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10 Apple HR leaders
These ten Apple HR leaders have served as HR vice presidents and senior directors, people business partner directors, compensation directors and retail people directors at Apple. A reader can learn how HR leaders build and run their teams at Apple.
Professionals to explore
01—10David Urquhart
LinkedInExperience: Director, People Business Partners Hardware · Apple
Director, People Business Partners Hardware at Apple since April 2026. As People Leader, People Business Partners Hardware Technologies at Apple (2019–2026), his profile says he led a team of PBPs supporting hardware technology organizations of more than 5,000 global employees. He was earlier Director, HR Business Partner - Office of the CTO at Lam Research (2016–2019).
Donna Cerny
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, People Business Partner · Apple
Sr Director, People Business Partner at Apple since April 2024, with a Human Resources Director row at Apple since March 2014, both based in Cupertino. Before Apple she held Director, Human Resources roles at Samsung Telecommunications America between 2000 and 2014.
Gemma Watson
LinkedInExperience: Senior HR Director, People Team, Talent Management & OD · Apple
Senior HR Director, People Team, Talent Management & OD at Apple since August 2024, with a headline naming business partnering, talent management and org design. She was HR Director - People Team & OD (2023–2024), HR Director (2017–2023), Global OD Leader (2016–2017) and Global Business Partner, Apple Retail Corporate (2015–2016) at Apple.
Jack Garner
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Human Resources · Apple
Vice President Human Resources at Apple since April 2022, after serving as Associate Vice President Human Resources at Apple (2019–2022). His Apple profile also lists Sr Program manager Talent Aquisition -eCrx (2016–2019) and HR Program Specialist (2013–2016).
Jennifer Stilwell
LinkedInExperience: People Director · Apple
People Director at Apple since October 2018, leading the global Apple Retail HR team responsible for strategic initiatives supporting 65K+ team members, including talent, surveys, global expansion, development and well-being programs, per her profile. She was Finance Director, Retail Operations and Financial Planning & Analysis at Apple (2014–2018).
Joe Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Director, Compensation - Global Strategy & Executive Compensation · Apple
Director, Compensation - Global Strategy & Executive Compensation at Apple since January 2024; his headline cites pay architecture and equity design for 166K employees across 50+ countries. He was Director, Compensation - Corporate Business Partners (2021–2024) and Compensation Leader - Sales, Marketing & G&A (2017–2021) at Apple.
Katie Keimel
LinkedInExperience: People Director, Americas · Apple
Global Head of Retail International People Strategy, Apple at Apple since December 2024. She was earlier People Director, Americas (2017–2022), People Director, EMEIA (2015–2017) and Regional HR Leader (2010–2015) at Apple, and Managing Director at BlackRock (2022–2024).
Polly Roebuck
LinkedInExperience: Human Resources Director, EMEIA Apple Retail · Apple
Human Resources Director, EMEIA Apple Retail at Apple since April 2021, based in London, a director-level HR role per her profile. Her Apple profile also lists HR Leader, Singapore (2018–2021), Talent Leader, UK (2016–2018) and Market Leader roles in Sweden and the UK between 2010 and 2015.
Ramaswamy N. Vadivelu
LinkedInExperience: People Business Partner Leader Director · Apple
People Business Partner Leader Director at Apple since August 2023, overseeing a team of people business partners and serving as HRBP leader for ET+1 executives within Apple's hardware engineering group, per his profile. He was Senior Director - HRBP at Qualcomm (2006–2023).
Remco Dijkhuizen
LinkedInExperience: HR Sr.Dir. WW Sales · Apple Inc.
Former HR Sr.Dir. WW Sales at Apple Inc. (2016–2025) and HR Dir., Sales, Americas at Apple Inc. (2012–2016); his profile lists Senior Global People Leader at Apple as current. He describes himself as a senior HR leader with international experience in the EMEIA and Americas regions.
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Match the person's area to your question: people business partner leads suit questions about supporting engineering and sales groups, compensation directors suit pay design, and retail people directors suit store workforce questions. Check whether the Apple role is current before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure people business partners for a large hardware engineering organization?
- 02How should a global company set pay architecture and equity so it stays competitive across many countries?
- 03What HR programs matter most for a large retail workforce spread across regions?
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