Kat Bernardes, Executive Director – Head of HR Transformation
Kat joined LACE Partners in Feb 2022 as a Director to focus on our People Experience proposition and now leads our HR Transformation Practice at LACE.
Kat has over 10 years’ of consulting experience working with global organisations across a range of industries; architecting and delivering complex HR Transformation and People Experience programmes.
Kat has a passion for People Experience and believes it is critical to put people at the heart of how HR operates and delivers services to its customers. She has a ‘Big Four’ heritage and likes to lead with a pragmatic and innovative approach – connecting the dots between technology, process and people.
At home, Kat is a busy mum to two little girls, and in her downtime loves travelling with her family and trying new foods and experiences.
Skills
- HR Transformation Delivery
- People Experience and Solutions
- People Strategy
- Process Optimisation
- Delivering Complex Business Change
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