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Antoinette Oglethorpe

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Keynote Speaker | Author | Thought Leader on Career Development & Mentoring at Antoinette Oglethorpe Limited
📍 United Kingdom

Antoinette Oglethorpe is a bestselling author and keynote speaker specializing in career development, mentoring, and leadership. With over 25 years of experience, she helps global organizations like the WHO and NHS retain talent through confident career conversations. She is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD and a graduate of Newcastle University.

Outside of her professional focus, Antoinette is passionate about personal growth and creating supportive communities for entrepreneurs. She values sharing insights and fostering genuine connections with other business owners to navigate challenges and find support. She has also expressed interest in supporting small businesses.

Unique fact: Antoinette wrote her first book, "Grow Your Geeks, " to provide practical strategies for developing technical experts into effective leaders, based on her experiences at Avanade.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Keynote Speaker | Author | Thought Leader on Career Development & Mentoring
Job Level
Senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Career Development
Her core expertise as a global keynote speaker, author, and consultant, focusing on helping employees and organizations grow and adapt to the changing world of work.
Employee Retention
A primary theme of her book "Confident Career Conversations" is empowering employees through development so they are motivated to stay with their organization.
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Career

Work history

2-2012
Keynote Speaker | Author | Thought Leader on Career Development & Mentoring
Antoinette Oglethorpe Limited
7-2007 - 2-2012
Development Lead
Banana Park Consulting
10-2004 - 7-2007
Learning and Organisation Development Director
XL Capital
10-2000 - 9-2004
UK HR Director and International Training & Development Director
Avanade
3-1997 - 10-2000
Education Area Lead, Career Development Manager & Management Development Manager
Accenture
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Education
1985 - 1989
BSC Honours
Newcastle University
1977 - 1984
Biology
St Paul's Girls'​ School
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