Nicola Moussourou
Vice President Central Europe & Northern Western Europe HR @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Nicola Moussourou has more than 27 years of leadership experience in the HR Field. Today she is Vice President Human Resources for HPE Central and Northern Western Europe. The 2 geographies cover 19 countries with legal presence, with more than 7,500 employees. Leading a team of 85 HR professionals, and in partnership with the global People organization and the Geo leadership teams, Nicola is driving the Central and NWE HR strategy. She is the executive sponsor and driver behind leading programs on DEI, talent management and growth mindset aligned to wellness and work life balance benefits and Hybrid working to accelerate business outcomes.
Between 2017 and 2022 Nicola was the HR Director for Central Europe, Russia, Turkey & Africa (CERTA). The geography covered more than 90 markets with presence in 10 countries, employing 5200 employees and is supported by a team of 40 HR consultants. Nicola was a trusted partner and consultant to Sales leadership and other businesses & functions to enable focused success in a time of complex and volatile geo-political environment, by creating high performance structures and enabling HPE transformation to streamline the organization aligned to portfolio.
In addition, Nicola took over the HR leadership for DACH Geo and was promoted to Vice President. With this her team expanded to 50 HR professionals partnering with business organizations in 13 countries. Prior to that, Nicola led Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Labor and Employee Relations and her role was expanded to EMEA People Operations Director, focusing on creating excellence in people management through Best-In-Class HR services and enabling the company to achieve its strategic objectives, across the 41 EMEA countries and with a team of more than 110 HR professionals.
Earlier Nicola held various regional HR leadership roles, starting her career in HPE in 2005 as Human Resources Manager for Greece & Cyprus. Before joining HPE, Nicola was Human Resources Manager for THALES and before that Senior Consultant at KPMG Greece. Nicola holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Sheffield Hallam University, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Greece.