Aileen LimChief Human Resources Officer · Essays & perspective
Senior roles filled internally
85%
Through a rebuilt succession pipeline
Engagement improvement
+31 pts
During a three-year transformation
Colleagues served
52,000
In 30 countries
Women in leadership
40%
Up from 18% in five years

Beyond the page

The record behind the perspective.

In the boardroom

  • Calder LogisticsIndependent Director · 2022 — Present
  • The Skills Forward FoundationTrustee · 2018 — Present

Recognition

  • CHRO of the YearThe People Leaders Awards · 2024
  • Best Workplace TransformationThe Boardroom Review · 2022

In conversation

  • “Building a succession bench the board can trust”The People Leaders Journal · 2025
  • “What remuneration committees miss about culture”The Boardroom Review · 2024
  • “Episode 117 — Culture on the night shift”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Our succession conversations became evidence-based and calm. That is a gift to any board.
Margaret OseiChair, Calder Logistics
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