Bath & Body Works has appointed Samantha Charleston as its chief human resources officer, effective Nov. 12.
Charleston joins the Columbus, Ohio-based retailer from Americold, where she served as chief human resources officer. At Americold, she led the transformation of a 15,000-employee global workforce through technology implementation, organizational simplification and merger and acquisition integration, according to the company.
Two decades of HR leadership
Charleston brings more than 20 years of human resources leadership experience across consumer and industrial companies. Before Americold, she held senior HR leadership roles at Newell Brands during a period of transformational growth.
In her new role, Charleston will join the executive leadership team and report to chief executive officer Daniel Heaf.
“People are at the heart of every company’s success, and I look forward to working with Daniel and the team to strengthen Bath & Body Works’ culture and talent to support the growth of the organization,” said Charleston.
Strategic leadership changes
The company also appointed Maly Bernstein as chief commercial officer, effective the same date. Bath & Body Works described both appointments as strategic moves to strengthen capabilities required to execute its transformation.
“Samantha’s deep expertise driving enterprise-wide culture change and aligning people strategy with business transformation will help ensure we have the talent and ways of working to execute with discipline,” said Heaf.
Bath & Body Works operates 1,904 company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada, plus 537 international franchised locations.
