When Kathryn Lowell, founder of Image Matters, graduated from Yale University and started working on Wall Street in the 1980’s, she quickly discovered a key to success that was never taught in school – a polished personal image. Throughout her 14-year professional career in finance, emerging market development and entrepreneurship, she studied the attributes of personal image that set apart the highest achievers. She found that given the same knowledge and training, the individual with a stronger personal image consistently outperforms and achieves success more rapidly. Surprisingly, she also observed that an individual with a strong personal image could often surpass other more-qualified individuals in their field.

In 2001, Kathryn launched Image Matters to advise corporate groups and individuals alike on image enhancement as a stepping-stone to higher productivity and personal success. For hundreds of individual clients and for audiences at her popular talks and seminars, she is a trusted expert that demystifies the complexities of wardrobing, grooming, business and social etiquette and interpersonal behavior, and delivers easy to understand principles that take people from ordinary to outstanding and from career stagnation to career acceleration.

Unlike fashion-industry spokespeople or image consultants that coach celebrities, Kathryn’s own personal story resonates with her clients and audiences. Her rural upbringing, her transition to life in the Ivy League and later working on Wall Street taught her the importance and skills of relating to people at every social stratum. With an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from UCLA and corporate experience in the U.S. and in Europe, Kathryn is uniquely qualified to address the personal image needs of employees at all levels of the organization and the needs of small business owners. Her practical teaching style and humorous anecdotes reinforce the concepts she delivers.

As co-founder and spokesperson for Image Matters Group, an image resource company, Kathryn also brings her advice to a worldwide market via video and DVD products. Kathryn is an active member of the Association of Image Consultants International.