Ubisoft Appoints Anika Grant as Chief People Officer
08 April 2021 - 6:00PM
Ubisoft Appoints Anika Grant as Chief People Officer
Ubisoft Appoints Anika Grant as Chief
People Officer
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Paris,
France — April 8, 2021 —
Today, Ubisoft announced the appointment of Anika Grant as its new
Chief People Officer and member of Ubisoft’s Executive
Committee, effective April 8.
In this role, Anika will oversee all aspects of
Ubisoft’s people strategy and drive HR excellence at
the company. Reporting directly to Ubisoft’s Co-Founder and CEO
Yves Guillemot, Anika will implement innovative and best-in-class
strategies to develop talents within Ubisoft. Anika’s
responsibilities will cover Ubisoft’s global recruiting, talent
management, leadership development, and compensation and benefits,
and will contribute to improving the company’s organizational
performance. Anika will leverage the company’s
strong workplace culture and ensure it is anchored in
safety, respect, and wellbeing, enabling every team member to
learn, grow and flourish.
Anika has 19 years of experience
leading HR transformation in major, fast-paced, and
customer-focused organizations across various sectors. She
also brings exceptional knowledge of international HR management,
most recently as Global HR Director for Dyson’s Global Markets.
Prior to that, Anika held the position of Senior Director HR at
Uber where she led a Global HR Business Partner team for Uber's
Core Business (covering Rides, Uber Eats and Uber 4
Business).
Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive
Officer of Ubisoft, said, “I am very happy to welcome Anika Grant
as our new Chief People Officer. Her energy, optimism and breadth
of experience will be great assets to keep evolving our
approach to HR and talent management. Working alongside
me, Anika’s mission will consist of aligning all our HR teams
with a strong, shared vision, building a robust talent
pipeline, and implementing innovative and new ways of working.
Anika will also be focusing her leadership efforts
on strengthening our global corporate culture, ensuring that
all our teams can thrive in an environment that promotes a culture
of respect, diversity, inclusion and collective
wellbeing.”
Anika Grant, Ubisoft’s new Chief People Officer,
said, “I’m excited to be part of Ubisoft, whose mission is to
provide opportunities for enrichment and self-discovery through
innovative and original gaming experiences. I am also
incredibly proud to partner with the talented, passionate people at
Ubisoft to deliver on this mission, and confident that together we
will continue making Ubisoft an employer of choice, one that offers
its team members exciting challenges, a welcoming and
open environment, and the freedom to express their
creativity every day.”
Note to Editors – Anika Grant’s
Biography
An Australian citizen, Anika has served in a
diverse range of global leadership roles across Sydney, London,
Paris, and Singapore. Most recently, she was Global HR Director at
Dyson, where she led an HR team supporting Dyson’s Global Markets,
steering the team through the Covid-19 crisis and the
transformation of the Company’s operating model. Anika previously
held the position of Senior Director HR at Uber, where she led a
Global HR Business Partner team for Uber's Core Business,
establishing an international HR team within a context of
hyper-growth and leading culture change across significant parts of
the business. Prior to Uber, Anika was the APAC HR Director at
Accenture, where she was responsible for all HR service delivery
across eight markets. Anika is currently a Board Advisor at
Ecosystm, a digital technology research and advisory firm, and
AwanTunai, an Indonesian Fintech enabling financial inclusion. She
graduated from UNSW Australia with a BSc (Business Information
Technology).
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