Former CHRO at SAP Stefan Ries joins McKinsey & Company senior advisors team in Europe
Stefan Ries joins McKinsey & Company senior advisors team in Europe, prior to this, he was the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Labor Relations Director of SAP SE as well as a member of the Executive Board with global responsibility for HR.
His earlier experience spans executive roles at Microsoft, Compaq, SAP, and Egon Zehnder International. Stefan is enthusiastic about sports, in particular German football, tennis and European Handball.
McKinsey said in a statement, “we are pleased to welcome Stefan Ries, former CHRO at SAP, to the McKinsey & Company senior advisors team in Europe. Stefan has led efforts in systematic skilling at scale enabled by people analytics and a fully digitized learning platform, reimagining employee experience, and repositioning the talent market to attract and develop strong tech talent globally.”
“Furthermore, he also launched SAP’s “HR Punks” initiative to radically change the mindset and operating model of HR – elevating the role to a business shaper and creating “customer-centricity” around employees.”, added the statement.
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