Caroline Flanagan

Caroline is the CEO of C Flanagan Ltd, she is a two times author and creator of the Imposter Speech™. She is the host of the Caroline Flanagan Podcast for high achievers, and the upcoming Be The First Podcast which showcases inspirational role models of colour.

She is also the proud mother of 4 boys. She is a magic circle trained ex-City lawyer and works with international law firms, banks and other global organisations to increase the number of women and people of colour in leadership. Caroline’s mission is to empower minority individuals to defy the odds, triumph over adversity and to win battles they think they cannot win. She is a recognised expert on Imposter Syndrome and Allyship.

After reading History at Cambridge University. Caroline attended the College of Law, London and gained her Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 1997. She spent eight years working in the City of London as an international finance lawyer at two of the world’s largest global law firms, Allen & Overy, LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, before qualifying as a certified Coach in 2006. Caroline founded her own coaching and speaking business in 2008.

Caroline is an inspirational keynote speaker who draws on personal stories and client case studies to engage, empower and inspire her audience. She delivers presentations and workshops to national and global organisations, international conferences and networks on two core topics and their related themes: Imposter Syndrome and Allyship. She has had the pleasure of working with some of the most recognised law firms and organisations in the world, including White & Case, Dentons US, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and Morgan Stanley, Google, Accenture and Shell.

Caroline gained her Coaching certification in 2006 and has coached clients, on a range of career and life challenges including maternity, career progression and confidence. She has worked with clients, individually or on behalf of their employers, from all over the world, including America, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Australia and the UK.

She is the author of Baby Proof Your Career: The Secret to Balancing Work and Family So You Can Enjoy It All. Her second book, Be The First: People of Colour, Imposter Syndrome and the Struggle to Succeed in a White World, was published in February 2021.

Caroline has appeared in Grazia Magazine, Huffington Post Lifestyle, Mother & Baby Magazine, Legal Cheek and Marie Claire. She was the 2016 ambassador for the Marie Claire #breakfree campaign inspiring working mothers to break free from mother guilt.