Emergn Names Niki Cook as Senior Vice President of Human Resources

The company continues to bolster its senior leadership team to further serve its clients and employees

Emergn, a global digital business services firm helping companies deliver valuable digital products and customer experiences faster,announced Niki Cook will serve as the company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Cook assumes this role as the company continues to strategically hire top talent from across the globe to work with the world’s most respected brands to help them bring their most valuable ideas to market sooner.

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Emergn is focused on pioneering faster, better ways of working to bring its clients’ most exciting ideas to life. In her role, Cook will be responsible for building out Emergn’s global technology, business and consulting teams with top talent ready to solve clients’ toughest challenges. In addition, she will focus on ensuring Emergn’s current employees are cared for and invested in, through fulfilling career pathways that offer continuous learning and development opportunities. Cook will also be responsible for ensuring a strong and united global company culture.

“At Emergn, we know people do their best work when they are respected, encouraged, supported and trusted,” said Anjana Mistry, Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Emergn. “Niki brings a deep passion for supporting her colleagues and building a culture that allows employees to thrive and do their best work. Her expertise in developing talent will not only benefit our employees, but, in turn, our valued clients.”

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Cook brings more than 30 years’ experience designing people and talent processes that enable strategic business outcomes and company growth. Prior to joining Emergn, Cook worked for Xplor Technologies, a global SaaS and embedded payments solutions company, where she focused on driving alignment across the technology team by refreshing the team’s structure, hiring talent across six countries, and building a global organizational culture. Cook has deep experience leading culture initiatives, organizational development, leadership development, talent acquisition and integration of people and culture post-acquisition. She has worked with both established global brands and start-up companies in the technology, payments, travel, healthcare and plastics industries. Cook holds a master’s degree from The University of Georgia and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University.

“I was immediately drawn to the unique way Emergn helps companies transform the way they work to deliver more value,” said Cook. “I bring decades of experience and passion to my new role, and I’m eager to begin building on Emergn’s already impressive company culture. I look forward to helping my new Emergn colleagues thrive and grow both personally and professionally.”

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