Boeing names Uma Amuluru as CHRO after Michael D'Ambrose exits
Boeing, the US-based aerospace company, has announced the appointment of Uma Amuluru as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of Human Resources, effective from April 1.
In her new role, Uma will be responsible for talent planning, global talent acquisition, learning and development, compensation and benefits, employee and labour relations, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She will take over from Michael D'Ambrose, who is retiring in July after more than three years at the company. In his 40 years of service, Michael has worked at Archer Daniels Midland, Toys R Us, First Data Corp, Citigroup, Westwood One, The Travelers Mortgage, and Ingersoll Rand.
Uma started working at Boeing in 2017 as the Senior Counsel and has since taken on various leadership roles. These roles include VP and Assistant General Counsel, VP and Chief Compliance Officer of Global Compliance, and VP and Assistant General Counsel of Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, all within the past seven years. Prior to Boeing, she served in senior roles as a federal prosecutor at the United States Attorney's Office, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the White House Counsel, and Kirkland and Ellis. On the academic front, Uma holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Duke University and a Doctor of Law from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Welcoming Uma in her new role, David Calhoun, President, and CEO of Boeing said, “Uma is a superb leader with a strong track record of building terrific teams and strengthening complex organisations. Continuing to invest in our 170,000 employees around the world will be a priority as their actions, voices, and ideas make it possible for us to bolster our quality and earn confidence with key stakeholders. Her deep knowledge of our company and its people, including through her work as Boeing's first chief compliance officer, makes Uma ideally suited to lead our efforts to support and develop our global workforce as we focus on Boeing's path forward.”
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He also extended wishes to exiting CHRO Michael, stating, “I want to thank Mike for his relentless and passionate advocacy for the people of Boeing, and for his leadership and dedicated service during an important and challenging period in our company's history. Over the past four years, he has fostered a culture of care for our associates while steadfastly focusing on talent development programmes, recruiting the best candidates, and modernising our human resources organisation to further strengthen Boeing around the world.”
