Spire Global Appoints Tim Braswell as Chief People Officer
January 04 2022 - 06:46AM
Business Wire
Former MetLife Senior HR Partner to Add Global
Expertise and Lead the Company’s People Team
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or the “Company”), a
leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space
services today announced that it has appointed Tim Braswell as
Chief People Officer. Mr. Braswell will report to Peter Platzer,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spire.
As Chief People Officer, Mr. Braswell will oversee all aspects
of Spire’s global human resources activities, including
recruitment, talent development, employee systems, and health and
wellness program management. Spire employs a diverse team of over
375 employees from more than 40 countries. Mr. Braswell will work
closely with Spire management to cultivate an inclusive culture of
growth and learning as the Company continues to grow rapidly.
“Tim brings with him over 25 years of HR experience across
multiple regions and industries, and we are beyond excited to
welcome him to the Spire team,” said Mr. Platzer. “We believe that
Tim is the right leader to help us continue to foster an engaging,
inclusive, and high-performing culture at Spire.”
Mr. Braswell most recently spent eight years with MetLife, where
he served as Senior HR Partner for C-suite leaders of global
finance, risk management, internal audit, legal affairs and
compliance. Prior to this role, he was Chief HR Officer for
MetLife’s joint venture with PNB in India, based in Mumbai. In that
capacity, Mr. Braswell led a significant amount of change across
the organization in collaboration with the CEO and the company’s
Board of Directors. Prior to his time at MetLife, Mr. Braswell held
senior HR positions in the US, Japan and the Latin America region
at Merck. He also supported the global HR efforts at Johnson &
Johnson as well as Hughes Network Systems. Mr. Braswell received
his Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management from the
University of South Alabama and his Master of Business
Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“I identify with and admire the vision, purpose and
values-driven culture at Spire, and I am looking forward to helping
the company maintain and strengthen this culture, while scaling for
this next stage of growth,” said Mr. Braswell. “As the commercial
space industry becomes increasingly accessible, we, at Spire, have
a unique opportunity to position ourselves as a destination for top
talent who are curious, mission-oriented and who want to build
their careers at a company sitting at the forefront of a critical
and emerging industry.”
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a leading global provider of space-based
data, analytics, and space services, offering access to unique
datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate
vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with
confidence, accuracy, and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s
largest multi-purpose satellite constellations to source hard to
acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions.
Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations
around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease
their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and
competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial
and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to
innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with
insights from space. Spire has offices in San Francisco, Boulder,
Washington DC, Cambridge, Ontario, Glasgow, Luxembourg, and
Singapore. To learn more, visit http://www.spire.com.
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