Ellie Cloke
DEI Practice Lead, Red Team Thinking Ellie has a proven track record of complex strategic planning in fast-paced and complex environments, built during a successful career as a logistics officer in the Royal Air Force.
About this speaker
Within her RAF career, Ellie undertook numerous operational deployments including Turkey, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Italy in a variety of operational roles; her UK based employment included several tours as a staff officer in a number of planning, capability and strategy roles. Leaving the RAF as a wing commander, Ellie’s final tour was as a strategic plans officer where she led and directed cross functional analysis, strategy development and delivery of RAF capability to support MOD’s strategic objectives and global operations. This last tour saw Ellie lead on the planning for the recovery of all RAF assets from Afghanistan, design and development of solutions for complex cross-Defence projects across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, Americas and Antarctica.
A short period as a management consultant working in the health and social care sector beckoned before Ellie returned to the public sector, working for the NHS in Organisational Development,
An absolute advocate of an organisation using the experience, talent and intellectual capital it has, to deliver the change and results it wants and needs; Ellie looks to tap into that resource and get any organisation where it wants to be using its most important assets – its people. One of life’s enthusiasts, she sees fun and adventure in the opportunities life throws at you and imbues this positivity in everyone she meets. Fascinated by what makes people tick, Ellie has a genuine interest in ensuring people bring their best self to work and apply their unique strengths in order to successfully deliver on the organisation’s task and mission.
Ellie holds MA in Strategic Defence Studies and MSc in Business Psychology.
