Kate Parker
MSc CEng MIChemE
Management Consultant
Agilis Ltd/ Knova Ltd
Kate has 25 years of experience across engineering, project management and consulting. Her experience ranges from oil & gas and infrastructure projects to business start-up, strategy development, business development and marketing. She is a co-founder of Agilis, a specialised consultancy using agile approaches to help manage projects in volatile, uncertain, complex and evolving environments.
She is passionate about improving performance through developing processes that are rooted in a better understanding of people and behaviour and is focussed on supporting transformation to a net zero economy.
Recent activities for Agilis have included:
Design and delivery of workshops, development of knowledge and activity workflows
Leadership of digital transformation initiative for a major energy development project in a remote frontier location. Worked collaboratively with multiple stakeholders within client, contractor and supplier organisations to identify the digitalisation initiatives with potential to add value from subsurface to market, including: the development of digital assets, improved workflows and data collaboration; and the organisational and governance structures required to support digital transformation.
Development of Intelligent Integrated Operations (IIO) strategy and benefits case and roll-out of IIO initiative including cultural change aspects. Developed IIO Project Execution Plan to address all aspects of project planning for Execute & Operate phases including contractual scope & reward mechanisms, technical architecture, risk management, and organisational design.
Working in a consultancy-technology partnership to support organisations in Net Zero planning, climate risk management & disclosure, and sustainability and ESG reporting.
Kate has worked as an independent consultant since 2011 as Knova Ltd. She has been responsible for the provision of technical consultancy, study management and advisory services to a diverse range of clients, often as part of client teams, including:
Organisational and operational reviews
Market and technology reviews and research
Development strategy, feasibility & concept study management and decision support
Asset valuation, due diligence and other reviews
Value improvement management: value management strategy & implementation
Kate is a Chartered Engineer with a Masters in Project Management from the University of Manchester and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath. She also holds a degree in Sociology and Psychology from the Open University.