Ciara Ruane has joined Avolon to serve in a newly established role as Chief People Officer (CPO). As CPO, she will be responsible for leading Avolon’s people strategy, employee experience, rewards, retention, recruitment, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development and learning. Ruane will be a core member of Avolon’s executive leadership team, joining its Executive Committee effective immediately.
Ruane has over 20 years’ human resources (HR) experience working in strategic HR and effectiveness. Most recently, she served as Group Director of People and Culture at Primark. Aside from the management of the day-to-day employment lifecycle, she was also responsible for the creation of its people strategy and the development of Primark’s People & Culture leadership team globally, ensuring best practice HR processes were embedded across Primark’s 14 markets for the benefit of its 70,000 employees.
