About Us
Andy and Caroline set up Holgate HR in 2008 and since then have provided a trusted service to our client base. Our team work tirelessly to ensure you will get the best advice, tailored to your specific needs.
What sets us apart is our expertise, our passion for HR and development, our commitment to excellence and our strong ethical values.
Meet Andy
Andy is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), and in his corporate career has led large HR functions within FTSE 250 businesses and within the not-for-profit sector. As such, he brings extensive first-hand experience of the challenges faced by line managers when managing performance and facilitating change within the teams they manage, both in the UK and across Europe. He also has a vast amount of experience in developing and running assessment centres to help multinational organisations appoint their senior team members.
Andy’s Investors in People Practitioner status allows him to support businesses who wish to gain the accreditation or continue to make improvements in their people practices to accelerate growth.
A little bit more about Andy
Andy is our HR guru and our sound coach and mentor. There are very few HR issues that he hasn’t come across in his successful career as a HR director and consultant. From working with small SME’s and local charities, to flying around the globe to carry out his work, it would be an understatement to call him hardworking. Early morning starts and short trips to Europe and back are not uncommon for Andy and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Having said that, we do believe that during the pandemic he has enjoyed a break from Newcastle airport as Zoom has become the replacement for his travels!
Words that come to mind when thinking about what Andy brings to the team have to include….. super organised, dedicated, passionate, level-headed, wise and great company to be around!
On the rare occasion Andy isn’t working hard you will probably find him supporting Manchester United, having been an avid fan since his younger days growing up in the North West.
Meet Caroline
Caroline is a CIPD qualified HR and Training professional with 30 years’ experience and a proven ability to deliver high quality HR support. She has a wealth of experience in handling complicated employee relations cases and has been highly praised for her professionalism when dealing with difficult employee situations. She has worked with a range of clients including high street banks, large retail chains and local authorities, and not for profit organisations.
She also brings significant expertise in terms of practical HR advice she provides to clients of Holgate HR.
A little bit more about Caroline
Whilst in (and out) of the office Caroline is never switched off. Whilst often being self-confessed as ‘to do list addict’, Caroline is very committed to her work and never lets anybody down, even if that does mean a 4 am start.
She has the perfect balance of work hard, play harder and we would be lying if we said she didn’t reward herself now and again! You’ll most likely find her head down, surrounded by papers working hard on a disciplinary/grievance or if not there she will be on her phone that never stops ringing offering her expert advice to our clients. Overall, Caroline is a very fun, bubbly person to work and socialise with and she is a very strong-minded, driven woman who won’t be beaten by much!