Ottillie Parfitt

Ottillie Parfitt is an international trainer and consultant who combines a diverse arts background with extensive business nous.

Whether through one-to-one or group training, Ottillie has a knack for meeting people where they are at and creating a safe environment in which they feel able to stretch their abilities. Her energy and enthusiasm make her particularly adept at facilitating Forum Theatre and other large-scale events. She is balanced by an authority and gravitas that stems from her wealth of experience across a variety of industries.

Having been at Impact Factory for over eight years, she has been instrumental in developing our Advanced Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Business Storytelling, and Creative Strategic Thinking programmes.

Since graduating from the University of Alberta in Canada in 2000 with a degree in drama and comparative religious studies, she has worked internationally as an independent theatre artist, training consultant, and accredited yoga instructor.

From Canada to London

In 2005, she embarked on a mission to explore her British roots and moved from Canada to London, without a plan. As an Executive Assistant to the Managing Partner of one of the world’s top Private Equity firms, she held the fort during the storm of the 2008 Financial Crisis.

During the uncertainty of a private jet company’s restructuring, she advised the Board while buoying the morale of the employees on the ground; and she supported her husband through the turbulent beginning stages of a start-up business.

Ottillie is adept at navigating herself and others through uncertainty, which has supported her delivery of successful Resilience, Stress Management, and Line Management programmes.

Her fluent French language skills were developed in Canada through bilingual schooling, and she acquired a strong sense of discipline during eleven years of dance training with the Edmonton School of Ballet.

Ottillie loves leather wingback chairs, red wine, and listening to the scratchy gramophone tunes of a bygone era.

Ottillie Parfitt – Senior Training Consultant