Branch, a full-stack insurance company that uses data, technology, and automation to make home and auto insurance completely frictionless,announced the hiring of Pratiksha Patel as the company’s first Chief People Officer. Patel joins the team with more than two decades of experience across diverse global industry leaders including L’Oreal and McKinsey & Company as well as high-growth disruptors including CB Insights and Gilt.
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Pratiksha is an incredible addition to the Branch culture, something we’ve been intentional about creating since day one,” said Branch co-founder and CTO Joe Emison. “Her warmth, experience, and eagerness to help evolve the Branch environment and People functions are already felt by the team and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her.”
Most recently, Patel served as the Senior VP of People at CB Insights, where she counseled leaders on change management, built a data-driven talent acquisition function, and embedded values-driven, equitable, and inclusive practices into People programs. She has also served as a talent expert for McKinsey & Company to transform and improve customer outcomes, organizational velocity, and talent engagement. In addition, Patel serves as an advisor to PeopleTech Partners, an early-stage advisory and investment group that leverages the insights of current People leaders operating in top-tier businesses to accelerate the growth of companies in their portfolio.
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“What’s particularly great about Branch is the high alignment between the communal origin of insurance and what it takes to foster an environment that is an amazing place to grow and have an impact,” shared Patel. “I am looking forward to continuing to build Branch as a place to do our best work together and realize our mission.”
Through her diverse experiences, Patel has focused on cultural cohesion, raising the bar, and evolving programs that resonate with progressive ways of working and drivers of employee engagement. Even more uniquely, her experience has included close collaboration with global teams and office-based, hybrid, and distributed models. Patel’s wide-ranging skill set across the People function will be immensely valuable to Branch’s culture-driven, remote-first model.
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