Product experience and information management firm Akeneo hires Sabrina Jaksa as Chief People Officer

Akeneo, a product experience (PX) company and provider of product information management (PIM) solutions, has appointed Sabrina Jaksa as Chief People Officer.

Based in France, Jaksa will report to Akeneo’s CEO and Founder, Fred de Gombert.

With a career spanning over 20 years, she joins the company after serving as the Group Chief People Experience Officer at Singapore-based Funding Societies | Modalku, a SME digital financing platform and debt investment platform.

“Creating revolutionary product experiences for our customers starts with our employees. We are excited to bring on Sabrina and her deep expertise in championing people strategies that empower us all to win,” says de Gombert.

“Sabrina has a proven track record in setting the right foundations that build high-functioning teams and departments in a performance driven company.”

"We needed the PIM that could support 60,000 products without limitations. Akeneo was the one solution that met all those needs," PIM Specialist, Teo Laiho, Verkkokauppa. Read more about their journey here: https://t.co/SV9r9dqfdW#ProductExperience #ProductInformation #PX #PIM

— Akeneo: The Product Experience Company (@akeneopim) November 1, 2023

Jaksa is a HR coach, consulting startups and SMEs on a variety of pain points such as culture, values, recruitment, learning and development, people management, HR compliance, operations, KPIs, and OKRs.

She has also held multiple HR roles at Hootsuite, ultimately as the Head of Human Resources, where she orchestrated the opening of three regional offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney.

Additionally, she is a mentor and helps grow the careers of aspiring professionals in the HR field.

In her new role at Akeneo, she will be focused on empowering employees to lead and grow with the next phase of corporate growth, increasing the gender diversity index, and increasing employee satisfaction.

She will also prioritise creating a better employee experience while increasing performance as well as attracting and retaining the brightest talent.

“I am beyond thrilled to join the Akeneo team to lead and build people strategies that retain employees and create a healthy company culture,” says Jaksa.

“I am passionate about the entire employee journey and the rocket ship of intelligent, scalable hypergrowth.”