Modern Career

Modern Career


Episode 17: A Chief Human Resources Officer Perspective with Harry Elsinga

January 04, 2021

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In our Chief Human Resources Officer Perspective series, Mary sits down with CHROs from around the world to uncover insider knowledge about navigating a modern career. The next guest in the series is Harry Elsinga, former CHRO of Baker Hughes. 

After a nearly 20-year career at General Electric in HR leadership where he lived and worked all over the world, Harry Elsinga was last the Chief Human Resources Officer for Baker Hughes, a $25B market cap global Oil and Gas company with 70,000 employees. He grew up in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, speaks five languages and is an avid skier.  He currently lives in Connecticut with his family.