Naidoo joins Wise, one of Glassdoor’s top 20 best places to work in the UK, with extensive global experience driving transformational change, while also building out people strategy in the Financial Services, technology, and consulting sectors.

Based in London, she will lead the strategy for Wise’s people-led efforts during a continued period of growth, as Wise pursues its goal to hire 1,000 people before the end of the year.

Isabel Naidoo, Chief People Officer at Wise:
“I am excited to be joining an organisation with such a unique culture, which I am already seeing and experiencing. Wise has fully autonomous teams liberated to focus on customers’ biggest problems as well as unique benefits like equal parental leave across the globe that reflect our commitment to building and retaining diverse teams. This is a business that is disrupting not only how quickly and easily our customers can move money, but also what it means to thrive at work.”

Kristo Käärmann, Co-Founder and CEO of Wise:
“Wise as a product is only as great as the people building and operating it. I’m pleased to welcome Isabel to the team, who’s joined to help us design the best environment for our teams to hire, build, and grow, so we can move forward even faster towards our mission of money without borders.”