Mimecast Appoints Karen Anderson as Chief Human Resources Officer
January 15 2019 - 3:30AM
Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a leading email and data security
company, today announced Karen Anderson as its new Chief Human
Resources Officer (CHRO). In this newly created position, Karen
will lead the company’s people and culture strategy.
Karen joins Mimecast with more than 20 years of
experience in various human resources roles. As the new CHRO, she
will support the company’s global expansion, enhance career
development opportunities and help ensure that Mimecast remains a
‘Top Place to Work’ for all employees. In her last role, Karen was
the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals where she supported the strategic direction
and business growth from a few hundred employees to more than 1,000
employees in 16 global legal entities. Previously, she was Vice
President of Human Resources for Pfizer, supporting the Commercial
business unit in both developed and emerging markets. Earlier in
her career she was responsible for compensation, benefits and
systems for Bayer Canada before becoming the Global Human Resources
Director for Baxter where she had a strong focus on mergers and
acquisitions.
“Our people come here to do their best work, teamwork and
learning so we love having the opportunity to provide them with
terrific teammates -- and big meaningful challenges,” said Peter
Bauer, chief executive officer of Mimecast. “Working to make
email safer and to restore trust to this vital communication
channel has become so important over the past few years. We like to
think that being part of a cybersecurity and resilience provider
like Mimecast is a great career choice for ambitious people. Karen,
with her experience and passion for people and teams, is such a
terrific leader for our organization’s
mission.”
“What I admired about Mimecast was the executive leadership’s
commitment to its people, and their focus on ensuring the culture
supports the company as it continues to grow rapidly,” said Karen
Anderson. “I look forward to helping nurture the culture and drive
employee growth and development in each
region.”
Karen is an active mentor in the community and is a Board member
of the Northeast HR association, an advisor to WEST (Women in the
Enterprise of Science & Technology) and in 2018, was recognized
by HRO Today magazine as a CHRO Leader of Distinction.
About MimecastMimecast (NASDAQ: MIME) is a
cloud cybersecurity and resilience provider for IT service
organizations and thousands of customers worldwide. Well known for
innovating security solutions that make email safer for business,
Mimecast’s expanded suite enables a comprehensive cyber resilience
strategy delivered via an integrated, easy to implement, cloud
Mime|OS platform. www.mimecast.com
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