Kate Walker
About Kate Walker
Kate Walker is an Associate People Programme and Project Manager at Arup with extensive experience in HR roles across various companies. She holds a BA in Business Studies and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
Current Position at Arup
Kate Walker currently holds the position of Associate-People Programme and Project Manager at Arup. She has been in this role since 2017. Her responsibilities include overseeing organizational projects and programs related to people management, ensuring that they align with the company's strategic goals.
Previous Roles at Arup
Before taking on her current role, Kate Walker served in two other capacities at Arup. From 2013 to 2017, she worked as an HR Project Manager, managing various human resources projects. Prior to that, she was an HR Business Partner from 2007 to 2013, focusing on aligning HR strategy with business objectives.
Experience at Telent and Marconi
Kate Walker has extensive HR experience from her earlier career. She worked as an HR Manager at telent from 2006 to 2007. Before that, she spent five years at Marconi in various HR roles between 2001 and 2006, and she also completed an HR Industrial Placement there from 1999 to 2000.
Educational Background
Kate holds a BA in Business Studies from The Nottingham Trent University, completed in 2001, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from The Manchester Metropolitan University, completed in 2003. These qualifications have provided her with a foundational understanding of business and HR management.
Professional Certifications
To further her expertise, Kate has completed several professional certifications. She holds a Prince2 Agile Practitioner certification (2019) and a PRINCE 2 Practitioner certification (2014), both from QA Training. Additionally, she achieved the Agile HR Ways of Working certification from Pxo Culture in 2021.