How she gets so much done in so short a time is a wonder.

Read the full story on my LinkedIn recommendations linkedin.com/in/catherinecoale/

John Appleby, Senior Partner, Leonard Gray LLP.

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Catherine is a first class performer. During her time working with Leonard Gray, she has grasped our business model and how our marketplace operates in an astonishingly short period of time, delivering marketing ideas and initiatives that perfectly suit our goals. She has helped transform our website and publicity material, giving us greater opportunities to connect with our clients in a way that is relevant to their needs. Catherine is sharp, focused and motivated. She avoids jargon and is to the point. I cannot recommend her services highly enough.

 

Jessica Barker MBE PhD, Co-Founder, Cygenta.

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Catherine Coale is a true pleasure to work with. She is passionate, professional and always positive; she brings innovative ideas to the table, asks the right (sometimes difficult!) questions and facilitates discussion that brings out the best in others, too.

As Chair of ClubCISO, I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to work closely with Catherine, who has been a key driving force behind this community; we have experienced record-breaking growth in membership numbers and engagement in the last year that can be directly attributed to Catherine’s ideas and efforts.

I genuinely respect, admire and appreciate many things about Catherine: her intellect, her sense of humour and her boundless energy. She is honest, dedicated and great fun to work with.

Sukhi Grewal Hopkins, Commercial Director, Riversafe.

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There are marketeers, and then there’s Catherine – you will quite simply never come across anyone like her.

Once an objective/goal is set, Catherine creates innovative models to achieve them – constantly pushing the boundaries of the norm. More importantly, and above everything else, Catherine knows how to execute those models and gain real results.

She stays close to the sales team, understanding what’s important to them, with her number one aim of creating leads – she even supported my move from marketing to consulting sales and created a plan on how to transition successfully

Samantha Martin-Woodgate, Compliance Community Lead, Skillcast.

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Our journey was one filled with boundless energy and enthusiasm, working alongside Catherine was one of the highlights of my career. Not only did I learn a great deal from her professionally, but she also became a good friend and mentor.

I was lucky enough to work alongside Catherine during a period of intense growth, change and uncertainty but throughout this period she was resilient, driven, focused and always guiding her team to produce work of an exceptional level. She is a true expert within her field and is brilliant at building teams with a diverse range of skills and being able to tease excellence out of them.

Catherine has a great moral compass and a genuinely authentic personality she truly understands the meaning of ‘customer first ‘approach to everything she does.

“Catherine’s drive to make things happen, and bring people together to create positive change is infectious and I greatly enjoyed our time working together.”

Chris White, CIO, Clyde & Co LLP.