The evolving role of a chief people officer

Eton Bridge is a Business Reporter client. Eton Bridge Partners’ Chief People Officer Pathways report shines a light on this role and what it takes to become a Chief People Officer. At the same time, investor scrutiny of organisations’ ESG agendas increases with each reporting cycle, and the chief people officer role is viewed as becoming more critical to delivery in these areas. As part of the research, I asked chief people officers within my network for their response to the insights from the report, their reflections on their own paths to chief people officer, and how they view the role evolving over the short to medium term: • Prior sector experience seems to be becoming more important, rather than less. We are aware of brilliant chief people officers who have spent time in reward who believe that their background in it set them up for success in the chief people officer role.