Cheryl Kerrigan

Cheryl Kerrigan

Cheryl Kerrigan is the Chief People Officer for BlueCat where she is responsible for the overall people strategy focusing on attracting, retaining, and inspiring top talent. Cheryl is passionate about creating a culture of employee success where employees feel recognized and valued for the contributions they make.

With over 20 years of experience in global Human Resources, Cheryl is a seasoned HR Executive who began her career as a recruiter focused on discovering exceptional talent. She then moved into several HR Leadership roles as the initial HR resource in fast-emerging global technology companies such as Eloqua and Achievers, where she was responsible for building out the HR function.

Cheryl earned her Honor’s Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Guelph and a postgraduate certificate in Human Resource Management from Seneca College. She also holds an Executive coaching certificate from Rotman.

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As the Chief, People, Communications and Strategies, Shaun Simms is a highly respected senior leader with over 30 years of experience at OCH. Her role highlights the importance of our people and their involvement in creating our desired culture. That is, connecting the dots between how the day-to day-work that our employees do contributes to OCH’S strategic goals.

Shaun provides leadership and oversight to the human resources and communications functions, fostering a culture of leadership, accountability and continuous improvement. OCH’s culture roadmap reflects a well-planned journey that contributes to a positive and engaging employee experience. Under Shaun’s leadership, structures and supports reinforce our strengths, promote health, safety, wellness, diversity and inclusion, encourage professional development and celebrate organizational excellence.

On any given day, Shaun wants every OCH employee to be able to say with conviction, “we are proud because every day we make a difference.”

Shaun is passionate about inspiring a positive, tenant-focused approach that reflects our values, through our people. Her innovative, entrepreneurial nature, coupled with her proven ability to lead and promote collaboration within the corporation and across the social housing sector, are at the heart of all that she does.

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