PARIS – Luca de Meo, who formally began Monday as chief government officer at Kering, has already made his first high-profile exterior rent, bringing over a human assets specialist from his former employer, Renault Group.
Thomas Cuntz, who spent 9 years as vp, government and international expertise administration, on the French carmaker, has joined Kering as international expertise growth and folks engagement head, a newly created position.
Cuntz introduced his arrival on his LinkedIn web page, saying he’ll lead “key HR features on the coronary heart of the Kering individuals technique.
“With my new crew, I’ll work to speed up influence throughout the group and make sure that HR practices assist our strategic targets,” he wrote. “The position consists of expertise acquisition and administration, inside mobility, efficiency, studying and growth, inclusion and variety, worker engagement by listening, and worker relations.”
A graduate of EDHEC Enterprise College in Paris, Cuntz began his profession as head of recruitment, retail banking, for Société Générale. He went on to log 24 years at Renault in quite a lot of company and HR roles, noting that he “skilled unbelievable transformation, resilience, and development, partnering with gifted and various leaders.”
Luxurious analysts just lately been crucial of Kering’s method to expertise administration and have been applauding de Meo’s arrival.
In a analysis notice issued Monday, HSBC’s Erwan Rambourg mentioned he trusted that in future “administration is not going to be rewarded on loyalty, connections, or tenure, however solely on competence.
“Rejigging workers at Kering is also much like what Tiffany went by: conserving some legacy performers, bringing again some who left and have been too good to lose, and recruiting from the very best at school from different sectors and in addition inside the sector,” he wrote.
In his LinkedIn put up, Cuntz mentioned he stories to Béatrice Lazat, chief individuals officer at Kering since 2016, and mentioned he’s “honored to enter a brand new sector and contribute to an awesome journey, impressed by the power of the Kering home’s manufacturers and its ongoing transformation.”