Acuity Brands Appoints Dianne Mills as Chief Human Resources Officer
March 04 2020 - 4:27PM
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced today that Dianne Mills
has joined the company as its Chief Human Resources Officer.
Ms. Mills will be responsible for all aspects of Acuity Brands’
global human resource strategy including leadership development,
talent management, and compensation and benefits.
Mills most recently served as principal at Mills
Consulting, where she worked closely with multiple Fortune 100
companies to realize business objectives through leadership
development, executive coaching, top team alignment, and
performance. Prior to Mills Consulting, she worked on the
executive team at Walmart eCommerce as SVP, People. In this role,
she transformed the HR model for scale, including the
implementation of a new digital HR systems architecture. She
designed and implemented highly competitive compensation and
rewards enhancements and established development programs and tools
to enable associate growth opportunities. Her career background
also includes positions with PayPal and Bank of America, where she
held leadership roles in a wide range of HR disciplines.
Mills has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Virginia Tech.
“I am excited that Dianne has decided to join
our team,” said Neil Ashe, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Acuity Brands, Inc. “Dianne has a passion for developing high
performing teams and will continue to build on the strong culture
in place at Acuity to ensure we attract, develop and retain
exceptional talent.”
Mills will be based in Georgia. She replaces
Karen Holcom, who also held responsibility for human resources over
the past 14 months, and now serves as SVP and Chief Financial
Officer for the company.
About Acuity
Brands
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is the North
American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of
lighting and building management solutions. With fiscal year 2019
net sales of $3.7 billion, Acuity Brands currently employs
approximately 12,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and
Asia. The Company’s products and solutions are sold under various
brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Aculux®, American
Electric Lighting®, A-Light™, Antique Street Lamps™, Atrius®,
Cyclone™, DGLogik™, Distech Controls®, DTL®, eldoLED®, Eureka®,
Gotham®, Healthcare Lighting®, Hydrel®, Indy™, IOTA®, Juno®,
Lucid®, Luminaire LED™, Luminis®, Mark Architectural Lighting™,
nLight®, Peerless®, RELOC® Wiring, ROAM®, Sensor Switch®,
Sunoptics® and Winona® Lighting. Visit us at
www.acuitybrands.com
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770-860-2957
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