Areas of Work
Veronica is highly attuned to the needs of others. Her natural talent for seeing past what is presented helps people and organisations to more effectively assess their needs, review their progress and celebrate their achievements. This is a trait that runs across all three areas of her work.
Executive Coaching
Veronica is an experienced and sought-after Executive Coach. She works with people from all walks of life, sensitively and flexibly, to support their individual needs and nurture their talents. She offers a relaxed, solution-focussed and person-centred coaching style, providing a safe, supportive and open space for her clients to bring about change.
Veronica holds a Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring and is a member and Senior Practitioner of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
Equity & Inclusion Consulting
Equity and inclusion are a passion which is integral to Veronica’s being and is a theme which runs throughout all her work, including her presence as a coach. She advises businesses and organisations on all aspects of equity and inclusion, helping them to develop, or to build on, policies, practices and programmes that address injustice, champion the rights of all people and enable culture change.
Partnership Development
For over 30 years, Veronica has been bringing together people and organisations with the aim of making a positive difference to the lives of people and communities in the UK, around the world and particularly in her birthplace of Kenya.
She is a lifelong campaigner for diversity, young people, the arts and wildlife conservation, which combined with her drive and tenacity for making things better and for ‘circumventing nonsense’, means she is often invited to partner with and advise organisations in the UK and internationally. Veronica was recently appointed Visiting Professor of Resilience and Inclusion at the University of Lincoln International Business School and is a patron, ambassador and trustee of a number of organisations, details of which can be found below.
Lord-Lieutenant
His Royal Highness, King Charles III, appointed Professor Veronica Pickering MBE as His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire on 2 March 2024.
The Lord-Lieutenant is His Majesty’s representative in the County and is charged with upholding the dignity of the Crown. Veronica is charged with representing the Crown on behalf of His Majesty the King.
The announcement of Veronica’s appointment can be found on HM Government’s website at: Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire: 6 December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
About Veronica
Career
Veronica Moraa Pickering was born in Kenya and moved to England with her parents in the late 60’s. Veronica became an active observer and listener early on in life, skills which today enable her to attune to the individual needs of her clients and organisations. For more than 25 years, Veronica worked in the public sector as a Social Worker, Children's Guardian and as an International Child Protection Consultant for the UN, where she worked with non-government organisations and the judiciary, supporting vulnerable people and their families in the UK and across Africa. In 2022, Veronica was awarded the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S) for service to Kenya by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Making History
Veronica is proud to be the first black woman to hold any of the following appointments:
Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
Appointed March, 2024
RAF Honorary Air Commodore for 504 (County of Nottingham Squadron)
Appointed and approved by Her Majesty the Queen September, 2018
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
Appointed April 2023 to March 2024
Today
Veronics now works as an Executive Coach and partnership specialist with a number of organisations across the UK. She is married to Nottinghamshire-born artist Roy Pickering and lives in North Nottinghamshire. For many years, Veronica has been a strong supporter of the arts and wildlife conservation charities. She is an Ambassador/Trustee for a number of Nottinghamshire charities and organisations.
Patron/Ambassador
Royal British Legion
Nottingham City Business Club
Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance
UK RAF Museums
Sharewear Clothing Scheme
The Woodland Trust
Lincoln International Business School (Visiting Professor)
