Chris Kirby, Director
Chris joined LACE Partners in 2021 as a Senior Manager in our HR Transformation team, specifically heading up our Payroll offering. His passions are Payroll and Change and he has worked in both senior operational roles (Global lead for Barclays) and as a consultant (easyJet, Barclays) in both owning/receiving and executing global change. He has worked with a vast array of Payroll solutions and providers across c50 countries, in the setup and maturing of Shared Services, and on many HR Transformation programs covering the wider HR landscape.
Chris loves spending time with family friends and is also an Ultramarathon runner in his spare time.
Skills
- Payroll
- HR Transformation
- Change
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Why the workforce stalls and how a skills strategy can solve it
In brief Early careers and over 55s face different barriers, which squeezes the middle layer and slows decisions, development and resilience. A skills‑based approach helps unblock this. Looking at work as tasks underpinned by skills allows smarter deployment, fairer...
Starting your AI in Payroll journey: How to get the data foundations right
In brief Learn how AI in payroll is shaping processes, roles and data strategy. Hear practical advice from Lace Partners and Sage on starting small and building confidence. Understand the foundations needed to adopt AI safely and effectively. ...
The AI + Human Network: The real shift in HR has already started
Most organisations are adding AI to HR. Leaders are redesigning HR around AI. For all the noise about AI and HR, the real transformation in HR is happening underneath the surface: a shift to an operating model where humans and AI agents work together side-by-side as a...




