SoftBank Group Corp. announced appointment of Michelle Horn as Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President, effective immediately. Ms. Horn will report to Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO of SBG, and Marcelo Claure, Director, Executive Vice President COO of SBG. In this newly created role, she will be responsible for leading SBG’s people function across its global organization. Ms. Horn will ensure SBG recruits and develops great leaders and thrives as an enduring, high performing global organization. Ms. Horn received her MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business in 1995 and a B.A. in Economics from the College of William and Mary. Ms. Horn was an appointed Member of McKinsey’s Leadership Development Council, overseeing global learning and leadership development and capability building programs for all McKinsey’s professionals and clients. She was also Member of the Global Partner Candidate Evaluation Committee to evaluate and recommend the election of new Partners. In prior roles at McKinsey, Ms. Horn served a broad range of McKinsey’s clients across telecom and consumer services on issues of performance, growth, and organization.