Caroline Cassidy

Chief Strategy Officer

Caroline directs overall strategy for Capita, which includes public engagement, communications, and organizational development.

For two decades, Caroline has been a leader in the think tank, global development and not-for-profit sectors where she has orchestrated initiatives aimed at shaping a more just and humane world. She is a strong advocate for embedding a deeper approach to communications throughout an organization or project- from language, relationships, and framing to deep listening, behaviour change, and values. 

Caroline previously set up and led the strategic communications team for the UK-based think tank ODI, with a focus on policy engagement. As a consultant, she has provided strategic council to a diverse range of clients including the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, the OECD Early Childhood Education & Care team, Oxford Policy Management, Rodeemos el Diálogo, the World Health Organization, On Think Tanks and Open Society Foundations. She has also created and implemented a major and individual donor strategy for the media organization tve and worked in TV production at the BBC.

Caroline has written guides, articles and blogs for outlets such as the Guardian, Oxfam's From Poverty to Power blog, ODI, Nonprofit Quarterly, the OECD, London School of Economics, and On Think Tanks. She also speaks Spanish, French and Russian.

Caroline currently lives in France and spends much of her spare time trying to keep up with her two growing little ones. 

Please connect with Caroline on LinkedIn or by emailing her directly