New talent officer for McCann Health

 

McCann Health has appointed Geline Midouin to global chief talent officer. With this appointment, McCann Health signals a strong focus on talent recruitment, development and retention, following a year of rapid growth through the addition of new assignments and expanded relationships with existing clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer, Gilead and Janssen among others.,

Midouin joined McCann Health on Feb. 1 from 360i New York. In this new role, she will head up the McCann Health Global Talent Community and focus on delivering the best-in-class talent to clients while ensuring that McCann Health’s people have the most modern and effective work environments and robust career development programs designed to empower personal progress.

Previously, Midouin was senior VP, Global Human Resources and Resource Management, at Publicis Health. Before that she held senior human resources positions at NBC Universal and Arthur Andersen and was an HR Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Midouin has received the NBCU HR Excellence Award for Leadership and was named a Rising Star by the Healthcare Business Association. She earned a master’s degree from Columbia University Teacher’s College in New York.

In making the announcement, McCann Health Global CEO John Cahill says, “Geline brings with her a wide array of skills and depth of experience in human capital management, modern concepts in talent deployment and ways of working, and a rich appreciation of the value of a ‘people first’ approach that enables talent to do great work. Geline will be an extremely valuable addition to our global team.”

According to Marjan M. Panah, chief talent officer, McCann Worldgroup, “We are thrilled that Geline has made the decision to join the McCann talent community in this critical role supporting the McCann Health team – one of our fastest growing businesses within McCann Worldgroup. Geline possesses a rare blend strategic thinking, creative problem solving and executional excellence skills coupled with a stellar history of helping organizations shape positive work cultures and elevate their overall talent capabilities.”