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Cathy Acratopulo, Chief Executive Officer

Cathy Acrapoluto
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Cathy co-founded LACE with Aaron in 2014. She started her career in Barclays where she worked in various HR roles before joining Accenture to focus on HR consulting. Cathy is passionate about helping clients to achieve their HR goals through transforming the HR function.  Her specialisms include developing people strategies, designing future HR operating models and delivering long term adoption of HR systems and new ways of working. As a Director of LACE, Cathy also manages key client relationships and drives the operational performance of the business.

Outside of work, Cathy spends time with her family including her two teenage children and in the gym to compensate for her love of good wine and food (in that order).

Skills

  • HR operating model
  • HR strategy
  • HR Business Partner capability
  • Technology adoption
  • Business change
  • Organisation design
  • HR policies and processes

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