Catherine Spencer

The first speaker at our event, Celebrating Women and Diversity in the Workplace

Global Accounting Network
Global Accounting Network
Global Accounting Network
Catherine Spencer
We are delighted to have Catherine Spencer as one of our speakers for our event Celebrating Women and Diversity in the Workplace.

Catherine Spencer is a former England International Rugby player and captain who won 63 caps for her country. She played in two World Cup finals, eight 6 Nations championships, and a number of Nations Cup competitions and European Cup tournaments. She has also picked up an accolade of awards for her outstanding achievements

both on and off the pitch, including England Player of the Year in 2006, the Rugby Union Writers Club Award in 2010, and the Linda Uttley Award in 2011.  On speaking at our event celebrating Diversity in the Workplace, Catherine said:

"I am really looking forward to attending and speaking at the Global Accounting Network Women's Leadership event. I feel strongly and passionately that there is a need and desire to provide a platform to share stories, knowledge and experiences related to female leadership. I am very much looking forward to sharing my own personal story of developing confidence within a high-performance sports team setting whilst also identifying the correlation and transfer to the business world.”

Since international retirement in 2011, Catherine has developed her working career using the skills and experience gained as an international athlete and captain. After 4 years working for a Leisure Trust, and 3 and a half years working for the Rugby Football Union, she established her own company - Inspiring Women. Inspiring Women is a platform to encourage female speakers, mentors and ambassadors from the sports and adventure world to share valuable lessons learned and provide insight with business professionals. Catherine has experience in international leadership, elite performance, goal setting, confidence building, sport to business transition, re-motivating, and challenging, and has learned to love telling her story and come to understand and recognise the value of sharing transferable skills and experience from the sports world to the business world.

Catherine Spencer
Date: 23 November 2015
Author: Adrian O'Connor
Tags: Diversity