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Kat Bernardes, Director

Kat joined LACE Partners in Feb 2022 as a Director to focus on our People Experience proposition.

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 4’ 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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Podcast
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How should businesses ensure national minimum wage compliance?

Chris and LACE payroll experts Adrian Axtell and Sara Thompson discuss the challenges raised by the national minimum wage breach on this podcast episode. After delving into recent press coverage around companies facing allegations of underpaying their employees, the...

Blog
Demystifying HR operating models: The ten traits of high performance
Demystifying HR operating models: The ten traits of high performance

Listen to the audio version of this blog:   In a recent blog, we discussed the various and often competing accountabilities of the Chief People Officer (the ‘hats’ CPOs wear) and the purpose of the HR or People function overall. In this blog, we introduce the...

Podcast
Why does HR need to start thinking long-term?
Why does HR need to start thinking long-term?

In the latest episode Chris introduces co-host, Debbie Mitchell, and guest Graham Norris, an Organisational Psychologist and Speaker. The focus of this episode is on HR professionals’ abilities to think strategically and long-term. The summary delves into various...