Chris Mander appointed as Chief Product Officer at Culture Amp

27 August 2024, San Francisco, London, Melbourne. Culture Amp, the world’s leading employee experience platform, has announced the appointment of Chris Mander as Chief Product Officer. 

Chris Mander brings more than 20 years of experience leading teams to create and scale digital products in HR, entertainment, travel and property. 

Chris joined Culture Amp in 2022 as Senior Vice President of Product and Design and was appointed as acting Chief Product Officer in January 2024. 

In his time at Culture Amp, Chris’ team’s product achievements include:

• The launch of the People Analytics product, following the acquisition of the people analytics platform Orgnostic. The product unlocks the power of an organization's workforce data, transforming it into actionable insights that empower them to unleash their people's full potential.
• The first of Culture Amp’s generative AI solutions, Comment Summaries; and
• Accelerating Culture Amp’s partnership approach,  expanding its partner ecosystem and delivering powerful integrations with HR Information Systems (HRIS), compensation, and workflow partners.

As Chief Product Officer, Chris will continue to evolve and shepherd Culture Amp’s long term product strategy, leading and growing its world-class product management capability, as Culture Amp continues its fast growth with over 6,500 customers worldwide and recent acquisition of Orgnostic and launch of People Analytics. 

On being appointed to the new role, Chris Mander said, "My passion is to create products people love to use and to grow successful online businesses. Ever since joining Culture Amp I’ve been so energized by our mission to create a better world of work.”

“I look forward to helping more organizations, and their leaders, unlock the maximum impact of their people with our products; like we have done with the recent launch of our powerful and user-friendly People Analytics product and the work we are doing with AI to save our customers time and reveal deeper insight into their team’s performance and engagement.”

On Chris’s appointment, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Didier Elzinga said, 

“I couldn’t be more excited to formally welcome Chris to the executive team at Culture Amp. He brings incredible sense for product that drives growth for a business and will be instrumental in enhancing the value we deliver to our customers.”

Career Highlights:

• Chris was General Manager of Product at REA Group where he led the development and growth of all-new consumer products for realestate.com.au, Australia’s leading property portal.
• At Lonely Planet he helped double online audiences and grew revenue from apps, online advertising, ebook sales and online travel bookings. 
• At Madman Entertainment he led the launch and growth of video-on-demand channel AnimeLab - subsequently acquired by Sony Entertainment.

For more about Culture Amp, visit www.cultureamp.com

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