Captain Harriett Pound

Captain Harriett Pound brings experience from both Commercial Aviation Operations and Aviation Safety. Harriett is the CEO and Founder of Flight Deck Strategic Solutions, an Organisational Performance Consultancy. The team of active Airline Pilots work alongside Organisation Development Experts and Emergency Medicine Consultants to take strategies from the Flight Deck into Business and Medicine through webinars, workshops and keynote speeches.

As an Airline Captain, Harriett has spent her career operating in environments where safety, teamwork and effective decision-making are critical. Alongside flying, she has worked in Aviation Safety and led Safety Investigations, gaining insight into how organisations learn from incidents, manage risk and build cultures that support high performance. Harriett is passionate about making aviation’s hard-earned lessons accessible and relevant to leaders across all industries, helping organisations build resilience, improve decision-making and create environments where people and teams can thrive.

“Aviation has perfected the art of high-stakes decision-making under pressure. Our mission is to bring that same level of precision, clarity and systematic thinking to business leadership. We equip our clients with aviation-proven tools to develop high-performing teams, while promoting a culture of psychological safety, resilience and risk management.”

— CEO and Founder, Flight Deck Strategic Solutions

Through Flight Deck Strategic Solutions, Harriett and the team help organisations apply practical lessons from aviation to everyday business challenges through webinars, Masterclasses, workshops, active learning and immersive learning.

Harriett is particularly interested in how excellent leadership, structured Decision-Making and a strong culture of Psychological Safety can help teams perform at their best, especially when under pressure.

Beyond the Flight Deck

Outside of work, Harriett enjoys running and going to the gym, and completed the London Marathon in 2025 and 2026 in support of the charity, Whizz Kidz. She is married to a fellow Airline Pilot and together they have two young children, who ensure life away from aviation is just as busy and rewarding.