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The world is becoming increasingly connected, seemingly by the day, and HR leaders must be prepared—to stay agile, be willing to pivot and think about innovation in new ways. All of those capabilities, says Gaëlle Le Meur—chief people officer at berry company Driscoll’s, were shaped by her global HR experiences over the last few decades.
Le Meur’s career has taken her across Europe and the Middle East, including her 17-year tenure at The Estée Lauder Companies, for which she relocated to the U.S. two years ago. Now on the West Coast at Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry producer, Le Meur is tapping into her global HR experience to position HR as a strategic driver of the organization’s ongoing global growth.
Two years ago, Driscoll’s welcomed a new CEO and this spring appointed the first-ever chief communications officer—both of whom were long-term Driscoll’s leaders. Le Meur says the moves are among the changes highlighting the pivotal moment the org is in, and the role that talent will play in its future. As Driscoll’s expands globally, Le Meur says, her priority is on modernizing how the organization responds to the needs of its highly diverse workforce without losing sight of the company’s
