Vijaya Nath

Vijaya brings over 33 years of experience in developing leaders in the private and not-for-profit sector. For the past 27 years she has worked with leaders in health and care, in the four countries of the United Kingdom, Ireland and internationally. She has significant experience in the design and development of innovative leadership programmes and senior organisational development consultancy. Vijaya is an experienced board level facilitator and coach.

She was the recent past Director of Leadership Development at the Leadership Foundation and led a team who worked on Leadership Development and related interventions and projects for the UK’s Higher Education Sector. Previously as Director of Leadership Development at The King’s Fund, she established a portfolio of interventions including networks, open programmes and thought leadership in medical/clinical leadership. She has led and continues to design and facilitate a number of international study tours. These include Senior Leaders Retreat: Seattle which features learning from health and non-health organisations that are leading-edge in quality, innovation and leadership and integrated care

Vijaya has published and written a number of papers on Leadership Development and has influenced thought leadership in the areas of Medical Engagement, Quality Improvement in Health, Equality & Diversity, and the importance of advancing Women in Leadership. She is a visiting professor at Milan’s SDA Bocconi School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law Middlesex University London and Tutor and Programme Director at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford . Vijaya was appointed as a Trustee of Windsor Leadership in 2017. Contemplative Spaces was founded in April 2018 it provides Executive/ Senior Level Leadership support across a number of sectors working extensively in health and care.