No lengthy projects. No unnecessary process. No HR jargon.
Just experienced, commercial advice delivered quickly when you need it most.
Available at short notice by phone or in person for a few hours, a few days or as long as needed.
Kate or Aly is happy to help.
Senior HR Clarity. Fast.
Experience you can rely on.
Aly and Kate are highly experienced HR leaders who have worked as HR Directors and Chief People Officers across a wide range of sectors, including retail, transport, logistics, manufacturing, engineering and financial services.
Having spent their careers tackling complex people challenges in demanding business environments, there is very little they haven't seen before.
When the people issues are complex, politically sensitive or business critical, we bring the experience and judgement to help leaders move forward with confidence.
How we can help.
Whether you need support with a difficult employee situation, a senior appointment or exit, restructuring, succession planning, coaching or managing people risks, AlyKat can help.
We can support you to:
Navigate difficult employee issues and sensitive workplace situations.
Plan organisational change, restructuring and succession.
Recruit, support or exit senior leaders confidentially and professionally.
Coach and mentor senior managers and HR professionals.
Identify and mitigate people-related risks, including those arising from evolving employment legislation and trade union activity.
Support transformation or M&A programmes, including due diligence activity.
Address the people challenges that are distracting you from running your business.
Our Team.
Aly Baxter
Partner
Aly is an accomplished HR Director and executive coach with more than 30 years' experience helping organisations navigate change, strengthen leadership and build high-performing teams. Having worked with Board and senior leadership teams across a wide range of sectors, she has led people strategy through business transformation, organisational development, digital change, talent management and workforce planning, always combining commercial thinking with a pragmatic, people-focused approach.
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An experienced adviser to senior leaders, Aly is particularly skilled at developing leadership capability, coaching executives and managers, and creating practical solutions to complex people challenges. She has extensive experience in employee engagement, succession planning, reward, recruitment, organisational design and leading teams through periods of significant change. A qualified coach and mediator, she is known for her calm, thoughtful style, her ability to build trusted relationships quickly, and her focus on achieving positive outcomes for both individuals and organisations.
Through Alykat HR, Aly brings that breadth of experience to business leaders who need experienced, practical support. Whether helping navigate difficult conversations, developing leadership capability or shaping people strategy, she provides straightforward, commercially focused advice that helps organisations move forward with confidence.
Partner
Kate Naylor
Kate is a highly experienced HR Director and Chief People Officer who has spent more than 30 years helping organisations navigate some of their most challenging people and business issues. She has partnered with multiple Chief Executives, Boards and senior leadership teams across manufacturing, engineering, logistics, retail, transport and other complex, often unionised, environments.
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Throughout her career, Kate has been a trusted adviser to CEOs, valued for her commercial judgement, discretion and ability to provide clear, practical advice when the stakes are high.
She has led major organisational change programmes, managed complex employee relations issues, negotiated with trade unions and supported businesses through restructures, acquisitions, leadership transitions and periods of significant transformation.
Known for her calm, pragmatic approach, Kate combines strategic insight with hands-on experience. As a qualified coach, she also enjoys helping leaders build confidence, navigate difficult conversations and develop high-performing teams. Her focus is always on finding practical solutions that work for both the business and its people, drawing on decades of real-world experience rather than relying on process or theory.