Compass Group UK & Ireland appoints new chief people officer

Compass Group UK & Ireland has appointed Carol Sommerville as its new chief people officer.

Sommerville joins the company from Watchfinder, a luxury pre-owned watch business, part of Richemont Group, where she was global HR director. Before this, she held senior HR roles at Net-a-Porter. 

She started her career at BT, where she served as HR director for the Openreach service centres, director of Meritocracy BT Group, and vice-president of HR EMEA within BT Global Services. 

Ar Compass,Sommerville will be responsible for delivering the business’s ‘Our Social Promise’ – a commitment to support a million people with opportunities and change their lives through job creation, education, training, community and charitable engagement by 2030.

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