TALENT, ORGANZATIONAL DESIGN AND TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY │DIRECTOR PROFILEAndrew B. Cole advises executive leadership teams, investors and Board of Directors of public and private sector companies on corporate talent strategy, organizational design and transformation to achieve business results and value. He draws on near 20 years of C-level experience to lead transformations and build organizational and workforce capabilities that strengthen business performance through enhanced culture, values, leadership, agility and talent systems. He is adept at restructuring and aligning organizational needs to meet the ever-changing customer, market and company needs.As Chief Human Resources Officer for six companies, he embraced the role as an agent of positive change and transformation and partnered with the CEO and executive teams to develop and implement corporate strategy; improve organizational culture, design, talent, leadership and processes; and lead them through transformations such as mergers and acquisitions, IPO’s, turnarounds and growth plans.At Vertiv a $4.4B company with 20k global employees, he served as Chief Human Resources and Global Business Services Officer since January 2017, and focused on driving business results through the integration of strategy, talent and culture as the company transitioned from being an Emerson (NYSE:EMR) owned division, to being PE owned and operated (Platinum Equity LLC), to SPAC purchase (Special-Purpose Acquisition Company) and finally successful IPO. Andrew is co-author of “Executing Your Business Transformation”, Jossey-Bass, 2010; and author of “How to Survive Your Business Transformation”, Forbes Council Post, February 2020. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science in management from Regis University.