Sylvie Le Pottier, who leads HR at BNP Paribas Portugal, is using her wide background from different countries and jobs to build a people-focused plan. This plan focuses on fresh ideas, making sure everyone feels included, and always learning new things. She started at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong way back in 2001 and has worked in different areas like Audit, Cetelem, BNP Paribas Cardif, and CIB in Asia before moving to HR in 2013.
Her way of doing things is all about bringing in good people, helping them grow, and keeping them around while keeping up with the business. For example, The get involved in fun challenges that encourage doing good and staying healthy.
Thinking about the future, there's a chance to make working at BNP Paribas even better, build stronger learning habits, and push for more diversity. Some of the things they'll have to deal with are handling workers from different age groups, keeping up with fast-changing tech, and making sure people stick around when other companies are trying to hire them away.
BNP Paribas has over 9,220 people working in Portugal, with women making up 53% of the staff and people from 90 different countries. They also put in almost 450,000 hours of training just in 2024, which shows they're serious about helping their people grow and come up with new ideas.