Veeam, the #1 World Leader in Data Resilience, Appoints Lucy Hur as Chief People Officer

Hur brings broad HR experience from Slalom, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Nokia

Veeam^® Software, the #1 leader by market share in Data Resilience today announced the appointment of Lucy Hur as Chief People Officer (CPO). Hur joins Veeam’s senior leadership team to lead the company’s global people functions and steward a people-centric, values-based culture.

“Our success has been built on enabling our people to do their best work,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam. “Lucy combines a passion and empathy for people with an astute understanding of how they contribute to the success of our business. She understands the delicate balance between strategic and operational priorities that create the very best inclusive environment for our people. Her leadership will be critical as we enter the next phase of rapid growth as the #1 global company in data resilience.”

Hur is a seasoned senior executive who has held leadership positions in business, as well as people and culture, at various global organizations in technology, consumer, and consulting sectors. Her career spans over 30 years. In her most recent role as Chief People Officer of Slalom, she successfully developed and implemented a people strategy that allowed the company to expand globally and cultivate a people-centric culture, resulting in numerous accolades, including recognition as one of the best places to work worldwide.

Prior to Slalom, Lucy spent 13 years at Microsoft leading HR for various global businesses: consumer channels, advertising and online, marketing, and the worldwide commercial business. Earlier in her career, Lucy held HR leadership roles with Starbucks and Nokia, was a management consultant at PwC, and started her career at Procter & Gamble after earning a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin.

“Veeam is known around the world for its highly skilled people and its commitment to innovation,” said Hur. “I look forward to partnering with the talented Veeam team to cultivate a value-based, people-centric culture. When every team member is seen, respected, able to be their authentic selves, and understands how they contribute to organizational success, magic happens. I see my role as the steward of cultivating culture and building organizational capability so that together, we continue to make Veeam the best company in the industry.”

For more information about Veeam, visit www.veeam.com.

About Veeam Software

Veeam^®, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes every business should be able to bounce forward after a disruption with the confidence and control of all their data whenever and wherever they need it.​ Veeam calls this radical resilience, and we’re obsessed with creating innovative ways to help our customers achieve it.

Veeam solutions are purpose-built for powering data resilience by providing data backup, data recovery, data freedom, data security, and data intelligence. ​With Veeam, IT and security leaders rest easy knowing that their apps and data are protected and always available across their cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments.

Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, that trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Radical resilience starts with Veeam. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.

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