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Gartner UK and Ireland CHRO Executive Summit 2025

by | Jun 12, 2025

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Gartner UK and Ireland CHRO Executive Summit 2025

For the third year in a row, we are delighted to be working with Gartner for their one-day conference, focused on CHROs and CPOs, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

This event, which involves the UK and Ireland’s top CHROs, tackled shared business challenges and critical priorities facing the CPO role today.

Proactive people transformationWhat role should HR play in the success of business transformation?

As organisations face unprecedented shifts in technology and market demands, HR-led transformation becomes essential for maintaining a competitive edge. Diagnosing strategic workforce planning needs and embedding sustainable change empowers CHROs to lead impactful transformations. The focus on skills, organisational development, and change management is crucial for successful business growth.

Meet our team

Aaron Alburey

Aaron Alburey, Founder

Aaron setup LACE partners with Cathy Acratopulo in November 2014. Previously having worked as a HR Transformation Partner in both Accenture and then Deloitte, Aaron’s passion has always been around the enablement of HR and the delivery of HR technologies to improve employee engagement and productivity. A Fellow of the CIPD, and Warden in the court of the Guild of HR professionals, Aaron is a passionate believer and regular speaker on the on-going development of the HR Profession.

Julian Holmes

Julian Holmes, Client Executive Director

Julian is a Business Transformation professional and FCIPD. In his early career, he qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in a variety of strategic finance roles in the telecoms and internet industry. He joined Deloitte and focused on Organisation and Target Operating Model Design with a wide variety of Private and Public Sector clients including HMRC, Thomson Reuters and the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. At Deloitte, he was a founder of the Workforce Analytics practice and led the application of analytics to transformation programmes.

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