Andrea Clayton

Andrea Clayton joined Appen in February 2022 as CPO and is responsible for leading the people operations function for the company. Andrea has over 20 years of progressive experience in building innovative people programs, leading people operations teams, and transforming company cultures. Andrea has served in a variety of global HR leadership roles, in listed and unlisted companies, lived and worked in five countries, and has experience leading HR in 30+ countries.

Prior to joining Appen, Andrea served as Chief People Officer at Thrive Pet Healthcare, one of the largest and fastest growing veterinary companies in the United States. Through the introduction of industry first programs, flexible policies, and achievement of significant gender diversity at all levels of leadership, Thrive was recognized as the #1 company in the industry for women by InHerSight. Andrea was also a global HR leader at General Electric Financial Assurance (now Genworth) for 11 years, including HR Director for Genworth Australia through its IPO in 2014.

Andrea has a Bachelors in International Management and Masters of Business Administration from Texas A&M University.