Katie Foulkes is a dual Olympian and a highly regarded executive coach and consultant who has worked in senior management roles in leadership and capability development, organisational behaviour and change for more than 20 years. She is experienced in formulating and implementing strategies that enhance individual, team and organisational performance and has worked with clients across public, private, sport, health and education sectors globally.

Katie’s unique experience as a dual Olympian and international rowing coach has enabled her to understand the steps needed to perform on a world stage. Her skill set as Coxswain of the Australian Women’s Eight resulted in an incredible rowing career in which she was ranked number one in Australia for close to 10 years. Katie’s ground-breaking approach delved beyond the surface by focusing on both the individual and team dynamics. She described this as “team synergy” which gave rise to an unprecedented amount of race wins within Australian female rowing at the time.  She has been granted the post-nominal letters OLY in recognition of her contribution to sport.

Following her Olympic career, Katie has continued to build the capability and performance of individuals, teams and organisations globally. She combines her lived experience sustaining peak performance in sport with her organisational experience and her academic career to enable clients to access an unrivalled package of expert know-how. 

Katie is passionate about sustainable, long term performance and is currently conducting research on the topic of resilience at the University of Sydney. She presented at the 2019 International Coaching Conference on resilience and complexity, and her research on a systemic lens of resilience was presented at the 2021 Institute of Coaching Harvard Medical School Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference. She can be contacted for speaking engagements on a range of topics.