Meet our team
We’re proud of the exceptional team we’ve built—drawn to LACE for our distinctive approach, fresh perspective, and flexible way of working. United by a passion for transforming HR, payroll, and the people experience, our experts bring a unique blend of consultancy know-how and hands-on leadership from some of the world’s leading organisations.
Executive team
Our values (passion, innovation and care) underpin everything that we are and how we work with you and embody what it means to be a LACEr. Find out more about our team by clicking on the link to see any of the bio’s below.

Aaron Alburey
Founder

Cathy Acratopulo
Founder and CEO

Abi East
Chief People Officer

Chris Howard
Marketing Executive Director

Duncan Spencer
Chief Commercial Officer

Emma Leonis-Hughes
Client Executive Director

James McLintic
Client Executive Director

Julian Holmes
Client Executive Director

Kat Bernardes
HR Transformation Practice Lead - Executive Director

Liz Sanders
Client Executive Director

Rebecca Roberts
Chief Finance Officer

Sian Beacham
Client Executive Director

Simon Puryer
Our team
Browse through our people pages to see some of our ‘LACErs’ and connect with us individually or as a team by contacting us.

Aaron Lynch
Manager

Adam Morris
Senior Manager

Adam Parsons
Manager

Adrian Axtell
Senior Manager

Alexa Cohen
Senior Manager

Alice McCormack
Senior Manager

Annette Frem
Manager

Areej Abutaleb
Consultant

Becki Lovelady
Manager

Becky Jones
Director

Beth Willrich
Manager

Bosede Adekola
Director

Brandon Fowler
Marketing Operations Specialist

Bryan Shaw
Senior Manager

Charlie Frost
Senior Consultant

Charlie Macloskey
Consultant

Charmaine Burton
Manager

Chiara Camerada
Senior Manager

Chris Horton
Director

Chris Kirby
Senior Manager

Christina Adeniyi
People and Workplace Assistant

Colin Goodwin
Director

Dawn Goodall
Director

Debbie Mitchell
Senior Manager

Deji Fayefunmi
Analyst

Ed Sparkes
Director

Ellen Leonard
Senior Consultant

Ellie Harrison
Manager

Emily Agg
Senior Consultant

Emily Calvert
Analyst

Emily Fryer
Senior Consultant

Emma Johnson
Manager

Fatima Ahamed
Talent Development Lead

Ffion Bennett
Manager

Gary Newman
Client Account Lead - Director

Gemma Ryall
Senior Manager

Georgia Morton
Consultant

Georgie Allington
Analyst

Gurleen-Nikita Virdi
Analyst

Ina Wiedmann
Analyst

Ioannis Annopoulos
Analyst

Jenny Occhiali
Digital Marketing Manager

Jessica Herniman
Manager

Jo Funnell
Manager

Johanna Clarke de Dromantin
Senior Consultant

Joseph Pither
Commercial Analyst

Joseph Williams
Partner Sales Director

Kara Clarke
Senior Consultant

Katie Webb
Operations Manager

Kayley Gaylor
Director

Kerry Beer
Finance Manager

Krystelle Williams
Executive assistant

Kyra Lochmann
Analyst

Layla Khatibi
Consultant

Liz Bailey
Director

Louise Brown
Senior Manager

Marcus Uzubalis
Director

Mark Withers
Senior Manager

Martin Colyer
Director Digital and AI

Martina Salander
Senior Manager

Nancy Allen
Senior Manager

Natalie Berkoff
Analyst

Neil Ilott
Manager

Olivia Thompson
Commercial Analyst

Paula Ibarra Chamorro
Analyst

Pavan Bilkhoo
Director

Phoebe Hobbs
Consultant

Raf Saléem
Graphic Designer

Ridwan Gbolagade
Senior Consultant

Romy Hobson
Senior Marketing Manager

Rong Ye
People Adviser

Rosie Watkins
Analyst

Saranya Batra
Analyst

Simon Bunday
Director

Stephanie Abel
Senior Manager

Tarin Ahmed
Analyst

Tiffany Nayler
Senior Consultant

Tricia Conway
Senior Manager

Vicky Porter
Financial Controller