HR Movement: 26 Oct, 2020

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SAP Supervisory Board names Sabine Bendiek as CPO

Bendiek will be dual hatting when she takes on additional responsibility as chief operation officer in the middle of 2021. SAP Supervisory Board has appointed Sabine Bendiek as chief people officer and labour director. She will also assume additional responsibility as chief operating officer in mid-2021, becoming SAP’s first chief people and operating officer at the same time.

In this role, Bendiek will lead the HR function and people strategy for the German multinational software company. This includes attracting the best talent in the industry, providing a growth and learning environment for employees, and ensuring a consistent leadership culture to enable inclusion, accountability and agility.

Appointed to the Executive Board for a three-year tenure, Bendiek will be based in Walldorf.

 

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Societe Generale appoints Mukta Arya as HR head – APAC

Arya was earlier head of talent development and inclusion in the same company, based out of Singapore. Societe Generale has appointed Mukta Arya as head-HR, Asia Pacific region. Earlier, she was the head of talent development and inclusion, Asia-Pacific, in the same company but posted in Singapore. Arya joined Societe Generale in March 2006 as the head of human resources for corporate and investment banking, private banking and SG Asia Holdings business lines. She went on to serve as the regional head of learning and talent management in 2010, in Hong Kong. Subsequently, she was promoted to director of human resources, SEA, a position she handled along with the earlier responsibility for learning and development. Dual hatting in her role, she was responsible for planning and managing all human resource programmes and strategies for the entire SEA region.

 

 

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IBM names Nickle LaMoreaux as CHRO

LaMoreaux steps into the shoes of Diane Gherson, who served as SVP-HR for seven years.  Nickle LaMoreaux has succeeded Diane Gherson as senior vice president of human resources and chief human resource officer. Gherson has retired after a seven-year stint as SVP-HR in the Company. Gherson had played a key role in transforming IBM’s culture and in providing IBMers with the skills they need to help clients accelerate their journey to hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). This major change in the leadership team was announced by Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM on Linkedin.