1. Employers are hiring a lot—but this time around, it's more judicious and better-timed.
2. A new global employer-employee contract to work-from-wherever-you-want. Employers will agree or find their candidate pools diminish.
3. A focus on local and global diversity and inclusion (D&I).
4. New total rewards philosophies; technology requirements for everything from HRIS, employee experience, surveys and continuous feedback to remote collaboration tools; and quick compliance solutions for all the states and countries your employees now want to live in.

We partnered with Tipalti in placing Doug Inamine as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. As CHRO, Inamine will report to Tipalti CEO and Founder Chen Amit, and lead a 16-person HR team. As a key leader on the executive team, Inamine will provide executive-level strategic leadership and direction to the company across all areas of HR as the organization grows

Inamine joins from Coupang, based in Seoul, South Korea, from where he recently re-located back to the San Francisco Bay Area having served as CHRO and Senior Vice President for over two and a half years. Previously he was Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President at gaming startup Kabam, and CHRO and Senior Vice President at Xyratex. Inamine earlier held HR executive roles at Cisco, Solectron and Seagate Technology. He is also a Board Advisor to Espresa, Inc. and Traditions of the Ancestors.

Inamine holds a B.S. in managerial economics from University of California at Davis.

Congratulations Doug, and welcome to Tipalti!

We’re excited to partner with Northwestern Mutual to place Ayesha Khan as Senior Director/Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP). In the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based role, she will serve as a member of the leadership team, developing organizational and HR strategies, serving as expert in talent and human-capital planning and advising senior executives. Khan brings over 20 years of HR leadership and experience to Northwestern Mutual. She was previously Executive Director of HR at Advocate Aurora Health, HR Director Chief Transformation Officer at Aurora Health, and for 12 years at GE Healthcare in HR leader roles, including HRBP and Americas Diversity and Engagement Leader.

Khan has a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s degree in adult education and career counseling from Northeastern Illinois University.

Welcome Ayesha to Northwestern Mutual!

Some recent notable job moves and promotions by C-level and senior HR executives in the industry include:

• L Brands, Inc. announced that Deon Riley joined as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Bath & Body Works. Riley leaves Ross Stores, where she spent eight years, most recently as Group Senior Vice President of HR, Culture and Diversity and Inclusion. She previously held HR leadership roles at Abercrombie & Fitch and PepsiCo. (Article)
• Aviatrix has welcomed Lillian Leaños as Chief People Officer. Leaños leaves her previous role as CPO at Countsy.
• Iron Mountain Inc. announced that Edward E. Greene has joined as Executive Vice President, CHRO. Prior to Iron Mountain, Greene was CHRO at FactSet Research Systems and Senior VP of HR at Voya Financial.
• SentinelOne hired Felice Ajlouny (Gibbs) as VP, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion. Aljouny leaves her role as VP, Talent Acquisition at TripActions. She also held HR executive roles at PaperDuty, Salesforce, WorkDay and EMC.
• Trox, an EdTech solutions provider, welcomes Sean Minner as CHRO. Minner previously served as CHRO at BASIS.ed and BASIS Education Ventures. (Announcement)
• Sony Music Entertainment appointed Andrew R. Davis as Executive VP and Global CHRO. Previously Davis served as Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer for Lennar Corporation, and before that spent more than a decade leading HR teams and strategies at The Coca-Cola Company.
• Policygenius, Inc. hired Megan Pittman as VP of People, joining from StitchFix where she was Senior Director of HR. Pittman has also held HR leadership roles at Memphis Meats, Blue Bottle Coffee and Haggen, Inc.
• Dinocrates Group promoted Karen Wynn, LTP to CPO. Wynn was previously HR Director at GMSI, which Dinacrates acquired in 2019, Executive Director of Howard University’s Communications Entrepreneur Program and Director/COO of the National Association of Black Journalists. (Announcement)
• Stack Overflow expanded its leadership team, hiring Debbie Shotwell as CPO. Shotwell was previously CPO at Saba Software, and is also on the Board of Advisors for Agile Literacy and WorkTribe Dynamics. (Announcement)
• Castellan Solutions welcomed Tara Davidson as Global Head of People. Davidson previously was Global VP of HR at eVestment, Global VP HR at Scientific Games and VP/Director of HR at Centex Corp.
• HireVue appointed Andy Valenzuela as CHRO. Valenzuela has led HR organizations in technology companies including Dell, Sunpower and SAP. (Announcement)
• Wave Life Sciences has welcomed Jonathan Rosin as CHRO. He joins from Ironwood Pharmaceuticals where he also served as CHRO.
• Heineken N.V. has appointed new CPO Yolanda Talamo. Talamo has been Senior VP of HR at Heineken Americas, and has taken over the role of CPO, replacing Chris Van Steenbergen who has retired as CHRO. Talamo previously held leadership roles at SAB Miller, Cisneros and Proctor & Gamble. (Announcement)
• Melinta Therapeutics appointed Kristen Allgor as CHRO. Allgor joins from Allergan, where she served as Vice President of HR for the last seven years. (Announcement)
• Alteryx has hired Jill Bone as Senior VP, Talent. She joins after serving as VP and Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Workday, and previously VP of Recruiting at Salesforce.