Turning the Right Moment into Lasting Impact
Vale Kairos is a transformation consultancy built on one belief: that the right moment, seized with the right expertise, can change everything.
We exist to help organisations make the most of their defining moments.
The name Vale Kairos comes from two powerful ideas. Vale — a farewell to what no longer serves you. Kairos — the ancient Greek concept of the opportune moment, the perfect window for decisive action.
Together, they capture what we do: help organisations let go of what holds them back and seize the moments that move them forward — with clarity, confidence, and lasting effect.
Four principles. One purpose.
Seize Opportunity
The right moment is rarely obvious. We help organisations recognise it, prepare for it, and act on it decisively — before it passes.
Drive Change
Strategy without execution is just intention. We bring hands-on expertise to turn plans into action, navigating complexity with clarity and confidence.
Create Value
Every initiative must deliver measurable outcomes. We focus relentlessly on the metrics that matter — operational efficiency, growth, and competitive advantage.
Lasting Impact
True transformation endures. We build the structures, capabilities, and culture that ensure change becomes permanent and positive.
What we stand for
Purpose-Led
Every engagement starts with a clear understanding of what success looks like — and a commitment to delivering it.
People-Centred
Transformation only sticks when people are brought along. We work alongside your teams, not above them.
Insight-Driven
We combine deep industry expertise with data-driven analysis to surface the insights that matter most.
Built to Last
We don't just fix the immediate problem. We build the capability and resilience for what comes next.
The person behind Vale Kairos
Alexandra Baleta
Founder & Principal
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Alexandra Baleta is a senior transformation leader with over two decades of experience guiding complex, high-stakes programmes across global organisations. She founded Vale Kairos to bring that depth of expertise directly to clients — as a hands-on partner, not a distant advisor.
Her career spans the world's most respected professional services and technology firms — from leading M&A technology engagements at Deloitte and Ernst & Young, to shaping industry strategy at Microsoft and VMware across EMEA. She has led turnarounds, built digital practices from the ground up, and delivered transformation at scale in some of the most demanding industrial environments in the world.
At Vale Kairos, Alexandra works directly with clients on their most critical opportunities — bringing strategic clarity, operational rigour, and the kind of candid partnership that only comes from having been in the room when it mattered most.
Career Highlights
Deloitte UK / NSE
M&A Technology Partner
VMware Inc.
Head of Industry, EMEA
Microsoft Inc.
Industry Director Manufacturing, EMEA
Ernst & Young Ltd
Associate Director, M&A Technology
AF Coaching
Managing Director, Digital Transformation
Arques Industries
Turnaround Manager & Interim CIO
Areas of Expertise
"The world my boys will work in is being shaped by the decisions we make today."
— Alexandra Baleta, Founder & Principal
I am a mother of two small boys — and they are my pride in every possible way. The future they will step into, the workplaces they will inhabit, the society they will help build — these are not abstract concerns for me. They are deeply personal.
That shapes everything about how I approach transformation. Automation and digitalisation are powerful forces — but they must be managed with humanity at the centre. Technology should expand what people can do, not diminish their place in the world.
Every programme I lead is guided by three convictions: change must be sustainable, it must be people-focused, and it must be pragmatic. Not just for the organisations we serve today — but for the working society our children will inherit tomorrow.
Born from experience. Built for impact.
Vale Kairos was founded by practitioners who spent decades inside complex organisations — leading transformations, navigating change, and learning what it truly takes to make progress stick.
We've seen too many well-intentioned programmes fail — not for lack of strategy, but for lack of the right expertise at the right moment. Vale Kairos exists to change that.