Welcome.

LACE Partners is fundamentally different.

Why? We're a global consultancy, where we combine the on-demand expertise of top HR change specialists, with the market leaders in progressive HR technologies.

Our passion and belief that people hold the key to unlocking company value is at the heart of everything we do.

We provide a flexible, bespoke service to help you solve your business and technology challenges.

Our unique operating model allows us to drive innovation, quality and collaboration whilst ensuring great value at a competitive price point.

But that’s enough about us. Now we want to hear about you.

Starting life in 2014, LACE Partners was founded by Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo, who wanted to create a business that could provide a full-service consultancy for HR professionals. Having experienced life in large consultancy firms, Aaron and Cathy recognised that the function of HR transformation services needed a new approach to the delivery.

ACE Partners has evolved into a thriving business with an impressive track record of successful projects across a wide range of industries. This is made possible by our wealth of experienced practitioners who specialise in HR transformation, tech advisory, change and adoption, employee experience, people data and analytics, cloud migration and much more. You can find out about our services by visiting Our Services pages.

We are a business that prides itself on our ability to build long term relationships, not only with our clients and our delivery partners, but also with our network of LACE employees and associates who we affectionately refer to as ‘LACErs’. Here at LACE, we know that the success of our business is predicated on the relationships that we have with our people (both internally and externally) and so we hold some core values very close to us:

We’re passionate. 

We are energised by working with people who share our passions and values for solving HR, people and change challenges.

We always act with care. 

We take pride in the work we deliver for all stakeholders and want to succeed in the right way and with the right approach to our work.

We’re innovative. 

We believe in being at the forefront of future thinking and ideas, including technology that empowers people, supported by research and partnerships with like-minded companies.

We are passionate about HR and its impact on business value – we work with Group HR Directors, Chief Operating Officers and Chief People Officers to build trusted and long-term relationships and can deliver value through supporting HR teams with a variety of services.

Every journey for every business is different and so depending on where you are in your journey, we will be able to support. Outlined below is the different steps that we take to ensure that we are working with you to shape and deliver what you need from your HR transformation requirements. Take a look at the journey below, see where you are currently at, then get in touch with us to see how we can help.

We understand you

We get to know each other and your challenges, provide you with clarity on where to focus and understand what will drive your success.

We inspire and challenge you

We immerse you into new perspectives to inspire your team and influence fresh, creative thinking.

We pave the way for you

We work with you to pave a realistic and practical path to turn your thinking into a reality and help you achieve your goals.

We co-create with you

We’ll work together to design your future. We will steer, challenge and encourage you along the way, using our tools and experience as your expert guide.

We get it done

We act as trusted partners to get it done and take pride in helping you build your internal capability along the way. Success to us means you no longer need us, because your outcomes are sustainable.

Our values mean a lot to us – they are what embodies being a LACEr and we are proud of who we are, what they are and how it represents us. Watch this short video to see what it feels like to be a LACEr.

If you are interested in a career as a LACEr, or you’d like to find out about our Associate opportunities (you’ll be treated just like one of the family too – don’t worry!), then reach out to us by filling in our Careers Form on this page here.

Even if you don’t see a role that is a suitable fit for you on the vacancies page, we have opportunities and new client work all of the time so fill in the form at the bottom of the page and we’ll get in touch.

At LACE Partners we consider ourselves a family. It’s true – even our organisation chart is a ‘family tree’! When you spend so much of your time at work, you need to make sure you are in an environment that is welcoming, has a culture of innovation, passion, pride and care for each other.

We like to think that is exactly what you get when you are at LACE – whether as an employee or an associate – which is an environment where you can enjoy what you do, deliver the best results for the HR teams and businesses we work with, as well as having some fun along the way.

We have a dedicated engagement team who are responsible for ensuring that all of our people are happy and engaged, whether remote working or in our office, as well as a CSR Team who help to support the work of some fantastic causes that we get behind every year.

We are also often asked to comment in the press, because our voice as the leading fundamentally different HR consultancy in the UK positions us to comment on some of the latest topics trending in HR.