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Marcela Perez de Alonso has worldwide responsibility for HP's human resources initiatives, including workforce development and organization effectiveness, benefits and compensation, staffing, global inclusion and diversity, and HR processes and information management. She also is a member of the board for HP Financial Services, the financing arm of HP.
Since joining HP in 2004, Perez de Alonso has spearheaded a pivotal transformation to build a best-in-class HR organization aligned to drive results and optimize the company's growth and efficiencies.
Previously, a long-time executive at Citigroup, Perez de Alonso has held senior-level roles in both operations and human resources, including the lead HR role for Citibank's Global Consumer Business - a 90,000-employee organization where she developed a host of breakthrough initiatives. Senior executive recruiting, diversity, variable compensation and employee survey programs are among the many worldwide efforts Perez de Alonso led during her tenure. She also was head of Citigroup's North Latin America retail business operations and was in charge of deposit products for the company's international retail bank.
One of only 10 women to be included in the ninth annual Hispanic Business Corporate Elite directory, Perez de Alonso was named one of the 50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business by Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine. She also was honored as the 2005 Corporate Executive of the Year by Hispanic-Net, a California nonprofit organization of executives and professionals in technology-related fields.
Perez de Alonso earned an advanced degree in organizational psychology from the Catholic University in Chile. She attended the Business Executive Program of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and received a certificate in finance and accounting.
Perez de Alonso is on the advisory board of the Marshall Business School, University of Southern California. She also is a member of the board of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, a charitable organization serving Santa Clara County in Northern California | 