Barry-Wehmiller appoints chief people officer

As chief people officer, Spencer will lead two global team; the Organizational Empowerment team, which oversees Barry-Wehmiller University, the organization’s leadership institute, and its Living Legacy of Leadership (L3), which directs Barry-Wehmiller’s lean initiatives; and the Culture & People Development (CPD) team, responsible for the organization’s human resource programs and initiatives.

Spencer previously served as Barry-Wehmiller’s vice-president of sales for North America.

Bob Chapman, chairman and chief executive officer of Barry-Wehmiller, said the creation of the senior executive position will further the company’s vision of ‘sending people home safe, healthy and fulfilled’.

‘Sometimes you need to take an idea out into the sunshine and let it grow,’ he said. ‘A decade ago, when we had the idea to build an empowerment team to develop leaders into good stewards of the lives entrusted to them, Rhonda successfully led the initiative.

‘With her in this new role, we’re poised to deepen our focus on stewardship inside our human resource organization as well.’ 

Spencer said: ‘The growth of the organization coupled with the growing global awareness of Truly Human Leadership creates an opportune time to harmonize our people programs across Barry-Wehmiller.

‘Our culture challenges each of us to accept the awesome responsibility of leadership. I remain honored and committed to doing so in leading these two crucial teams.’

Barry-Wehmiller recently appointed Zhada Malik to the position of international talent acquisition specialist in an effort to intensify its global recruiting efforts.