XBP Global Holdings has appointed Acquelia Colaco as its chief human resources officer (CHRO), the Irving, Texas-based technology and services company announced April 22.
Colaco will lead the company’s global people strategy across the Americas, Europe and Asia. According to XBP Global, her mandate is to align talent, leadership and culture with the company’s shift toward artificial intelligence (AI)-led transformation.
Her role will include developing a workforce that can work alongside automated systems, strengthening leadership, and improving the employee experience across regions. She will also lead HR transformation efforts aimed at building agility and performance as the company expands its use of automation.
“The challenge is not just adopting AI, but building an organization that can evolve with it,” Colaco said.
“Our focus is on developing talent, leadership, and ways of working that enable people to operate alongside intelligent systems at scale. That’s how we translate strategy into sustained performance.”
Background and experience
Colaco has more than 20 years of experience in HR transformation at global organizations. She has held senior roles at Tesco Business Solutions, Infosys Technologies, IBM Global Process Services and RND Softech, where she managed multi-country workforces and worked with business leaders on enterprise initiatives.
Andrej Jonovic, chief executive officer of XBP Global, said the appointment reflects the company’s view that AI is reshaping how enterprises approach staffing and organizational design.
“We’re in the early stages of a disruption that is redefining how every enterprise thinks about staffing, skills and organizational design,” Jonovic said.
“The enterprises that will thrive are not the ones pretending this is not happening, nor the ones treating it purely as a cost exercise but rather those deliberately redesigning around human strengths, especially the human accountability factor. That is the mandate Acquelia is stepping into, and we are very excited that she will play a critical role in ensuring our people are built up, not merely reorganized, in this fundamental shift.”
About the company
XBP Global, which trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker XBP, describes itself as a multinational technology and services company that works on automation and digital transformation for enterprise clients. The company reports a presence in 20 countries, approximately 10,600 employees, and more than 2,500 clients, including companies on the Fortune 100 list.
