HR Movements: 21 Aug, 2017

1.

Apple Inc gets sales head Deirdre O'Brien to lead HR

A veteran of Apple, O’Brien has been working for the company for almost 30 years now. She had joined Apple in 1988. 

Deirdre O'Brien has been appointed the vice president of people. As part of the new role, Deirdre O’Brien will be responsible for handling almost all HR functions at Apple, including talent development, recruitment, benefits, compensation, business support and handling Apple University.

O’Brien will report to Tim Cook, Apple CEO. 

Prior to this appointment, she was working as vice president for the worldwide sales and operations of the company. 

A veteran of Apple, O’Brien has been working for the company for almost 30 years now. She had joined Apple in 1988. 

She has a huge experience and is well versed with company culture and practices. Her expertise will bring value to the company’s HR function. 

2.

Sunitha Lal joins Ather Energy as head HR

Lal will focus on defining the culture at Ather as it scales up production.

Matrimony.com’s former CHRO, Sunitha Lal, has been appointed the head of human resources by Ather Energy, the hardware startup. Her immediate focus in her new role will be to define the culture at Ather, as they scale up production.   

 “It is rare to find an opportunity, where you can be part of culture building of not just an organisation, but a nascent industry as well. To weave a pervasive culture across everything we do, be it business processes to employee assimilation, is fantastic,” Lal says, talking of her position at Ather Energy. “The most enticing aspect is the chance to outline what Ather stands for and perpetuate that through our frameworks, values and our other programmes,” she adds.

3.

Ericsson’s HR head in India, Sameer Khanna takes up a global role

Khanna, who will be based out of the HQ in Sweden, will now work in the global managed services domain.

Sameer Khanna, who has been the vice president and head of human resources at Ericsson India will now manage global HR for product area (PA) managed services (MS) network, PA managed services IT and MS strategy.

He began his new role with effect from July 1, this year and will now be based out of the company’s headquarters in Sweden.  Khanna has been working with Ericsson India since 2012, before which he was the head-HR at Jones Lang LaSalle. Prior to that, he has also worked with Logica, which is now CGI, as well as Britannia, Hewitt and NIIT.

In his latest role, Khanna is looking forward to a new assignment in Stockholm, where he will, by virtue of his global responsibilities, be working with colleagues in the managed services domain across multiple geographies.