Kathryn Wyon, CPP APMP Fellow (Class of 2015)
Research Director
Strategic Proposals
Bio
Kat is widely recognized as one of the UK’s leading bid and proposal management professionals, with a strong commitment to APMP. Kat is enterprising, empathetic, and energetic, with excellent communication and organizational skills.
Highly regarded across the bid management industry, she is recognized for her passion for proposals, and championing proposal management best practices. In her senior management roles in Sales & Marketing, Professional Services, commercialization, and Bid management, she has successfully defined and implemented best practice processes and recruitment, management, and motivation of staff within the team.
She has an exceptional ability to create a broad collaborative working ethic with all disciplines and all people.
Kat is married with two lovely daughters and had a life-altering stroke in 2017 that has left her with partial sight and a catalog of health issues.
What does being an APMP Fellow mean to you?
It's a wonderful accolade and helps me to evangelise about bidding and proposals with credibility! Being a fellow better enables me to give back to the profession (through things like being the Independent assessor for the bid/proposal apprenticeship).
What's your best memory from attending an APMP event?
They are all fabulous. From them all, it's the camaraderie and joy that runs through them and is contagious. It leaves you feeling buoyed and sustained.
What advice do you have for a proposal professional entering our field?
You are in a powerful position with lots of skill and intelligence- don't let anyone walk all over you. You are SO MUCH MORE than administration (even though you are undoubtedly brilliant at that too!)
