Benefex appoints Karen O’Neill as Chief People Officer

2 May 2023, LONDON 

Benefex has today announced the appointment of Karen O’Neill as Chief People Officer as it continues the global expansion of the OneHub technology platform. 

Karen will lead the People team with a focus on providing exceptional global employee experiences to colleagues around the world. Karen joins from Meta where she led international people operations functions in California and Dublin with a focus on scaling culture, people programmes and processes across a distributed workforce. Before Meta she gained extensive experience of people operations in global companies like Accenture and Vodafone. 

Commenting on the move, Matt Macri-Waller, Founder and CEO at Benefex said, “We’re delighted to welcome Karen to the leadership team at Benefex. Her previous experience of scaling global employee experience programmes, most recently at Meta, will be invaluable as we build on our reputation as a great place to work  — especially during such a key time of rapid and continued international expansion.” 

Karen O’Neill said of her appointment, “I am excited to join Benefex, a company whose mission of providing an excellent employee experience for everyone is close to my heart. Throughout the interview process it was clear from all the people I met that there is a huge focus and commitment to culture and people here. Benefex is on a pioneering journey, and I’m excited to help them scale globally while keeping the incredible culture that they’ve built.”