Kate Smyth

Kate Smyth is the founder of Meraki People, a board-level organisational design consultancy working with scaling founder-led businesses turning over £3M–£100M. Built around a single conviction, that most people problems aren't people problems, they're structural ones, Meraki's team of consultants and specialist advisors help fellow founders scale and professionalise. As a founder herself, Kate knows exactly what's at stake when they do. She holds NED roles including the Association of Business Mentors, chairs the IoD Special Interest Group on Organisational Development and Performance, guest lectures at Royal Holloway University of London, and facilitates a CEO peer forum for Sir Richard Harpin's Business Leader.