Apple’s HR / DEI executive exits after less than two years
Carol Surface, Apple’s Senior Vice President of People (photo: May Tse/South China Morning Post/Getty Images)
Apple’s chief people officer, Carol Surface, is exiting after a brief tenure of less than two years, Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman reports ciing “sources familiar with the matter.” This departure is unusual for a high-ranking executive at the company.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
When Surface joined Apple, she took over the people role from Deirdre O’Brien, who had been managing that team in addition to the company’s retail stores. With Surface’s departure, O’Brien will return to her prior role of running both groups.
Though Surface remains listed on Apple’s executive biographies website as of Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for Apple confirmed the moves.
The chief people officer title was created for Surface, who was tasked with overseeing human resources, inclusion, diversity, and recruiting for Apple’s roughly 160,000 employees.
The company’s HR organization has seen other changes recently, with its prior head of diversity and inclusion leaving earlier this year. She was replaced by Cynthia Bowman, who joined from Bank of America Corp.
Surface’s quick departure is rare for executives at her level of seniority.
MacDailyNews Take: Back to double duty, Deirdre!
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