Shanthi Flynn

Biography

 Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the EC since March 2016. British national, born 1964. Shanthi Flynn joined the Adecco Group as Chief Human Resources Officer in March 2016. Shanthi Flynn graduated as Bachelor of Science with joint honours in Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Manchester in 1986. She is a graduate of the institute of Personnel Development (IPD), UK. Shanthi Flynn built the foundation of her HR career at Ford Motor Company in the UK between 1986 and 1995. She joined the Boots Company in 1995 where she held positions of increasing responsibility becoming Director of HR for all of Boots International retail and fmcg healthcare businesses in 2000. In 2003, she joined the AS Watson Group, Hong Kong and was promoted to Group International HR Director. In 2006 she founded her own consulting firm, S Flynn Consulting. In 2010, Shanthi Flynn joined Walmart in Asia and became Senior Vice President Human Resources for the Asia region leading the HR team for Walmart’s retail businesses in China, Japan and India. In 2015 she returned to her own Leadership consulting practice until joining Adecco. Shanthi Flynn is a Board mentor for Criticaleye, UK and Asia and serves on the council of King George V school, Hong Kong.

Research Interest

 Physiology and Pharmacology