Lynne Smitham

Biography

Lynne Smitham co-founded the Kiawah Trust with husband Peter in 2004. Kiawah Trust helps educate and empower adolescent girls from disadvantaged communities in India. We believe that investing in a girls’ education, employment skills, health and rights gives her a choice and a voice, and ultimately leads to a more prosperous, equitable and stable family, community and nation. Kiawah Trust is a partner in the Dasra Girl Alliance.
Lynne works as an executive coach and organisational development consultant. Her clients are international corporates in technology and financial services where she helps develop high performance in top teams and senior executives. Previously she was with Lex Service, American Express and Octagon Consulting. She holds an MBA from CASS Business School and is a master NLP practitioner.
Lynne is on the UK Dasra Advisory Board. Lynne’s interest in India and commitment to women’s rights started in 1990 while running a series of Leadership programmes for women in Delhi.