Kate Ashton is a senior HR & Wellbeing leader with experience in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments. As a head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing she has led the transformation of Occupational Health services across the UK, embedding a consistent, data-driven model aligned to business performance and workforce risks. Kate has played a key role in scaling a locally developed MSK initiative into a nationally governed strategy, integrating early intervention, performance reporting and senior leader engagement to reduce absence and improve colleague wellbeing. With the background in senior HR partnering, Kate brings a commercially focused perspective to wellbeing, positioning health not as standalone initiative but a strategic enabler of performance, retention and operational resilience.