Making projects and partnerships work Katalytik’s founder Jan Peters has a technical background founded on analytical chemistry and instrumentation but now uses the skills developed over a career spanning the private and public sector to bring her attributes and passion to making a difference. • Providing ideas and innovation to direct projects to success • Partnership development, connecting people and groups, networking and communication at the most senior levels of industry, professional societies and higher education • Policy and strategy development and implementation in NERC, DTI and the Women’s Engineering Society • Competent and engaging public speaker including experience at leading workshops, chairing prestigious discussions, keynote speaker at careers events and key women in science conferences across the UK, Europe and USA.. Jan was a founding member of the European Commission’s Helsinki Group, as the UK National Expert on women in science and has recently (2008) been an expert evaluator for the Commission Science and Society programme. As well as working in higher education, the public and private sector Jan was the Equality and Diversity Manager at the Royal Society and has been associated with leading a number of high profile sector changing reports including Maximising Returns, (DTI, 2002), SET Fair, (DTI 2002), Directed ‘Taking a Leading Role’ and its supporting representation of ethnic minorities in SET, (The Royal Society 2005) and ‘Different Women, Different Places’ (Diversity Practice and Katalytik 2007). She also managed the publications Returners and re-entrants and the IT scorecard for BCS the chartered institute for the IT profession. Above all for bringing a  strategic and professional approach to women in science and technology.     Made with Xara Jan Peters MD and Founder Legal Legal © Katalytik Ltd 2004 - 2010 all rights reserved. T: 0797 4011278 E: info@katalytik.co.uk