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CHRO Moves – week ending Feburary 1, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

World Fuel Services GE Maine Pointe
PCI Coursera Tilray, Inc.
Snow Software OppLoans CHA Consulting, Inc.
NFP Gilbane Building Company

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Fernando Casadevall

World Fuel Services Corporation [MIAMI] (NYSE: INT) announced that Fernando Casadevall has joined as Chief Human Resource Officer.   Fernando has been Chief Human Resources Officer for Qatar Airlines Group since 2016.  Fernando has also held executive HR roles with Al-Futtaim Group Companies in Dubai, Citigroup in London, Baltimore and New York and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that L. Kevin Cox will join GE as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective February 25, 2019. Cox joins GE from American Express, where he was the Chief Human Resources Officer. Cox succeeds Raghu Krishnamoorthy who will be retiring from GE after 25-years of dedicated service. Cox joined American Express in 2005 after 16 years at Pepsi-Cola and the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), where he held positions leading strategy, business development, technology, and Human Resources.

Mary Lyons

 

Maine Pointe [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Mary Lyons as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

PCI [Philadelphia, PA] announced the appointment of Angi Calkins as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Calkins served in senior leadership roles at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Rich Jacquet

Coursera [Mountain View, CA] announced that Rich Jacquet has joined as new Chief People Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief People Officer at Gigamon. He also held leadership positions at companies like Packeteer, Bay Networks, eBay and Yahoo!

Tilray, Inc. [NANAIMO, British Columbia] (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced the hire of Rita Seguin as EVP of Human Resources. Seguin served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Diageo North America and most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits Distributors.

Rachel Mooney

Snow Software [STOCKHOLM & AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Rachel Mooney as Chief People & Culture Officer. Mooney from Vodafone, where she led strategic and operational HR for group corporate functions and global shared services. Previously, Mooney led organizational culture for Google across EMEA as well as the company’s human resources function in Ireland.

Karishma Patel Buford

OppLoans [Chicago] announced the appointment of Karishma Patel Buford to the new role of Chief People Officer. Karishma joins OppLoans after a successful tenure as Head of Global Talent Management at Groupon. She has previously held leadership roles at BAE Systems Inc and Korn Ferry.

Jennifer Chatt

CHA Consulting, Inc. [ALBANY, N.Y. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced the appointment of Jennifer Chatt as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Jennifer joined CHA in July 2017 to lead human resources. She previously held senior human resource management positions at Key Bank, NYISO, Northeast Parent and Child Society and Angiodynamics.

NFP [NEW YORK] announced that Kim Davis, formerly NFP’s chief human resources officer, is joining NFP’s board of directors. In addition, Davis will take on the newly created role of chief diversity and inclusion officer. Ginnette Quesada-Kunkel and Mary Steed will join NFP’s Executive Management Committee as chief human resources officer and chief people officer, respectively. Quesada-Kunkel, currently senior vice president of HR, will become executive vice president and assume oversight for the HR function as chief human resources officer. Steed, currently senior vice president of HR, assumes the newly created role of chief people officer.

Katherine Johnson

Gilbane Building Company [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] announced that Katherine Johnson joined the company as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, succeeding Pierre LaPerriere as he retires at the end of 2019. In her most recent role, Ms. Johnson served as global vice president and head of human resources for buildings, infrastructure and advanced facilities for Jacobs in Englewood, Colorado. She also held a range of domestic and international human resources management roles of increasing responsibilities at CH2M over a span of twenty-four years.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 10, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Merck Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gentherm Boston Private Swiss Post Solutions
UserTesting CHS Inc.

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Merck [KENILWORTH, N.J.] (NYSE: MRK) announced the retirement effective November 30, 2018 of its chief human resources officer Mirian M. Graddick-Weir, following 12 years of service with the company. She will be succeeded by Steven C. Mizell, who will join the company in October 2018. Mizell will join Merck from Monsanto, where he served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer since 2004. Prior to his role at Monsanto, Mizell was senior vice president and chief corporate resources officer for Advance PCS. He also was senior vice president and chief human resources and real estate officer for the technology company Zilog, Inc. Mizell is a Board Member of Oshkosh Corporation.

Matt Beliveau

Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery [OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.] announced the appointment of Matt Beliveau as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Beliveau was at Morton Salt for the past four years. Prior to that he spent 13 years at General Mills, and also served for four years on active duty in the U.S. military as a logistics officer.

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PTLA) announced the appointment of Ernie Meyer as executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective August 20. Meyer joins Portola from Celgene, where he spent more than 13 years in positions of increasing scope and responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Meyer served as executive vice president of human resources & corporate services. Prior to joining Celgene, Mr. Meyer held various global rewards leadership roles at Motorola and The Travelers Insurance Company.

Gentherm [NORTHVILLE, Mich.] (NASDAQ: THRM) announced that Barbara J. Runyon will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer on August 13th. Runyon joins Gentherm from La-Z-Boy Incorporated where she served as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from 2015 through 2018. Prior to that she held roles of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo/Pepsi Bottling Group where she served as Vice President of Human Resources for PepsiCo’s Midwest Region. She also served as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition in Pepsi’s New York Headquarters as well as in a variety of field human resources business partner roles. Before joining PepsiCo, she held various human resources management roles for Prestolite Wire Corporation.

Joy McCune

Boston Private [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Joy McCune as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. McCune will be succeeding Martha Higgins. Ms. McCune was previously Chief Human Resources Officer at Boston Financial Data Services. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President Human Resources at State Street Corporation.

Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Tim Peterson as Chief People Officer (CPO) North America. Before joining Swiss Post Solutions, Tim held the position of Director of Human Resources at a multinational business services company for 11 years, where he led HR operations in the United States, Canada, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Prior to this role, he held various HR management positions at companies such as Prosper Inc., Tiger Consulting and Abbott Laboratories.

UserTesting [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Carol MacKinlay as Chief People Officer (CPO). Carol has held Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) positions at several high-profile and high-potential companies such as Xero, Plantronics, Jawbone, Borland, and Coverity.

Mary Kaul-Hottinger

CHS Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CHSCP) named Mary Kaul-Hottinger as senior vice president, Human Resources, effective Sept. 10, 2018. Kaul-Hottinger most recently as vice president of human resources for Ecolab. Prior to joining Ecolab in 2007, Kaul-Hottinger served in a variety of human resource leadership roles supporting operating divisions at General Mills and Pillsbury.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 2, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

General Motors Quest Diagnostics Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
Sprinklr Oak Hill Capital Partners IV Western Digital Corp.
US Foods Holding Corp. H&R Block, Inc. Couchbase

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Cecilia McKenney

General Motors announced that Jose Tomas, senior vice president of global human resources, has left the role. Tomas was appointed in July 2017.

Quest Diagnostics [Secaucus, NJ] (NYSE: DGX) announced the appointment of Cecilia McKenney as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. McKenney spent more than a decade at Frontier Communications, where she led the telecommunications company’s human resources function, as well as held senior leadership roles leading the Consumer Division and sales, marketing, business operations and customer service. Before Frontier, she served in various HR leadership roles at PepsiCo over a period of 16 years. McKenny is replacing Jeff Shuman who is retiring.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (Munich Re America) appointed Cheryl Jones to the Head of Human Resources; she will also join the Munich Re America Executive Leadership Team. Cheryl joined the company in 2014 as a Human Resources (HR) Business Partner after more than a decade in financial services HR roles. In 2015, she was appointed to Head of HR Business Partners with responsibility for leading the talent strategy for Munich Re America and as a member of the US Regional HR Leadership Team.

Diane Adams

Sprinklr [New York] announced the appointment of Diane Adams as Chief Culture & Talent Officer. Adams spent 14-years at Cisco, following which Adams joined Allscripts. Adams went on to serve as Chief People Officer at Qlik, and was, most recently, Chief Culture and Talent Officer for McGraw-Hill Education.

Oak Hill Capital Partners IV [New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA] announced that it has named Ken DiPietro Chief Talent Officer and Senior Advisor. Ken was most recently at Biogen, and previously at Lenovo Group and Microsoft. Ken also held a senior HR leadership position at Dell. Ken began his career at PepsiCo, where he spent 17 years in a range of positions.

Lori Sundberg

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Lori Sundberg has joined the company as chief human resources officer. Sundberg succeeds Jackie DeMaria, who is retiring after a 13-year tenure with Western Digital. Sundberg most recently served as senior vice president, Global Human Resources at Jacobs. Earlier in her career, Sundberg advanced through a series of HR leadership roles at American Express and served as senior vice president, Human Resources and Ethics at Arizona Public Services Company.

US Foods Holding Corp. [ROSEMONT, Ill.] (NYSE: USFD) announced that David Works has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Works joins US Foods from Hackensack Meridian Health, where he served as chief human resources officer. Previously, Works led the HR organizations at Windstream and Sears Holdings. He also served as the president of the Enterprise Business Unit at Windstream.

Tiffany Scalzitti Monroe

H&R Block, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NYSE: HRB) named Tiffany Scalzitti Monroe as its new chief people officer. Monroe most recently served at U.S. Foods as the chief human resources officer. Prior to her position at U.S. Foods, Monroe served at Target Corporation for 15 years where she held a variety of leadership positions. Her most recent role was as the senior vice president for human resources at Target Canada.

Couchbase [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the hiring of Jessica Yuen as Chief People Officer. Jessica Yuen comes to Couchbase from Gusto, where she served as Head of People. Prior to Gusto, she was with Khan Academy. Previous to Khan Academy, Jessica held a variety of leadership roles across HR, recruiting, strategy, business development, operations, and product management at Yahoo! and McKinsey.

Carrie David

Interstate Hotels & Resorts [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Carrie David as chief human resources officer. Most recently she served as senior vice president of operational excellence and general manager support for Caribou Coffee and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group. Carrie was at Delaware North where she served as Head of HR for Australia and New Zealand.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 22, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

App Annie Broward Health LendingClub Corporation
CampusLogic Livongo Health RealtyMogul

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App Annie [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Natasha Kehimkar as Chief People Officer. Prior to App Annie, Natasha served as the VP, People at Guardant Health. Prior to that, she was VP of People and Culture at OpenTable. This was preceded by more than 15 years of HR experience at Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

Broward Health [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced the addition of Kiera Page as its new corporate chief human resources officer. Most recently she was Director of Human Resources at Jackson North Medical Center in Miami.

LendingClub Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: LC) announced that Patty McCord has joined as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Previously, she was Chief Talent Officer at Netflix. spent 14 years creating the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix. She is a veteran of Sun Microsystems, Borland, and Seagate Technology, and has worked with start-ups across Silicon Valley. Currently, she coaches and advises a small group of companies and entrepreneurs on culture and leadership. LendingClub is her first public company board appointment.

CampusLogic [PHOENIX] announced that Stacie Mallen has joined the company’s executive leadership team as Chief People Officer. Mallen previously served as Vice President of Human Resources at Ulthera.

Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that Arnnon Geshuri has joined the company as its Chief People Officer. Most recently, Geshuri served as Vice President of Human Resources at Tesla. Previously, Arnnon was the Senior Director of Staffing Operations for Google. Before Google, Arnnon was Vice President of Human Resources and Director of Global Staffing for E*TRADE Financial.

RealtyMogul [LOS ANGELES] announced the addition of Soley Van Lokeren as Chief People Officer. Mrs. Van Lokeren is a former Executive Director of Business Operations at CPEhr, a human resources consulting firm.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 25, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Mozilla Anthem, Inc. Zenefits
Teladoc, Inc. Novasyte Compass
Broward Health Publicis Groupe Tailored Brands, Inc.

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Mozilla [Mountain View, CA] announced that Michael DeAngelo has joined as Chief People Officer. Michael brings two decades of experience leading people teams at Pinterest, Google and Pepsico. Earlier in his career Michael held a number of HR roles in Organization Development, Compensation, and People Operations at Microsoft, Merck and AlliedSignal.

Anthem, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ANTM) announced that Jacquelyn (Jackie) H. Wolf, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Ms. Wolf served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for LyondellBasell. Ms. Wolf has also served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Celanese Corporation and as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for Comerica. Prior the these roles, Ms. Wolf served as Global Human Resources Director for General Motors Finance, Asset Management, and Economic Development and Enterprise Services organizations and as Vice President, Human Resources for Honeywell International, Aerospace, Truck Brakes and Avionics segments. Ms. Wolf began her career at General Electric, where she worked in a number of human resources management and labor relations roles supporting GE Capital, Retailer Financial Services, GE Appliance, and GE Lighting.

Zenefits [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Beth Steinberg as the company’s chief people officer. Beth has held leadership positions at some of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley including Facebook, BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo), Sunrun, and Electronic Arts. She has also held positions at Nike, Hewlett-Packard and Nordstrom. Most recently, Beth’s advisory firm Mensch Ventures has helped dozens of companies enhance company culture to drive business results and scale.

David Schloss

Teladoc, Inc. [PURCHASE, NY] (NYSE: TDOC) announced that David Schloss has joined the company in the newly created role of chief human resources officer (CHRO). He most recently held the position of Vice President of Human Resources at Caladrius Biosciences (formerly NeoStem). Prior to that he served in various executive level management positions in the pharmaceutical and biotech space. Schloss started his HR career and spent nearly 20 years with GlaxoSmithKline.

Lisa Rood

Novasyte [CARLSBAD, CA] announced the appointment of Lisa Rood as Director of Human Resources. Lisa joins Novasyte from Qualcomm where she served as HR Manager for seven years.

Madan Nagaldinne

Compass [NEW YORK] announced that Madan Nagaldinne has been appointed Chief People Officer and will assume his new role on September 1. Nagaldinne most recently was with Chief People Officer of Outcome Health. Prior to that, he spent six years at Facebook in various roles including head of HR for the company’s Global Sales teams and head of HR for Facebook’s New York office. He also served as head of HR for Facebook in Asia Pacific where he oversaw its expansion to 14 countries. Prior to Facebook, Nagaldinne led Amazon’s expansion into Asia, managing a 100-person HR team.

Peter Nyamora

Broward Health [Fort Lauderdale, Fla.] appointed Peter Nyamora as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Mr. Nyamora most recently served as HR director at Memorial Hospital Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Fla. He also worked with the city of Miami Beach and Miami-based Jackson Health System. Mr. Nyamora will assume his new role on Sept. 18.

Publicis Groupe [PARIS and NEW YORK] announced the nomination of Emmanuel André to the newly created position of Chief Talent Officer (CTO), with effect from September 18, 2017, based in New York. Emmanuel André is currently President International of TBWA\Worldwide. He is a French citizen who started his career in advertising in 1993 and has worked in Paris, Hong Kong and New York where he now lives. He began at TBWA Paris as an account executive, moved to new business, led global accounts and joined the Asia-Pacific leadership for the network before becoming COO of US-based TBWA\Worldwide in 2008. He was nominated to his current President role in March 2015.

Andrew Iwaskow

Tailored Brands, Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NYSE: TLRD) announced that Andrew Iwaskow has joined the Company as executive vice president, human resources. He joins the Company most recently from Toys “R” Us, where he served as vice president, marketplace human resources.  Prior to Toys “R” Us, Mr. Iwaskow was with PetSmart, Inc., where he managed human resources strategies for more than 50,000 store employees in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as corporate and distribution center employees.  In addition, he has held human resources leadership roles at Staples and Party City.

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