Congratulations and well done!

BBB Worldwide announced that it has appointed Deborah Rowland as People Director with effect from 1 September.

Deborah Rowland - founder and Managing Partner of Transcend Consultancy and most recently EVP Global Human Resources at Gucci Group . She has worked in organisation and management development roles for Shell and PepsiCo and was a consultant on change and human resource management for Towers Perrin in Europe.

Deborah will lead the HR team at BBC Worldwide and will be responsible for all aspects of HR. Her remit will incorporate people and organisational development strategy, recruitment and selection, talent management, training and development, reward, culture, engagement and employee relations. She will also be responsible for the Property and Technology teams. She will sit on the Worldwide Executive Committee, reporting directly to John Smith, Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide.