Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield appoints Christi Karandikar as Group People Officer
January 06 2022 - 12:00PM
Paris, Amsterdam, January 6, 2022
Press release
URW appoints
Christi Karandikar as Group People
Officer
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) today announced
the appointment of Christi Karandikar to the role of Executive
Managing Director, Group People Officer and member of the Executive
Committee.
Karandikar brings a wealth of international
experience to the role, having served as Executive Vice President
of U.S. Human Resources at URW since 2019, and having held global
roles within the Warner Media group and multinational professional
services company Accenture.
Reporting to Sylvain Montcouquiol in his new
position as Chief Resources and Sustainability Officer, Karandikar
will relocate to Paris to help lead URW’s continued transformation
with a focus on employee engagement, diversity and inclusion,
talent recruitment, and the evolution of its corporate offices and
flexible working model.
Jean-Marie
Tritant, Chief Executive Officer of URW
said: “Christi is a dynamic, thoughtful international
leader and we are excited to have her steer our enterprise-wide
People function as we continue to transform our organization to
meet the future opportunity ahead of us.”
Sylvain
Montcouquiol added: “We have been
lucky to have Christi’s expertise within our U.S. business, where
she has played an instrumental role in helping to guide our company
culture while championing diversity and inclusion, leading complex
organizational evolutions and driving an employer-of-choice
mindset. I am confident she will bring a fresh perspective to our
People practices and help us move forward quickly towards our
future.”
Christi
Karandikar, added: “I am
tremendously excited to take on this new role at URW, and very
proud to work with the talented global teams across the Group,
further building our employee-centric, high-performing company
culture to meet the significant ambition laid out by our
leadership.”
BiographyChristi
Karandikar
Christi has served as Executive Vice President
of Human Resources for URW in the U.S. since 2019. Prior to URW,
she held senior global HR roles at Warner Media subsidiaries
serving as Chief People Officer for Otter Media and SVP, Global
Talent for Warner Bros. Entertainment. During her 10+ years at
these companies Christi focused on cultural evolution, learning,
talent management, and organizational development. Earlier in her
career, Christi was a key member of the Global Organization
Strategy practice at Accenture where she led a number of successful
organizational transformations, leadership effectiveness
engagements, and cultural transition projects including post-merger
integration programs. She started her career at the charitable
organization Up with People living in both Europe and Asia.
For further information, please
contact:Investor RelationsSamuel
Warwood +33 7 60 44 10
25Samuel.Warwood@urw.com
Media Relations Natalie Feld+ 33 6 30 47
18 37nfeld@image7.fr
Cornelia Schnepf – FinElk+44 7387 108 998
Cornelia.Schnepf@finelk.eu
About
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is the premier global
developer and operator of Flagship Destinations, with a portfolio
valued at €55.0 Bn as at June 30, 2021, of which 86% in retail, 7%
in offices, 5% in convention & exhibition venues and 2% in
services. Currently, the Group owns and operates 85 shopping
centres, including 53 Flagships in the most dynamic cities in
Europe and the United States. Present on two continents and in 12
countries, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield provides a unique platform for
retailers and brand events and offers an exceptional and constantly
renewed experience for customers.
With the support of its 2,900 professionals and
an unparalleled track-record and know-how,
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is ideally positioned to generate
superior value and develop world-class projects.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield distinguishes itself by its Better Places
2030 agenda, that sets its ambition to create better places that
respect the highest environmental standards and contribute to
better cities. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield stapled shares are listed
on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris (Euronext ticker: URW),
with a secondary listing in Australia through Chess Depositary
Interests. The Group benefits from a BBB+ rating from Standard
& Poor’s and from a Baa2 rating from Moody’s.
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