Kathleen Smit (Collett) has extensive work experience in various research and strategy roles. From 2019 to the present, they have been working as a Senior Strategy and Impact Manager at The Health Foundation, where they lead the development of the Collaboration for Wellbeing and Health initiative. Prior to this, from 2013 to 2019, Kathleen worked as the Director of Research and Evaluation at Shift (formerly We Are What We Do), where they led the internal research team and collaborated with external partners to ensure projects had measurable social impact.
Before joining Shift, they worked at City & Guilds from 2010 to 2013 as a Senior Manager in Research and Economics, and from 2008 to 2010 as a Research Manager. Prior to this, they also worked as a Researcher at City & Guilds from 2008 to 2009. Kathleen began their career as a Research Assistant at Stakeholder Forum in 2008 and worked as a Temporary Junior Lecturer in Philosophy of Language at Stellenbosch University from April 2005 to June 2005.
Kathleen Smit (Collett) has a diverse education history. Kathleen completed their MPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they obtained a BA (Hons) in Economics at Stellenbosch University in 2004. Kathleen also completed their BA in Politics, Philosophy & Economics at the same institution from 2000 to 2003. There is no available information about their studies at IOE.
June 1, 2023 - present
May, 2019