About us
With over 35 years of experience, you can feel confident and assured that you have the right HR support by your side. As a trusted HR Partner, we work with you to ensure the challenges you face are not obstacles to your business. We get to know your organisation and culture and provide pragmatic and professional support whatever your human resource needs are. We have experience in a variety of sectors and a deep understanding of catering, construction, rail, legal firms, events and exhibitions, distribution, education, finance, IT and marketing.
Kerri Astley MCIPD BA Hons
Founder and Consultant
I am an established HR professional with over 16 years’ experience in human resources management and qualified to master’s level through the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. I am also an accredited Mediator and Coach.
I have worked in a variety of small and large organisations including the NEC Group, Balfour Beatty, Amey plc, Valeo Service UK, Mitchells & Butler and Scottish & Newcastle. Having lead teams both operationally and strategically as part of a senior leadership team, I decided to set up an HR consultancy firm to provide support to organisations that either can’t afford their own dedicated HR team, or for those that just need some independent HR support to complement their existing team. Having worked as a trusted partner for business leaders to deliver organisational objectives that drive revenue and profit through effective people development plans, I am confident Astley Reed will be able to help you and your organisation.
As qualified coach and mentors for leaders, we can help with the development of your people as well as support you with the one-off projects and casework that a company may need.
I work on the basis that by building a strong and trusted working relationship with clients, we can provide a bespoke service to your organisation that will provide the outcomes you are looking for.
Lainey Mitchell
Executive Coach
Lainey specialises in developing individuals through one-to-one coaching. Lainey’s passion for coaching is that it provides a unique and highly personalised learning opportunity for an individual to identify and attain their true potential.
Lainey has a wealth of experience in individual, team and leadership development. With a breadth of experience across numerous sectors, both in a corporate capacity and as a consultant, Lainey has had extensive insight into a wide range of business cultures and diverse employee populations. She has a warm, positive and practical approach, one of her greatest strengths is building rapport and she is quickly able to put people at their ease and create a safe and productive learning environment.
Lainey is an accredited coach through the Henley Management College and also a CIPD graduate. Lainey is accredited in Emotional and Social Competency Intelligence (ESCI) 360 feedback, DiSC profiling and a qualified NLP Master Practitioner and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Practitioner step 1 and 2.
To date her clients as a coach have included: The Walt Disney Company, Discovery Channel, Expedia.com, The NEC Group, Prostate Cancer UK, MIND, Johnson & Johnson, RBS, City and Guilds, The Arcadia Group, SEGA, Deutsche Bank, Net, Omio, Eversheds, Red Bull, Hult International Business School, Vine Property Management, Moonpig, Mattel, London College of Fashion, Alzheimer’s Society, Vinci, Tonbridge School, Dixons Carphone, The Cothill Trust, The Coventry Building Society, ITV and AMC Networks International.
Coaching Approch
Through clear goal setting, active listening, and a non-judgmental mind set, she will explore and challenge individuals thinking, build on their past successes and enable the individual to find solutions within themselves which supports them in obtaining the best from their talents and passions. Lainey`s philosophy on coaching is that it allows individuals space and time to think, which within typically fast paced and highly demanding working environments and lifestyles, is a very powerful and much desired state to attain.
