About the Author

Catherine Oliver is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor and Founder

of the Bluebell Partnership. She specializes in helping organizations

from start-ups through to the largest listed companies overcome

the challenges of supporting working parents and developing their

gender balance and wider inclusion strategies. Catherine previously

had a 20-year corporate career, during which she became a mum,

and founded and ran Sky’s parenting network, Parents@Sky, with

the help of a team of passionate and dedicated volunteers. Within

a few years, the network had more than 1,500 members and a

programme of activity including regular workshops, webinars,

events and an online forum. Catherine went on to co-found Sky’s

award-winning Women in Leadership initiative, all of this alongside

her ‘day job’ in the Strategy team. Additionally, she is a regular

speaker at industry events.

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A beach lover at heart, Catherine now lives on the south coast

of England with her husband and daughter. Her other interests

include travel (especially family road trips), learning the piano and

dog walks on the beach.