Janelle Gale
Janelle Gale serves as Chief People Officer at Meta, overseeing the company's global human resources function across its family of apps and platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. In this role she is responsible for talent strategy, organizational development, compensation, and people operations for a workforce of tens of thousands globally. Gale joined Meta (then Facebook) and rose through the HR organization over a number of years before taking on the CPO role. Her tenure has coincided with significant periods of transformation at Meta, including major workforce restructuring efforts and the company's pivot toward the metaverse and AI-driven products. Meta is one of the world's largest advertising businesses, with the vast majority of its revenue derived from digital advertising across its platforms, making Gale's people leadership role directly connected to an organization at the center of the global digital advertising ecosystem.
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Bio
Janelle Gale serves as Chief People Officer at Meta, overseeing the company's global human resources function across its family of apps and platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. In this role she is responsible for talent strategy, organizational development, compensation, and people operations for a workforce of tens of thousands globally. Gale joined Meta (then Facebook) and rose through the HR organization over a number of years before taking on the CPO role. Her tenure has coincided with significant periods of transformation at Meta, including major workforce restructuring efforts and the company's pivot toward the metaverse and AI-driven products. Meta is one of the world's largest advertising businesses, with the vast majority of its revenue derived from digital advertising across its platforms, making Gale's people leadership role directly connected to an organization at the center of the global digital advertising ecosystem.
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- Led HR function at Meta through large-scale workforce restructuring efforts beginning in 2022-2023
- Oversaw people strategy at one of the world's largest digital advertising companies