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August 25, 2023

How to hire a chief people officer

Lauren Joseph, chief people officer at Berlin-based fintech Mondu, shares her top tips on how and when to hire a chief people officer

Lauren Joseph was a strategy consultant before joining the startup world in an operations and strategy role at a post-series A company. The company didn’t have an HR or people department, so she slowly took over that function bit by bit.

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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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