Visier’s Top 50 HR Leaders to Watch in 2026

Global HR leader insights across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and more.

Get to know the 2026 Top 50 HR Leaders, a distinguished group of data-driven innovators shaping the future of human resources around the world. Together, they exemplify the transformative power of data and technology in reshaping the way we manage and support workforces on a global scale and across a variety of industries.

This year, our HR trailblazers shared their insights on what’s energizing them in the year ahead and what will define a successful CHRO, plus the emerging importance of managers in the new world of work.

VP, Global Head of Workforce Planning and Future of Work

S&P Global

Alan
Susi

The business initiative I'm most energized by next year is the opportunity to deliver the future of work—today. This imperative is at the heart of our business strategy focusing on amplifying our enterprise capabilities through a productive and AI-enabled workforce. People leaders [managers] will propel our people forward with adaptive planning, democratized upskilling and reskilling, and AI tooling so that we drive value in this rapidly evolving world.

VP, People Insights and Analytics

Prudential Financial

Andrea
Kasper Pazinko

To democratize data and support a culture where people decisions are grounded in insights, our key allies are the CHRO and CTO, who drive talent strategy and digital innovation. Together, we transform how insights are delivered—evolving our analytics capabilities and exploring cutting-edge technologies to make our people data more accessible and actionable for our business leaders.

Executive GM, Everyday People Services

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Andrew
Culleton

Data is only valuable when it changes something. Insight is only meaningful when it improves someone’s experience or performance. Too often, we get stuck building dashboards that describe the past but do nothing to shape the future. When it comes to using AI or people analytics to elevate HR as a strategic business partner, we have really focused relentlessly on closing that gap and turning intelligence into intervention, and intervention into impact.

CHRO

Post Group

Anette
Bohm

The CHRO of tomorrow wins by mastering three things: data-driven people strategy, AI-powered workforce design, and the ability to hard-wire culture into business performance.