About

About

I'm Rachel Farrer, an independent strategy consultant working with senior leaders across business, higher education and the public sector.

I help organisations navigate complexity, develop strategy and deliver meaningful change. Whether shaping long-term direction, facilitating leadership conversations, supporting organisational change or producing research that informs investment and policy, my role is to bring clarity, challenge thinking and help leaders make confident decisions.

My background combines senior leadership experience, academic research and practical consultancy. Over the past fifteen years I've led multi-million-pound programmes, developed partnerships between universities, businesses and public organisations, advised leadership teams and delivered research that has informed national policy and investment.

Clients value my ability to combine strategic thinking with practical delivery. I am equally comfortable facilitating a board away day, designing a stakeholder engagement process, leading organisational research or helping leadership teams explore the opportunities and implications of AI.

Much of my work has been with organisations operating at the intersection of innovation, place, culture and technology, but the challenges I help organisations address—growth, organisational change, partnership working and strategic decision-making—are shared across many sectors.

Alongside my consultancy, I am a Director at DCA Consultants and Chair of Birmingham Open Media. I hold a PhD and MBA, and regularly speak and write on leadership, creativity, and organisational change.