Hey aspirant,

An HR professional can become the CEO of a company. If he/she is open to learning the business and looking at things with broader perspectives.

CEO is the top executive officer of any organisation and HR is the heart of any organisation. They deal with the human resource within the organization, being an HR manager is a responsible task and requires knowledge about how to handle the HR within the company.

There are various examples of an HR employee who turn into a CEO like :

-  Anne Mulcahy,  CEO of: Xerox (2001-2009)

In 1976, Mulcahy started her career at Xerox as a sales representative, working her way up through the sales department. From 1992 to 1995, she worked as vice president for human resources, and in 2001, the board of directors named her CEO, a position she held until 2009.

-  Mary Barra,  CEO of: General Motors in 2014

She was vice president of global human resources from 2009 to 2011 and was named CEO in January 2014.

Hope it helps.

hello there!

yes! absolutely an HR professional can become the CEO of a company. If he/she is open to learning the business and looking at things with broader perspectives.

The HR department is responsible for the following activities:

• Creating development, orientation and training programs
• Overseeing employee compensation and benefits
• Handling the recruitment, selection, and promotion of workforce
• Allocating employees and managing the human resources available

Common knowledge points to people from other major domains like marketing or sales, finance and production being the obvious choices for HRs to take CEO positions in companies.

Whereas, people from the HR domain are concerned with human management and operational work most of the time. Hence, it becomes quite difficult for them to understand the strategic viewpoint in which the CEOs need to think for taking various decisions. A decision like diversifying and selling parts of the businesses is important in any CEO’s life.

Anne Mulcahy,  CEO of: Xerox (2001-2009)

In 1976, Mulcahy started her career at Xerox as a sales representative, working her way up through the sales department. From 1992 to 1995, she worked as vice president for human resources, and in 2001, the board of directors named her CEO, a position she held until 2009.

i hope this helps

goodluck!