$9.7bn revenue GXO Logistics appoints Corinna Refsgaard as new CHRO
With more than three decades of experience in the HR industry, Refsgaard says she is ‘incredibly honored to join the GXO team and to start an exciting new chapter’.
News in Brief
GXO Logistics, is a world-leading pure-play contract logistics provider, which turned over a revenue of US$9.78 billion in 2023.
Corinna Refsgaard is the business’s newly appointed CHRO.
Read on to hear Refsgaard’s thoughts on her new role, as well as Malcolm Wilson, the company’s CEO.
Pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics, Inc. has appointed Corinna Refsgaard as Chief Human Resources Officer.
Based in London, UK and reporting to GXO Logistics’ CEO,
Corinna Refsgaard
Malcolm Wilson, Refsgaard will be responsible for the business’s global talent strategy, spanning strategic, operational and HR processes. These duties will also cover compensations and benefits, performance management, and workforce planning.
Taking to LinkedIn, Refsgaard expressed that she is: “Incredibly honored to join the GXO team and to start an exciting new chapter.”
GXO Logistics CEO Malcolm Wilson adds to this, by stating: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Corinna to GXO.
“Corinna has extensive experience across all facets of Human Resources in large-scale global organizations and will bring a sharp focus on our people from recruitment and development to engagement and inclusion.”
Utilizing HR experience to drive success in her new role
GXO Logistics, which is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, US, partners with the world’s leading blue-chip companies in order to help solve complex logistics challenges by utilizing technologically advanced supply chain and ecommerce solutions, at scale and with speed.
As an organization, GXO Logistics is committed to providing a world-class workplace which fosters DEI for its team of more than 130,000 members, across more than 970 facilities.
As CHRO, Refsgaard will be instrumental in achieving these goals. To do so, she will utilize her previous experience as Group Chief People and Culture Officer at one of the world’s leading workplace experience and facility management companies, ISS.
Refsgaard, who has more than three decades of experience in the HR sector, has worked for businesses such as Kontron AG, EADS, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Mercedes-Benz, and Temic Telefunken Microelectronic. Through her career, she has held roles in global, regional and business unit HR roles.
UNLEASH will catch up with Refsgaard in the future to hear more about her upcoming plans – stay tuned.
