We’re excited to announce we’ve recently completed Arm’s search for a Director Global People Business Partner, placing Arusha Berry. This is a high-profile, strategic role within a company that is pushing the boundaries of what AI and machine learning can accomplish. Arusha brings to the role broad HR executive experience in technology, pharma and consulting, most recently at Novartis where she served as HR Solutions Business Partner, and previously as Talent Management and Organizational Development Manager. Arusha also held HR executive roles at Infosys and WNS. She has an MBA in Human Resources from S.P. Jain School of Global Management, and a B.E. from Manipal University of Technology.

Arusha is certified as a senior HR professional by HRCI and was recognized by CII as a Rising Star in HR in 2017.

We’d like to congratulate Arusha and welcome her to Arm!

This month we’d like to start sharing notable job moves and promotions by C-level and senior HR executives in the industry. Recent announcements include:

• StockX has hired Leander LeSure as its first global chief people officer (CPO). He has more than two decades of HR leadership experience and is a U.S. Navy veteran.
• Shutterstock announced Sara Birmingham is joining the leadership team as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Birmingham last served as a global head of HR at Thomson Reuters. (Announcement)
• Amazon Operations Japan welcomes Michael Baumgartner as head of Human Resources, moving from being head of HR for Japan/Korea at Amazon Web Services.
• Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. will promote Carmen Fernandez to senior vice president (SVP) and CHRO from her deputy CHRO role; during her 15 years at the company she has served as CHRO of Guy Carpenter and in multiple HR executive roles at Mercer. Fernandez replaces Laurie Ledford who will retire at the end of 2020. (Announcement)
• Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Anu Gupta to a new position as chief strategy and transformation officer. Gupta was previously chief operating officer at Jyve Corporation and serves on the board of directors for H&R Block. (Announcement)
• AIG has lost four senior Black leaders, including Vievette Henry, global head of inclusion and organization effectiveness, and executive Walter Hurdle, global head of inclusion and early-career recruiting. AIG will promote Ronald Reeves to chief diversity officer. (Article)
• HSBC Bank USA appointed Ralph Jardine as its head of inclusion and culture, a newly created role reporting directly to Michael Roberts, president and CEO, and Maureen Gillan-Myer, head of HR. (Article)
• Lyft announced Nilka Thomas is returning as CPO. She will succeed Emily Nishi, who served as Lyft CPO for three years. (Announcement)
• Nerdwallet welcomed Lynee Luque as its new VP of People; Luque joins from Envoy as VP and head of People, having also led global HR teams at Twitter, Mozilla and Intel. (Announcement)
• Fastly named Doniel Sutton as CPO. Her most recent role was SVP of People at PayPal. (Announcement)
• Procore announced Michelle Greer retired as SVP of People, and Pat Wadors from ServiceNow and previously LinkedIn will join as CPO. (Announcement)
• RingCentral welcomed Gunjan Aggarwal as CPO, moving from her position as EVP & CHRO at RELX Group PLC in London, U.K. (Announcement)
• Klaviyo appointed Jenny Dearborn as CPO. Dearborn is a bestselling author, founder of Actionable Analytics Group and co-founder of Silicon Valley Apprenticeship Consortium, and has held many HR executive roles including serving at SAP as chief talent officer and EVP-HR.
• Avalara has hired Kathleen Weslock as its new CHRO. Weslock is an award-winning executive who brings over two decades of experience leading global HR at public and private companies including Cisco, Deloitte, FIS (formerly Sungard Data Systems) and more. (Announcement)