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
Chief Executive Officer
Abi East
Chief People Officer
Chris Howard
Executive Director
Duncan Spencer
Chief Commercial Officer
Emma Leonis-Hughes
Client Executive Director
James McLintic
Executive Director - Head of Client Management
Julian Holmes
Executive Director - Head of Workforce Transformation
Kat Bernardes
Executive Director - Head of HR Transformation
Liz Sanders
Client Executive Director
Rebecca Roberts
Chief Finance Officer
Sian Beacham
Executive Director - Head of Technology Consulting Services
Simon Puryer
Executive Director – Head of Payroll
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 - Innovation and AI
Adam Morris
Senior Manager
Adam Parsons
Senior 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
Manager
Charlie Macloskey
Consultant
Charmaine Burton
Manager
Chiara Camerada
Senior Manager
Chris Horton
Director
Chris Kirby
Director
Christina Adeniyi
People Adviser
Colin Goodwin
Director
Dawn Goodall
Director
Debbie Mitchell
Director
Deji Fayefunmi
Analyst
Ed Sparkes
Director
Ellen Leonard
Senior Consultant
Ellie Harrison
Manager
Emily Agg
Senior Consultant
Emily Calvert
Consultant
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
Consultant
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 Specialist
Joseph Williams
Partner Sales Director
Julie Choudhury
Senior Manager
Kara Clarke
Senior Consultant
Katie Webb
Operations Manager
Kayley Gaylor
Director
Kerry Beer
Finance Manager
Krystelle Williams
Executive assistant
Kyra Lochmann
Consultant
Layla Khatibi
Consultant
Liz Bailey
Director
Louise Brown
Senior Manager
Marcus Uzubalis
Director
Mark Withers
Senior Manager
Margaret Ruiseal
Director
Martin Colyer
Director Digital and AI
Martina Salander
Senior Manager
Nancy Allen
Senior Manager
Natalie Berkoff
Consultant
Neil Ilott
Manager
Olivia Thompson
Commercial Specialist
Paula Ibarra Chamorro
Analyst
Pavan Bilkhoo
Director
Phoebe Hobbs
Consultant
Polly Buckley
EA to the C-Suite
Raf Saléem
Graphic Designer
Ridwan Gbolagade
Senior Consultant
Romy Hobson
Senior Marketing Manager
Rong Ye
People Adviser
Rosie Watkins
Consultant
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