Lisa Thorne

Together Group Ltd

Lisa Thorne is a multi-award-winning expert in cross-border team performance and CEO & Founder of Together Global, founded in 2016 to engineer cultural friction out of global delivery - measurably, repeatably, for good.

Her path here is unconventional: from political journalism to leading D&I initiatives in London's banking sector, giving her rare insight into the human dynamics that drive - or derail - organisational performance. Her change programmes have earned UK and international recognition, including the European Diversity Champion award.

Lisa created Teams in Flow™, a performance optimisation framework that diagnoses and removes cultural friction in cross-border teams. Working across the US, UK, Europe and India, it delivers measurable before-and-after results tied to the KPIs organisations already track. Clients include Tier 1 global banks and Indian IT services firms operating at the intersection of East and West.

On this panel, Lisa brings a practitioner's view on how culture reshapes what "kind," "calm" and "sticks" even mean in a hard conversation - and what it takes to get those conversations right in a multi-cultural team.