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Our Four Brands
Evolved Business Support
A consultancy and managed services partner supporting organisations through change, delivery and day-to-day operations.
Evolved Learning Solutions
A learning and development agency designing digitalcourses, capability pathways and learning experiences forglobal organisations and online businesses.
Evolved Automotive Learning
A specialist automotive learning and capability partner supporting OEMs, retailer groups and automotive organisations to drive consistent performance at scale.
Evolved Studio
A creative studio supporting the design and delivery ofhigh-quality assets, from digital products and salesfunnels to interactive brochures, social content and event materials.
What We Share Across The Group
Strategy and Governance
Quality and Learning Science
Creative Production
Technology and Operations
Data and Impact
People & Culture
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Kayleigh Atherton
With over 15 years of experience across learning, capability and business operations, including a decade working within the automotive sector, Kayleigh has built a career focused on improving how organisations perform through their people, systems and ways of working.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Chris Atherton
Chris brings over a decade of experience in commercial leadership across the digital and professional services sectors, with a career focused on helping organisations grow through clear strategy, strong positioning and effective execution.
HEAD OF LEARNING PROGRAMMES
Nick Locke
With nearly 25 years of experience in Learning and Development, Nick brings a unique blend of technical digital learning expertise and commercial skills training.
CREATIVE AND DESIGN LEAD
Abbie Kelly
Abbie leads creative and design across the Evolved Group, bringing a strong blend of strategic thinking, visual craft and delivery focus to how ideas are translated into high impact assets and experiences.
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Steve Nash
Steve brings extensive board-level and senior leadership experience within the automotive sector, having spent his career working across complex OEM and retailer environments.
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Kayleigh Atherton
With over 15 years of experience across learning, capability and business operations, including a decade working within the automotive sector, Kayleigh has built a career focused on improving how organisations perform through their people, systems and ways of working.
During her six years at Bentley Motors, Kayleigh led global learning within the retailer academy, working across complex international networks and collaborating with wider Volkswagen Group brands including Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen. Her role focused on building scalable capability, driving consistency and improving performance across diverse markets and stakeholders.
The Evolved Group was born from a clear ambition to build the kind of partner Kayleigh had always needed in senior in house roles. One that understands the realities of growth, complexity and change, and can support organisations holistically across learning, operations and delivery, not just in theory, but in practice.
Today, Evolved partners with global brands, OEMs, SMEs and growing organisations through its specialist businesses, delivering consultancy, managed services, learning and operational support that create lasting impact. Central to Evolved’s approach is leaving clients stronger and more capable than when the partnership began, with the confidence, tools and systems to sustain performance long after delivery ends.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Chris Atherton
Chris brings over a decade of experience in commercial leadership across the digital and professional services sectors, with a career focused on helping organisations grow through clear strategy, strong positioning and effective execution.
With a background in digital agencies, Chris has worked closely with businesses to shape go-to-market strategies, strengthen client relationships and drive sustainable growth. His experience spans working with leadership teams to connect commercial objectives with delivery capability, ensuring services are positioned clearly and delivered effectively.
At the Evolved Group, Chris leads business development across the portfolio, supporting clients as they navigate growth, change and increasing complexity. He works across consultancy, managed services and learning, helping organisations identify where investment in people, capability and operations will deliver the greatest impact.
Drawing on his digital expertise, Chris brings a pragmatic, audience-led approach to how services are designed, positioned and communicated. He believes that the same clarity and discipline applied to external growth should be reflected internally, enabling organisations to engage their people, build capability and drive long-term performance.
HEAD OF LEARNING PROGRAMMES
Nick Locke
With nearly 25 years of experience in Learning and Development, Nick brings a unique blend of technical digital learning expertise and commercial skills training.
His deep-rooted understanding of the automotive industry stems from a decade at British Car Auctions (BCA) UK, where he played a pivotal role in developing training solutions within the wholesale and remarketing sector. Before that, Nick worked with the Marshall Motor Group, gaining hands-on experience in the dealer network. Earlier in his career, he was on the frontline as a sales executive in automotive retail. This breadth of experience gives Nick an exceptional perspective on the entire automotive ecosystem, from dealership operations to the broader market dynamics.
Nick’s passion for learning is truly contagious. His people-centred approach shines through in the strong partnerships he builds with clients, ensuring that learning solutions are engaging and drive real business impact. A firm believer in the power of technology to enhance learning,
Nick continuously explores new and innovative digital solutions to improve content, making training more immersive, accessible, and effective. His fresh ideas, boundless positivity, and commitment to pushing the boundaries of digital learning ensure that Evolved remains at the forefront of L&D innovation.
CREATIVE AND DESIGN LEAD
Abbie Kelly
Abbie leads creative and design across the Evolved Group, bringing a strong blend of strategic thinking, visual craft and delivery focus to how ideas are translated into high impact assets and experiences.
With a background spanning digital design, brand development and content creation, Abbie works closely with clients and internal teams to ensure creative outputs are not only visually compelling, but purposeful, accessible and aligned to real business objectives. Her work supports everything from learning experiences and digital products to marketing assets, interactive brochures and large scale programmes.
At Evolved, Abbie plays a central role in shaping how the group’s work looks, feels and functions across its specialist brands. She ensures consistency of quality and design standards while adapting creatively to different audiences, sectors and delivery models.
Abbie is particularly skilled at bridging the gap between strategy and execution, turning complex ideas into clear, engaging and usable outputs. Her approach balances creativity with practicality, ensuring design enhances understanding, engagement and impact, rather than simply aesthetics.
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Steve Nash
Steve brings extensive board-level and senior leadership experience within the automotive sector, having spent his career working across complex OEM and retailer environments.
With a background spanning executive leadership, strategic advisory and non executive roles in automotive, Steve has supported organisations navigating large-scale transformation, network complexity and evolving market demands. His experience provides deep insight into the operational, commercial and cultural realities of the industry.
At the Evolved Group, Steve provides independent oversight and strategic challenge, supporting the leadership team as the business scales across automotive and beyond. He brings a strong understanding of governance, risk and performance, helping to ensure growth is well structured, commercially sound and aligned to long-term value creation.
Steve is valued for his pragmatic, industry-informed perspective and his ability to balance ambition with operational realism, supporting clear decision making at board level and helping the business remain resilient as it grows.
Our Clients
Before working with Evolved, we had an interview coaching course for our recruitment business that, honestly, wasn’t hitting the mark. Completion rates were low, and the feedback from employers wasn’t great, it just wasn’t delivering the results we needed. Enter Evolved’s Content Refresh, and everything changed. The content came back looking so much more polished and professional, it was like night and day. Engagement skyrocketed from 38% to 89%, and our interview success rate jumped by 22%. Beyond the numbers, it completely repositioned us as a stronger, more credible partner in the eyes of both candidates and employers. It even made a noticeable difference to our bottom line. The best part? Evolved made the whole process so easy, fast turnaround, no stress, and incredible value. We couldn’t be happier with the results!”.
Managing Director
My Healthcare Recruit
Evolved have outstanding all round L & D experience and we found them so easy to work with. In September 2021 we won a tender to build a learning platform for micro businesses, in collaboration with a consortia of universities. We had 7 months to turn the idea into reality. Evolved helped us to activate the project by initially setting the L & D strategy, defining and setting the frameworks and standards, establishing the governance and leading the procurement for the platform. They helped us to shape the critical work streams and ensure we were set up to deliver on time and on budget.
Programme Lead
Manchester Metropolitan University
I had the pleasure of working with Evolved on a global learning and development project in the automotive industry, focused on building comprehensive certification paths for various dealership roles not only within the sales function, but across multiple departments.
What truly stood out in our collaboration was their exceptional professionalism, engagement, and creativity, particularly given the extremely short timeframe between the initial request for proposal and the project kickoff. Evolved quickly grasped the scope and complexity of the task and demonstrated an impressive ability to deliver high-quality solutions at speed.
Their deep understanding of the industry, combined with a pragmatic and agile approach, made them a highly reliable and valued partner throughout the project. I would not hesitate to recommend Evolved for any learning and development initiatives, especially those requiring a strategic, innovative, and execution-driven mindset.
Director
ASE Solutions
Evolved Business been an exceptional strategic learning partner for us under a lead of Kayleigh Atherton, consistently delivering value across a wide range of services. From insightful strategy consultancy and seamless operational support to the successful roll-out of global learning platform, they have proven to be a reliable partner. Their expertise in continuous improvement and tailored solutions across various business areas has greatly enhanced our development capabilities and globally applicable solutions. We deeply appreciate their dedication and flexibility in addressing our evolving needs.
Head of Global L&D
Volvo Cars
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Evolved to produce our online training courses, and the experience has been excellent. They are highly professional, consistently delivering high-quality training materials. The team is fast and efficient, ensuring that projects are completed on time without compromising on quality. I highly recommend Evolved to anyone looking for a reliable and skilled partner in creating online education content.
Learning Programme Lead
Lynk & Co Cars
It’s rare to find training this relevant and accessible and already Evolved’s offer is having a real impact and starting conversation at a different level.
Managing Director
Ice Trikes
Outsourcing our operational support has been a game changer. Evolved are the absolute experts in systems and processes and I cannot recommend them enough.
Managing Director
Ignite Improvement
They take the time to dig into your goals and context, then aren’t afraid to challenge the brief with smarter, more cost-effective solutions that deliver the same (or better) impact.
Managing Director
My Healthcare Recruit
WHY EVOLVED
Living Our Values
We Do What Is Right For You
We don’t just tick boxes, we do what’s right, even when it’s the harder path. That means being upfront if something isn’t adding value, sharing our expertise to strengthen your team, and always working with you, not just for you. We believe collaboration and honesty drive the best results.
We don’t settle for ‘good enough’
We push boundaries to create work that excites, engages and genuinely makes a difference. Whether it’s designing fresh, interactive experiences, improving how teams work, or helping organisations think differently about performance and delivery, we bring bold ideas to the table and the energy to make them happen.
When we say we’ll deliver, we mean it
We go the extra mile to make sure our work isn’t just completed, but delivers real impact. Whether that means refining the details until they’re right, adapting to last-minute changes, or supporting you beyond go-live, we stay accountable from start to finish. Your success is our priority, and we’re with you every step of the way.
We’ve been there, done that, and learned what really works
With years of hands-on experience across learning, operations and complex delivery environments, we cut through the noise to deliver solutions that are practical, engaging and proven to drive results. Whether it’s navigating complex stakeholder needs, managing change or delivering work at scale, we bring the experience and judgement to make it happen smoothly and successfully.
Partnerships, Awards & Features
